Tamiya have introduced their new 24mm C2 compound touring car tyre for 1/10th scale cars. The tyre was developed for carpet surfaces where it will provide good grip while the inner fibre belt ensures reliable performance for both stock and modified class racing. The tyre comes in pairs and it fits most 24mm wide 1/10th touring car rims.
Source: Tamiya [tamiya.com]
Coming from XactRC are their new traction compound bottles that can be filled with your choice of traction juice. The ergonomics of the 4oz bottle is just the right size for small or large hands and the translucent material allows for easy checking of how much sauce is remaining, its cleanliness or type of solution. The bottle is available with two replaceable tips. First is the replaceable brush tip that is specifically designed for off-road use. With the brush tip, drovers no longer have to use both a sauce bottle to apply then use a separate brush to apply. This is ideal for those who are tired of having their hands dirty from different tyre sauces and chemicals. Second is the replaceable sponge tip that is ideal for on-road racers, or anyone using slicks or very low pin tyres. The triangle shape of the sponge allows for applying the sauce in a controlled manner and in a straight line on the tyre and not the sidewalls. The tips are also available separately.
View the on-road tyre sauce bottle here
Coming from WellRC are the WellCut wheel arch cutting templates for 1/10th and 1/8th scale vehicles. Available as 62mm and 64mm variants for the front and rear of nitro touring cars and also as 65mm electric touring and 99mm 1/8th GT variants, the cutting templates help to create perfect wheel wells. The templates are positioned on the outside of the body shell and the cutting line is marked using a sharpie marker. The result are perfectly round wheel wells of just the right size.
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Vigor have introduced carbon fibre shock towers for the Xray T4 2020 that allow to access the optional lower shock mounting position. The shock towers feature updated geometries with lower upper shock mounting positions that allow to use the low lower shock mounting positions on the long arms of Xray’s all-new T4 2020 touring car. Using this setup will further improve handling in high to very high-bite track conditions as the lower mounted shock absorbers will lower the overall centre of gravity which helps to settle the ride.
View the rear shock tower here
Coming from Xray and made for their GTX8 nitro and GTXE electric 1/8th scale GT kits is a C-hub front suspension conversion set. The C-hub suspension is suited for most standard track conditions and makes the car more responsive while increasing steering, resulting in faster lap times. The C-hub suspension also reduces tyre wear with the caster being easily adjustable in a ±2 degree range using various optional caster blocks.
Coming from RC-Carbonstore’s Rebellion-RC brand is a FWD chassis conversion kit for the Xray T4 touring car. Developed for the use with 2019 down to 2013 variants of the ultra-popular touring car, the conversion includes a new single-piece machined aluminium motor and servo mount with integrated flex adjustments, an ultra-precise stainless steel main shaft, a new servo bridge for optimised servo positioning, a newly developed slider steering assembly, and two types of battery mounts for easy balance adjusting. Also included are the machined spur gear mount and centre pulley, and a unique rear body stay mount that utilises Xray X1 caster inserts to allow for easy body height adjustments. The conversion kit is available including a carbon fibre or Rebellion-RC’s signature CrossFlex aluminium chassis, the latter allows for easy weight balance and torsional flex adjustments using optional brass inserts. To suit pretty much all versions of the pre-2020 T4 chassis, the conversion is available with three different shock tower specifications.
View a list of the features and more images here
Coming from Speedzone’s Evolution brand is the SC80 80A spec class electronic speed controller. The SC80 is specifically designed for 1/10 scale spec class racing and is suitable for both off-road and on-road classes. It comes factory set in “blinky” mode with the same setup of United States Stock TC ace Dave Johnson. And although the factory default setting is an optimised setup for blinky mode, an optional program box is available to customise settings to suite driving styles in blinky mode as well as non-blinky mode. The controller is 2S LiPo compatible, has a 9.5T and above motor limit and comes with factory installed wires, capacitor and fan.
View a list of the specifications here
Coming from IGT8 and made for their range of 1/8th GT vehicles are new hubs and knuckle arms with optional carbon fibre wheel discs. Tested by the company’s team drivers on different tracks and in various conditions, the new rear hubs offer three different roll centre positions while the front knuckles utilise a new 2.5 degree kingpin angle which provide more steering than the previous 5 degree plastic and aluminium versions. As for the newly developed wheel discs, these create more traction and can be used as a tuning option.
