September 5, 2023

Mikimodel Yokomo BD Body Stopper

Mikimodel, the Yokomo distributor for Italy, has announced it is to produce its own range of special parts and optional for the Japanese manufacturer’s cars.   The first optional produced is this Body stopper for the BD12/BD11 1:10 Electric Touring Car which is also compatible with the older BD10 and BD9.  The stopper leans against the bodywork in the front part of the bodywork to prevent it from deforming due to incoming air flows.  This system therefore preserves the bodywork from deforming and losing its aerodynamic characteristics.  Equipped with an upper adjustment screw, it allows you to find the correct height with all the bodies on the market.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

September 4, 2023

Hasi tuned extra light 2 speed shaft

Hasi Tuned has released a new bicompound 2-Speed shaft made up of both steel and Ergal.  The new shaft is available for Mugen, ARC and Infinity 1:8 Onroad nitro cars.  Being more than 50% lighter, the advantages of the bicompound shaft are more acceleration, more top speed, better fuel economy and the transmission runs more free.

Source: Hasi Tuned [hasituned.eu]

August 31, 2023

ARC R8.4E 1:8 Electric Onroad Car

ARC has announced their latest 1:8 Electric Onroad Racing car, the R8.4E.  The R8.4E will be available in 2 different configurations- the R8.4EL and R8.4ES.  While both cars feature specially designed 5mm carbon chassis for electric racing, the key difference is in their transmission and battery layout.  The R8.4EL is designed to run either standard or shorty LiPo batteries, while the R8.4ES is designed to run exclusively with shorty LiPo batteries.  For added tune ability, theR8.4E features adjustable front and rear suspension arm lengths and roll centre via changing the pivot pin inserts.  Racers can choose from 3 different front low and upper arms length.  The rear low arm roll centre can settle in middle or low and rear upper arm lengths also can be adjusted.  The default setup places the front lower arms in the centre – with a longer front low arm can generating more traction while a shorter arm delivers better steering response.

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August 30, 2023

MR33 A800 Diff and Spool Pulleys

MR33, the brand of multiple World Champion & current Awesomatix factory driver Marc Rheinard, has released new Diff and Spool Pulleys for the A800 touring car.  Available in both plastic and aluminium options, the premium CNC machined, hard coated aluminium spool pulley fits the A800R, A800MMX, and A800FX (and Evo) models.  The gear has perfect concentricity, is very light and extremely durable is recommend it for all stock classes and also for modified racing.  The gear including the aluminium ring and screws weighs 6.5g, making it 2.5g heavier than the original plastic part from Awesomatix.  The aluminium differential gear has perfect concentricity and extremely durable. The gear including aluminium ring and screws weighs 5.5g, which is 2.5g heavier than the original plastic part from Awesomatix.

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August 30, 2023

SMJ Twister Rear Bumper Side Stiffner

SMJ has released a stiffener to help reduce the chance of rear body tucks during race accidents that is intended for use on saloon car bodies from Xtreme Aerodynamics.  Pre-cut to fit the Twister and Twister Speciale bodies, it comes with double-sided tape so it can be easily attached to the body.

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August 30, 2023

Xpress Execute XQ11 Mid Mount Touring Car

Hong Kong chassis manufacturer Xpress has released details of its latest 1:10 competition Touring Car, the Execute XQ11.  Building on the success of the previous XQ10 platform,  it combines a number of new design features.  The motor mount has been redesigned to accept up to 4 locations of bearings to tension your belt, with one of those being height adjustable.  The spur mounting is now screw-less, secured by a single large plate for a more evenly mounted spur.  Redesigned body stops help lift the body when cornering to prevent scraping on the track and preventing inconsistent performance.   It gets easy to adjust caster angle by adding or removing shims to the front of the mount, without having to use special tools to measure caster.  Through axle design in the uprights gives better support and increasing consistency and removing unwanted slop.  Xpress has brought back the quick change steering ackermann setting through adjusting with inserts.  Reinforced upper arms increase suspension stiffness and webbing can be cut for suspension flex tuning.  Top deck flex can be adjusted through the plethora of holes in the top deck by adding/removing inserts and/or screws in the provided holes.

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August 30, 2023

Sweep Racing Gen2 Mini Tyre

Sweep Racing has released a new new Mini tyre for outdoor asphalt.  Since the Mini chassis has started to get faster, the market needed a faster and durable tyre which was what led Sweep to developed a new shape of mini tyre.   New Gen2 mini tyres are based on the R3 TC tyres which are Sweep’s most popular 1:10 Touring Car tyre.  The rounder contact surface and rounded sidewall makes easy driving on multiple track conditions and bigger outer diameter provides more speed.   Gen2 mini tyres made using their latest outdoor compounds which provides much longer lifespan and consistency.  24, 28, 32, 36, 40 hardness are available with white, black or yellow wheels.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

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