Italian company Bittydesign have released a first teaser image of their forthcoming 1/10th scale formula bodyshell. The body will fit most of today’s formula chassis and all information along with proper images will become available in the 15th of March.
Source: Bittydesign [bittydesign.net]
VBC Racing have introduced new option parts for the Firebolt DM and RM buggy as well as the WildfireD08 touring car. Starting with the buggy part, new is a gear differential set with aluminium outer case. The set includes all needed parts including heat treated outdrives, metal cross pins and internal gears as well as shims and seals. The metal diff promises higher durability and it fits the Firebolt DM, DM2 and RM buggies.
Coming from Xray and made for the T4 line of touring cars are orange driveshafts caps. Moulded from a heavy duty composite material the C-shaped caps offer improved wear characteristics and a low resistance and they are usable with the ECS and the standard CVD driveshafts. The 3.5mm thick parts are available in sets of four pieces and they are made for the use with the Multi-Diff and both steel or alloy outdrives.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
New from Avid come 5.8mm titanium pivot balls with M3 thread and 3mm hex head. Weighing in at 0.36g each they can scrub a good amount of weight especially in higher placed areas such as upper shock mounts and they are usable on a range of 1/8th and 1/10th scale on-road cars such as the ones from Xray, ARC, Serpent, HB, Kyosho and others. The pivot balls come in sets of four in a reusable doodad container.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
Xtreme Aerodynamics have introduced the all-new S3 stiffeners for their 1/8th scale bodyshells. The tube-style screw-on plastic parts are user-friendly, reusable and they have been designed to efficiently reinforce the bodyshell to maximise performance. They attach to the body in the pre-shaped areas, doing away with the need to cut and fit fiddly polycarbonate pieces.
Protoform have introduced their highly awaited LTC 2.0 190mm touring car bodyshell. The next generation of the ultra-successful, but 8 years old LTC-R offers an updated front fascia design with a large, striking front grille for looks while on the functionality side of things, deeper headlight recesses have proven on the track to create more steering and downforce, increasing rotation and change of direction. At the rear of the body, the lower fenders are redesigned to be stiffer and less prone to body tucks. Included is Protoform’s popular wing design first seen on the Pro-TC kit and Dodge Dart, now featuring two trim lines for tuning to a specific class or track condition. Another feature of the body are mounting marks inside the scrap Lexan in the front wheel wells. Mounting positions are marked for 0 (neutral), +2mm, +4mm and +6mm to allow for easy body positioning, a feature widely used by both pros and club racers. As a rule of thumb; the more forward the race body is mounted, the more aggressive the handling will feel. The LTC 2.0 complies with the Global Body Spec rules, it is fully EFRA and ROAR approved and comes in regular .030″ and lightweight .025″ variants.
Following a first teaser Serpent have now released full details on the new Cobra GT 1/8th on-road kits. Coming as nitro and electric variant both feature new front and rear aluminium suspension mounts to optimise the suspension geometry by making for flatter A-arm angles which suits on-road racing better. The kits also include 6 degree aluminium C-hubs and rear uprights to further improve the suspension package while new aluminium shock absorber risers allow for optimised shock angles to further up the on-track performance. The suspension package is rounded out by a set of redesigned 4.5mm carbon fibre shock towers.
Ielasi Tuned have introduced their all-new .21 Rally engines in the form of the 9CL and the 7CL. The 9 and 7-port long stroke engines both feature new cooling heads with Ielasi Tuned logos, rear ceramic bearings, new design conrods and they are hand-modified by Daniele Ielasi himself. The EFRA-legal engines complement the IFMAR-legal 5CL GT Rally and they become available very soon.
Source: Ielasi Tuned [ielasituned.com]
