April 18, 2014

WRC F-One-S sport version formula kit

WRC F-One-S sport version formula kit

Italian company WRC introduce the F-One-S “sport version” 1/10 formula chassis kit. Making use of carbon fibre and aluminium parts, the kit also includes some new-for-2014 option parts, a 1-piece bodyshell, a 1-piece ball differential and a new 12-ball main gear. The kit is available from now on.

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April 18, 2014

Sweep EXP Evo-R touring car tyres

Sweep EXP Evo-R touring car tyres

Sweep Racing introduce the EXP Evo-R touring car tyres. The tyre, developed with the help of Touring Car World Champion Jilles Groskamp, has an all new designed carcass that greatly improves the balance and feel making it easier to drive. The new design has an increased diameter of 65mm which is slightly larger than the previous EXP Evo giving a thicker side wall while the Evo-R also sports a stronger inner mesh/belting for increased durability. The tyre comes in three different compounds of 30, 36 and 40 hardness.

Source: Sweep [sweepracing.com]


April 17, 2014

CRC 1/12th & TLR 22 carbon fibre option parts

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Calandra Racing Concepts have two new option parts available in the form of a dual extended upper plate for the company’s line of 1/12th scale chassis and a carbon fibre front shock tower for the TLR 22 buggy. Starting with the upper plate, the part fits Altered Ego and standard XTi and SE cars cars with slider rear pods and it is made to extend the upper rear shock mount to utilise the matching longer front shock positions in the chassis. The plate is made from 2.5mm QHM material and available now. Also new is the 4mm carbon fibre front shock tower for the TLR 22 buggy. Fitting older spec kits and the new 2.0 variant the part is cut from pure carbon fibre quad-axial high-modulus material for added strength. The part is a direct replacement for the stock composite tower.

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April 17, 2014

Team CRC Japan Altered Ego 4mm tweak plate

Team CRC Japan Altered Ego 4mm tweak plate

Team CRC Japan introduce this 4mm carbon fibre tweak plate for the CRC Altered Ego 1/12th scale car. The part replaces the kit brace with a 4mm thick and more durable plate in order to improve crash resistance. The tweak plate is available world-wide via Team CRC Japan.

Source: Team CRC Japan [kimihiko-yano.jp]


April 16, 2014

WRC STX 2014 dual joint front driveshafts

WRC STX 2014 dual joint front driveshafts

WRC have new dual joint front driveshafts for the STX 2014 touring car available. The ECS called universals are 52mm long, made from spring steel for best possible durability and reduce the chatter of the front tyres at high steering angles due to their design.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]


April 16, 2014

Xray NT1 2014 – Details announced

Xray NT1 2014 – Details announced

Xray introduce the latest incarnation of their World and European Championship winning NT1 1/10th nitro on-road in the form of the 2014 Spec kit. Compared to its predecessor the car features only subtle refinements such as a new chassis and radio plate, a new fuel tank mounting system, a new smaller 2-speed gearbox and an updated front middle shaft mounting system. Other new features include redesigned shock towers, shocks and a new battery mount. The new features are meant to make maintenance and setup even easier while also adapting the car to harder hand-out tyres, as designer Martin Hudy describes in our exclusive interview some days ago.

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April 16, 2014

Imbue long-life slipper pad grease

Imbue long-life slipper pad grease

Imbue introduce a long-life slipper pad grease for off-road and on-road vehicles. Applied to the contact surface of the slipper pads and slipper plates, the grease reduces slip-friction and operating temperatures in order to prevent the dreaded pad glazing. Reduced maintenance time and a smoother, longer lasting slipper action are the result. The grease comes 2ml syringes for easy application.

Source: Imbue [imbuemotorsports.com]


April 16, 2014

Nosram X-treme 2S LiPo battery packs

Nosram X-treme 2S LiPo battery packs

Nosram introduce two new LiPo battery packs out of their X-treme line of competition batteries. Available as 7500mAh and 6000mAh variant both packs are build from the latest 110C/55C cells, they come in a red semi-transparent case and are good for all power-hungry applications such as electric off-road and touring car racing.

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