Saturday, November 29, 2008
Caster Racing ZX1.5R - More photos Categories - Cars, Caster Racing, Gas Off Road, Products - add a comment
Just this week we told you about the soon the be released ZX1-5R, the latest buggy from Caster Racing. The manufacturers were excited about the fact that this buggy now comes in kit form, but apart from this have not released further details, instead choosing to send us more detailed photographs of the kit which you can see above & below.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Caster Racing announce the ZX1.5R Categories - Cars, Caster Racing, Gas Off Road, Products - add a comment
Caster Racing have announced the upcoming release of the ZX1.5R. Even lighter than their current car, it claims to have 16 significant upgrades, one of the coolest of which is that it comes in kit form. Listening to the complaints of racers from all brands they heard that people want to assemble kits, not take them apart and rebuild them. Expect more details prior to the December 10th release date.
Source: Caster Racing [casterracingusa.com]
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Caster Racing Pro EX-1R & Sport RTR Categories - Cars, Caster Racing, Electric Off Road, Products - comments closed
Caster Racing have announced the release of their Pro EX-1R and the Sport EX-1RTR. The pro kit is made with 7075 Swiss aluminum, together with lightened parts. It has heli cut gears, big bore shocks, 6 CVDs, new Caster Racing tires, aluminium battery straps and front &rear swaybars. The RTR kit is based off the Sport kit and it is made with T6 aluminium and comes supplied with the new Caster gearing, Caster Racing brushless motor (36×60x2045), Hobbywing ESC, Caster Racing steering servo, FM radio and receiver.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Caster Racing Big bore shocks Categories - Accessories, Caster Racing, Off Road, Products - comments closed
Caster Racing have released these new gun metal grey anodized aluminium big bore shock kits. Sold as a pair, the front and rear have different part numbers for buggy. Also supplied with blue springs, they claim to be unbelieveable quality for the price. These should also work on various other manufacturers chassis’ with little or no modification necessary and everything is included except shock oil, which is sold separately.
Source: Caster Racing [casterracingusa.com]
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Caster Racing Fusion EX-1R buggy Categories - Cars, Caster Racing, Electric Off Road, Products - comments closed
Caster Racing have officially announced the first production electric powered 1/8 scale buggy. Shown on this site a number of weeks ago, the Fusion EX-1R was entirely designed in the United States by fellow racers and engineers. The goal of Caster Racing was to be able to incorporate as many existing parts from the ZX-1R Nitro version so that it would simplify ordering parts for customers and the ability for hobby stores to carry less skus. The expected release date is June 5th for the sport version, that will be almost ready to run, while the team kit version will be available shortly afterwards with a truggy version following.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Caster Racing Fusion EX-1 BL buggy Categories - Cars, Caster Racing, Electric Off Road, Products - comments closed 
Caster Racing have released some teaser shots of their Fusion EX-1, the first purpose designed electric powered 1/8th scale buggy. Expected to be released in June, the buggy can take most modern battery packs and suitable speed controllers and BL motors on the market. Featuring an optimised, centralised layout, the batteries are mounted close to the center line, on either side of the center shaft for better balance and during testing the car performed very well. The pictures above and below show the prototype and according to Neo Buggy, there is a EP Truggy in the works.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Caster Racing ZX-1R Factory Kit Categories - Cars, Caster Racing, Gas Off Road, Products - comments closed
Caster Racing have released details about their new 1/8th scale Factory buggy kit version of their ZX-1R. The kit now features a number of new CNC machined alloy parts such as the shock towers, radio plate and stiffener plates as well as some performance enhancing parts like ABS dual disk brakes, rubber sealed bearings, front, rear and center CVD’s and front and rear sway bars.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Caster Racing K8-T Truggy Categories - Cars, Caster Racing, Gas Off Road, Products - comments closed
Caster Racing, a company that has recently gone through a restructuring, have gotten back to the business of making RC products and announced the released of their new truggy, the K8-T. While perhaps not destined for the sharp end of the field come race day, this is still a solid effort with the company mentioning that since previous runs with the car all of the parts have been improved and modified to improve reliability and longevity.
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