Sunday, March 30, 2008
Team Magic M8 buggy Categories - Team Magic, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed 
We wrote about the new M8 from Team Magic about a month ago when it first showed up in Spain. Now Team Magic themselves have released the full details of the car which is confirmed to have extra long big bore shocks, extra long suspension travel, adjustable wheelbase, adjustable rear upper linkages and special aluminium front & rear chassis stiffeners. For the first batch of the M8 only, TM are also including a number of optionals such as machined lightweight aluminum - chassis, stiffeners, hinge pin mounts and steering blocks and it also comes supplied with K-Factory brake pads
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
HoBao Hyper 9 detailed by Tim Bump Categories - HoBao, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
Nitro House in the US have sat down with the Hyper 9 Lead Designer Tim Bump to go through all of the details of this unique looking buggy.
The Hyper 9 is a completely new design from the ground up with many new and innovative ideas. Several criteria were set and met in this new design. Weight was number one and always a concern with every part designed for the buggy. Next, in order of importance, was side to side balance, low center of gravity, ground clearance, all on as narrow a chassis as possible. On the performance side, the buggy had to accelerate, corner, jump and land better than any other buggy on the market. In this article I will reveal many of the new and secret design features of the Hyper 9.
Check out the full feature list along with lots of photos of the prototype here.
Source: Nitro House [nitrohouse.com]
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Atsushi Hara LE Lightning 2 Pro Evo Categories - HPI, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed 
Following on from the release earlier this month of the Hayato Matsuzaki Cyclone D4 comes another replica from Hot Bodies, this time its the Atsushi Hara Lightning 2 Pro Evo RTR. Created to celebrate Hara’s Japanese National title last year, each of the 20 Limited Edition cars comes pre assembled to Atsushi’s specifications. Featuring a numbered plate, the car sports a pre cut and painted Hara replica body shell and comes with the latest shock absorbers, as well as a full set of tuning springs. It has been fitted with Hara’s choice of 2.4Ghz Futaba Megatech 3PK radio system, BLS-352 steering servo and S9351 to handle the throttle and brakes. To power the car it uses the OS Speed 21VZ Spec AL engine and T-2060 exhaust system and finally to carry all this great equipment to the track, the whole thing is supplied with a large HPI Racing carrier bag which is fitted with wheels and an extendable handle. All of this doesnt come cheap, each of the 20 examples will set you back close to EUR 1,750 and if you want one you’d better act fast.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Xray XT8 to remain unchanged for 08 Categories - Xray, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
A bit of non news from Xray, who have officially confirmed what they told us in Nuremberg last month, that the XT8 truggy will remain unchanged for this season.
The XT8 has been extremely successful since its release, and the long development time has paid off as the car has been proven to be ‘bulletproof’ and its performance has been at the very highest level. We have followed all reports, feedback and exeriences very closely, not only from team drivers but also from our customers around the world… and as such I am happy to confirm that there are no immediate plans to alter the XT8 and it will remain with the same specifications for the 2008 season. I hope everybody enjoys the XT8 and I wish everybody great success in the 2008 racing season.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Monday, February 25, 2008
Carson Stormracer Extreme RTR buggy Categories - Carson, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed 
Carson have released the Stormracer Extreme, a 1/10th scale buggy based on their new CV-10 chassis which is sold in ready-to-run form. The chassis features lots of adjusting possibilities to optimise the cars handling over rough terrain including camber and toe setting as well the inclusion of optional springs for use on the cars oil shock dampers. The car has shaft driven permanent 4WD and is powered by the included pull start 2,5 cc Force engine.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
O’Donnell truggy prototype Categories - O'Donnell, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed 
Our partners Neo Buggy have some images of the prototype O’Donnell truggy as seen at this weekends Nitro Challenge race in Arizona. This particular car was used by Jared Tebo, who managed to qualify in 4th of the truggy A-main and more pictures of it can be found here.
Source: Neo Buggy [neobuggy.net]
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Team Magic M8 buggy Categories - Team Magic, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
Our partners Auto RC in Spain have the first production pictures of the new M8 buggy by Team Magic. The front and rear of the car now sport big bore shock absorbers, mounted to the top instead of the side of the shock cap and the car now sports a more conventional buggy look. There are also new strengthened front and rear wishbones, adjustable rear uprights, new geometry and new CVD’s. Along with new differentials, a new style bodyshell and a lowered centre of gravity, its safe to say that this is another completely new buggy from TM.
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Friday, February 22, 2008
HoBao Hyper 8.5 RTR BRCA Edition Categories - HoBao, Gas Off Road, Cars, Products - comments closed
CML have announced that they are selling a BRCA Edition of the Hyper 8.5 in a Ready-To-Run format. This high specification 1/8th scale buggy includes an impressive array of features, many of which made the Hobao Hyper 8.5 Pro a first time winner at the European Championships. CML are including the latest generation HoBao Hyper 21 3-port Race Engine to provide improved power and torque over standard RTR power plants. In addition, this RTR comes with the FR2 extended chassis, big bore shocks for improved rough track handling, 9kg steering servo for heavy duty applications and racing dish wheels.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
