Friday, July 6, 2007
HARD X-Buggy Starter Box Categories - H.A.R.D., Starters, Engines, Off Road, Products - comments closed
H.A.R.D. have announced its entrance into the starterbox market with the release of the their new X-Buggy / S-Circuit starter box. These starter boxes not only look great, with their aluminium finish, but are powerful as well as compact, lightweight and very versatile. The incredibly powerful single motor setup makes it perfect for 1/8th cars, especially when starting stubborn buggy engines and the variable mounts mean you can adjust it to fit almost any type of car.
Source: HARD [hard-racing.com]
Friday, June 8, 2007
Serpent Powerstart Starter box Categories - Serpent, Starters, Off Road, On Road, Products - comments closed
Serpent have introduced the latest version of the Powerstart starter box, the follow up to their original pioneering compact starter box. Suitable for both conventional and in line engines, this new box features dual motors for great starting power and is perfect for all types of car, both circuit and buggy. The box’s adjustable positioning mounts mean you can make any car easily fit. Coming pre assembled, this new starter box features a composite casing and sports a small removable parts box, for spare plugs and clips, and a clip on the rear of the box to mount your glow plug starter. The Powerstart is supplied with a carrying case to protect it when being transported to and from the track and the bag also features a separate pocket for storing cables and other associated items. Expect to see it at the start of July.
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Friday, April 13, 2007
New Mugen Starter boxes Categories - Mugen, Tools, Starters, Products - comments closed
Mugen have released 2 new starter boxes to suit both 1/8th and 1/10th on road and 1/8th off road cars. Made from F39 aluminium, these grey anodised boxes feature the usual dual motors and long life starter wheel and thanks to adjustable pegs and stops on the top plate of the box you can easily make any car align nicely on top.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Fastrax AllStart Universal Starter Box Categories - Fastrax, Tools, Starters, Engines, Products - comments closed
CML Distribution in the UK have introduced this Universal Starter Box by Fastrax, called the AllStart. Its your typical starter box and is compatible with in-line or side-mounted, 1/10th and 1/8th, on or off-road cars. The starter box itself can be easily adjusted to accomodate your choice of car and the whole starting system is powered by dual 550 motors, whilst the box itself can accept two 6 cell stick packs or one 12v gel cell.
Source: CML [cmldistribution.co.uk]
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Team Losi 8ight / 8T Starter Box Categories - Team Losi, Starters, Engines, Off Road, Products - comments closed
Team Losi have announced the release of their new starter box for their 8ight and 8T cars that has been designed to only work with these two platforms. Unlike a conventional starter, the 8ight Starter Box has no positioning pegs, which means no measuring or major assembly required like on most other starter box on the market.
In less than 10 seconds you can transform the starter box to work on either the 8IGHT Competition Buggy or the 8IGHT-T Truggy Race roller. Simply push a button on the front chassis brace location and it will telescope out and then rotate the rear swivel pegs to make the chassis platform long and it will accommodate the 8IGHT-T Truggy Race Roller chassis. Now perform the opposite steps and the starter box will fit the 8IGHT Competition Buggy.
Source: Team Losi [teamlosi.com]
Sunday, January 21, 2007
SMD Starter box Categories - SMD, Starters, Off Road, Products - comments closed
Spire Model Distribution in the UK have produced their own starter box for off road cars and those with in line motors. Featuring the usual twin motors and belt driven starter wheel, this starter box is different in that it use 775 motors in place of the usual 540 versions thus giving 50% more torque and enabling you to turn over your brand new engine in even the coldest conditions. Available in February.
Source: SMD [s-m-d.co.uk]
Thursday, January 11, 2007
RCID Custom starter box skins Categories - Upgrade RC, Starters, Racing, Accessories, Products - comments closed
Back in October we told you about these cool starter box skins from Upgrade RC, through their RCID Custom brand. Well now it seems that they are finally available for purchase and they now have more options to choose from. As with the transponder skins we showed you earlier this week, these skins are customisable with a selection of logos and schemes to choose from as well the choice of starter box that the decal will be applied to.
Source: RCID Custom [rcidcustom.com]
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Dynamite Quick Fire starter box Categories - Dynamite, Starters, Products - comments closed
Dynamite have released their new starter box. Named the Quick Fire, it is suitable for many different types of car with many different engine mounting configurations. Apart from its nice styling its a pretty standard affair.
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