Add some dark, cool style to your Mini-Trophy or scale truck build with the HPI ST-8 wheels in black. These 0mm offset wheels come packaged in pairs and feature a 1.9 inch bead diameter, perfect for fitting scale replica tyres like the Yokohama Geolandar tyres or any available scale replica off-road tyres. The ST-8 wheels will fit any car or truck with a standard 12mm hex adapter.
Source: HPI [hpieurope.com]
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Pro-Line have released this video highlighting their new Street Fighter SC tire, which has been developed for bashing with your Short Course track on tarmac and other hard surfaces.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
Having brought you the first photos of the new DESC410R at the start of the week, Durango have released an additional image to better show the standard rear bumper. Smaller than those seen on other cars, as it is a race spec car so they didn’t want to add too much weight, the bumper does a good job of protecting the car from nose up landings without throwing you off the racing line. Finally, they wanted to say that the tires shown in the photos will not be included in the kit, as racers will buy what’s best for their track.
Source: Durango [team-durango.com]
Following on from the release of their original one-piece engine mount for the MRX-5, Arrowmax have released an update V2 version. Machined from a single piece of aluminum, this new version features two additional mounting points for more secure mounting of the engine to the chassis, with the back plate end of the mount also cosmetically altered.
Source: Free Max [freemaxmp.com]
Team Orion have released their new pit lamp for making working on your car that much more comfortable. Making use of either 12V DC or 100 to 240V AC, the lamp been made out of aluminum and can be folded for easy storage and transportation. It comes supplied with a variety of different plug adapters.
Kyosho America have sent us the World Championship winning setup of new World Champion Cody King, which he used in Pattaya, Thailand to clinch the 2010 title. While you may never run on a track like that at PRS, its still interesting to see what way Cody had his car setup to take victory.
Reedy have announced the arrival of 60C competition LiPo batteries for the 2011 racing season. Competition tested and proven by top drivers Juho Levanen, Keven Hébert, Rick Hohwart and Christer Andersson, these all-new batteries feature high capacity for maximum duration and dimensions that fall within the specs required by international sanctioning bodies (approvals in process). Each battery features Reedy’s molded hard case and industry-standard 4mm socket connectors to minimize resistance and increase power. A pair of connectors is included with each battery. The saddle pack battery also includes a 12-gauge jumper wire with pre-installed 4mm connectors.
The VRC Pro team successfully concluded the long awaited alpha test in the 2nd week of October. The alpha test is an all-out internal test of all the processes on game, website and database level and precedes the external beta test. Although there are still areas that need work and fine-tuning, we can say that we are at approx. 96% of what is needed for beta test and eventually launch. At this moment the team is working on final component configuration to accommodate the trial and full user levels, some account issues (especially transaction reporting) and optimizing the VRC World social network community.
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