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March 22, 2017

Aaron Stringer takes maiden Australian Truggy title

The 2017 Australian 1/8th Off-road National Championships were held last weekend in Morphett Vale, South Australia with over 220 entries. In the 60-minute Nitro Truggy A-main top qualifier, Aaron Stringer and Kyle McBride would fight for the lead in the opening stages but a crash of McBride and following mechanical problems would give Stringer room to breathe. Behind him Andrew Foord, Alex Bernadzik and Josh Pain were in the mix for the remaining podium spots and while up front Aaron Stringer would bring home a maiden national title, Andrew Foord would snatch the runner-up spot from Josh Pain in third.

Source: AKA [raceaka.com] | Image: Aaron Stringer

March 22, 2017

RPM Kraton & DEX8T front arm set

RPM have introduced an upper and lower front arm set for the ARRMA Kraton and Team Durango DEX8T trucks. Designed primary for strength and durability the arms offer a few extra features in as well. First is slop elimination. The A-arms reduce the amount of movement of the A-arm at the inner mounts, providing for better steering response and more consistent camber, caster and toe angle settings. Next improvement is the addition of a second shock mount hole further out on the arm, providing for a lower profile suspension set-up, allowing the shocks to lay down a little further, dropping the ride height for a lower center of gravity. As an added bonus, the front A-arms are roughly 10 percent lighter than stock while also being designed with leading and trailing 30 degree chamfered edges for smoother transitions over obstacles too tall for the suspension to clear. The arms fit the ARRMA Kraton, Talion and Outcast trucks as well as the Team Durango DEX8T and two sets are needed for a complete conversion.

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March 22, 2017

O.S. Engines welcome Merlin Depta

O.S. Engines have announced the addition of Germany’s Merlin Depta to their factory team. The German frontrunner, multiple ENS finalist, EFRA vice-European Champion and long-time Picco driver will power his Serpent rides with O.S. Speed engines from now on and he has the following to say about the deal:

I want to use this opportunity to thank Picco for their support during the last years as they have been my very first engine sponsor. Changing the brand of probably the most important component of the car needs to be a good choice. When I came into contact with O.S. Engines I was very satisfied with power and even more important reliability during a run. The support is very professional and the contact with the engineers is at eye level. It’s a great honor for me to line up in this world class factory team! Thanks to Mr. Yukami, Mr. Shimazaki and also Mr. Arata who made it possible!

Source: O.S. Engines [os-engines.co.jp]

March 21, 2017

Hot Race Tyres introduce special clay compounds

Hot Race Tyres from Italy have introduced their new clay rubber compounds. Developed especially with the demanding clay-type tracks in mind, the rubber will extract the maximum traction and performance from the tyre and it will become available in soft and hard compounds for both the existing range of 1/8th treads and also the new 1/10th buggy tyres.

Source: Hot Race Tyres [hotracetyres.com]

March 21, 2017

Serpent SDX4 centre gear differential

Coming from Serpent and made for the SDX4 1/10th scale4WD buggy is a centre differential set. Same as the front and rear diffs with the exception of the spur gear, the differential features moulded composite internals for a low weight and an interchangeable main gear, that is available in 82T to 88T specifications, for convenient gear ratio changes. Using the centre diff over a slipper clutch will calm down the car’s on-power reactions and the diff set is available now.

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March 21, 2017

Flavio Elias doubles at Brazilian on-road opener

This past weekend the opening round of the Brazilian National On-road Championship was held at the Miniautodromo Internacional Zeca Elias in Sao Paulo, host of the 2015 IFMAR 1/8th World Championship. In the competitive 1/8th class Capricorn’s Flavio Elias TQ’d and won the meeting in pretty dominant fashion, crossing the finish line first ahead of the Mugen of Kazu Ohara and the Capricorn of Samuel Piatto. In the 1/10th 200mm open class Elias took another convincing TQ and win on his Capricorn ahead of the Shepherd of Eduardo Dulac and the Capricorn of Rafael Alves.

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March 21, 2017

Techra T4 split/1-piece suspension mounts set

Techra have introduced a new interchangeable split and 1-piece suspension mount system for the Xray T4 touring car. Utilising the original Xray suspension pin inserts, the set includes new split inner suspension mounts as well as a 2.6g aluminium and a 8.1g brass connecting bride to create a solid “1-piece” mount if needed. The system helps to both reduce torsional flex while also adding weight which can be beneficial in certain track conditions. The aluminium parts are cut from high-quality 7075 material and they come black and orange anodised while the brass bride is made from polished material. The set is best used in the front of the car and it is available now.

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March 21, 2017

Mugen Seiki welcome Carsten Keller

Mugen Seiki Europe have announced the addition of Germany’s Carsten Keller to their team. The multi national champion will campaign Mugen’s MBX7R nitro and electric buggies at all major national and international events.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugen.eu]