Coming from Sweep Racing are 17mm aluminium wheel nuts for 1/8th off-road vehicles and GT cars. They are of a closed design to keep dust and dirt from affecting the wheel hub threads and a serrated backside keep the wheel nuts from become loose during hard racing action. The nuts come hard-anodised, with laser-etched Sweep Racing logos and in sets of four.
Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]
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Yokomo have introduced an aluminium main chassis and rear lower plate for the YRX12 1/12th scale pan car. Machined from high-quality 2mm material for improved torsional stiffness, the chassis sports strategic milling for optimised roll and pitch stiffness in order to do away with steering twitchiness on high-bite surface while still retaining an agile yet controllable and stable car. The chassis and rear pod plate were designed to work as a package and they sport a black anodised surface, chamfered silver edge details and white Yokomo and YRX12 logos. Both parts will become available by end of March.
Yokomo have introduced the new Racing Performer M3 series of electric 540-class competition brushless motors. Of an all-new design the motor features a redesigned stator, magnet and rotor for an optimised balance between RPM and torque with Yokomo’s top drivers Naoki Akiyama and Christopher Krapp being responsible for the fine-tuning of the overall package. The M3 series is available in 3.5T to 8.5T modified and 13.5T, 17.5T and 21.5T stock windings from April on.
Team Associated have introduced new Factory Team option parts for the B64 series of 4WD buggies. First up is an aluminium steering rack that was designed to increase durability and improve steering response when running on high-bite surfaces. The CNC-machined part is made from high-strength aluminium material, it comes anodised in blue and does not require additional items.
Reds Racing have welcomed Spain’s Borja Hernandez to their team. The Spanish top driver off-road will use Reds Racing nitro engines in his campaign that will include the Spanish national championship beside other major races.
Source: Reds Racing [reds-racing.com]
Coming from Reds Racing is the new clutch retainer, a conical washer that keeps the clutch bell in place even in the event of a bearing failure. The part is machined from special alloy steel for increased durability and it is simply held in place using the crankshaft screw.
View the clutch retainer in detail here
Coming from Shepherd and made for the Velox F1 formula car is an adjustable aluminium steering bellcrank. The 2-piece part allows to fine-tune the steering Ackermann geometry by shifting the separate inner ballstud lever forth and back while also increasing overall rigidity and thus steering precision on high-bite surfaces. The bellcrank is available in blue or black anodising.
Round three of the PLMS Championship was held in Płochocin near Warsaw, Poland. The schedule saw practice and four qualifiers on Saturday with a final qualifier and the finals being run on Sunday. In The Touring Pro Stock class the race for the TQ was on between Michał Wójcik and Arkadiusz Smyk. Arkadiusz won the first and fourth qualifier while Michał took the second and third round meaning the decision for the overall TQ would be made in Q5 and with both making mistakes it was ultimately Arkadiusz who obtained the pole position for the A-mains and he would also come out fastest in the Stock class.
