Coming from Team Associated and made for the RC8B3 is the Factory Team upper titanium screw set. Included are a total of 92 3mm and 4mm button, flathead and socket head screws to replace the standard steel fasteners on various locations on the upper part of the vehicle. Included is also a location guide to ensure the correct screws are replaced.
Source: Team Associated [teamassociated.com]
FX have introduced their Team Rucksack, a high-quality backpack for work and travel. The compact and lightweight rucksack has abundant storage compartments and pouches for quick access to any items, it is well padded to withstand the rigours of travel, and the spacious interior of the rucksack is easily accessed via large easy-to-use zippers with draw loops. On top of that the backpack sports a fully adjustable harness, zipped inner pockets and a small zipped pocket for the mobile phone. Manufactured in Europe from premium high-quality materials and combined with expert workmanship the backpack ensures durability and long life and for a unique and stylish look the rucksack features full-colored FX graphics.
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Schumacher have a new lightweight and more durable front spool for the Mi5evo touring car available. One of the main features is that the spool has steel outputs rather than the slider type interface included in the original kit. These will provide a longer life platform with less expense replacing sliders while also offering a lower weight.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
The La Nurcia track in Italy, host of the The Italian Job race in August, will hold the “A race for Guillen” event at the 25th and 26th of July. The charity race for young Spaniard Juan Guillermo Carrasco, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, was set up to raise the awareness and to collect money for a Spanish organisation that does research on this rare disease. The race will take place in nitro and electric classes and more information (in Spanish language) can be found here.
New from LMR, the brand of UK frontrunner Lee Martin, is the complete upgraded bearing kit for the Yokomo YZ-2 buggy available. The 24-piece set includes all required bearings whose quality not only help to boost the performance but also durability. The metal-shielded set, as “used in Lee Martin’s car” is up for grabs now.
Source: LMR [l-m-racing.co.uk]
Xray have introduced the new extra strong ECS double joint driveshafts for the T4 line of touring cars. Being of a reinforced design compared to the standard ECS shafts the ES version offers improved durability, making them especially useful in modified classes. Generally dual joint driveshafts reduce wheel chatter at high steering angles with the ECS ES items being available in a 50mm and 52mm variant.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
New from Team Associated and made for all B5-series based vehicles are 25 degree and 30 degree front aluminium bulkheads. Designed to add strength and a certain amount of weight the Factory Team parts are machined from high-quality aluminium and they come blue anodised and laser-etched for easy identification. The bulkheads weigh in at 15g each and an optionally available 15g add-on brass weight helps to bring them to a total of 30g to further fine-tune the weight distribution. The bulkheads will fit the B5, B5M, T5M and the new SC5M.
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Xpert R/C have announced that multi-time IFMAR World Champion Naoto Matsukura is joining Xpert as a factory driver. Naoto is known as one of fastest drivers with any type of car from 1/12th on road, 1/10th touring car to 1/10th off-road. As one of his most recent successes Naoto was the Top Qualifier and won the 4WD Open class at the IFMAR Worlds Warm Up race using Xpert R/C products.
Source: Xpert R/C [xpert-rc.com]
