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December 8, 2014

Exotek F1R2 IFS independent front suspension set

Exotek introduce the F1R2 IFS independent front suspension set that is designed to overcome the very limited suspension travel of standard can car type front suspension. The sweet spot is only about 2mm of travel which means abrupt and non linear car handling. With an IFS suspension the car handling becomes much more linear with real body roll characteristics which means you can drive harder into a corner while maintaining stability and confident road holding performance which translates to improved overall race time results and consistency. The 48 parts set contains all needed parts to convert the front suspension of cars with F104-type front suspension with parameter like droop, ride height, damper angle, spring rate, roll centre, camber and caster all being available from stock or using optional parts. Included are also two pairs of springs; black medium hardness for Ride tyres or low-grip conditions and silver firm springs for Shimizu or TCS tyres and high-grip tracks. The design fits onto the standard F104 bolt pattern but Tamiya type chassis are too narrow for the droop stop screws and the F104 servo mounting will not work. Exotek will work on developing the IFS set next to be able to work with standard Tamiya type chassis.

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December 7, 2014

JConcepts Indoor Nationals Finale – Qualifying Rd3

The intensity continues to rise in Omaha, Nebraska as the JConcepts INS entered the final round of qualifying. In the Modified 4WD class, Kyosho’s Jared Tebo and TLR/JConcepts’ Ryan Maifield are both tied with one win each. Both of these experienced drivers know that having track position is going to benefit greatly for the triple A-mains and undoubtedly give them a better chance at winning.

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December 7, 2014

Exclusive – Making the Xray X1

As announced earlier this week, today we are publishing the exclusive “making of” of Xray’s first ever formula kit, the X1. Designer Martin Hudy will go into deep as he explains the challenges of creating a competitive yet user-friendly formula car.

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December 7, 2014

JConcepts Indoor Nationals Final – Qualifying

JConcepts Indoor Nationals Finale – Qualifying updates

With qualifying underway at the JConcepts Indoor Nationals Finale race, it would be Kyosho/Orion’s Jared Tebo striking first by taking TQ in round 1 of qualifying in the 4WD Modified class with 14 laps 5:05.4 After 5 minutes of qualifying, Tebo edged out Team Associated’s young gun Spencer Rivkin by 0.7 seconds and TLR’s Ryan Maifield by 1 second. With the field closely packed together, the 4WD Modified class will be an intense race from start to finish in every round.

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December 6, 2014

JConcepts Indoor Nationals Finale – Practice updates

The 2014 JConcepts Indoor National Series Finale’s open practice has just wrapped up at the massive Hobbyplex Raceway. This fantastic 5 race series travels the nation in search of the most competitive racing the United States has to offer and has made the final stop in Omaha, Nebraska. With the expected turnout to be just under 300 entries, this year’s finale race is also going to decide who is the king of the INS in 2014.

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December 6, 2014

Beamcat Wildfire D06/D07 +2mm shock towers

Beamcat have new optional +2mm shocktowers and long spring sets available for the VBC Wildfire D06 and D07 touring car kit. Starting with the shock tower conversion kit, it includes new 2mm taller carbon fibre front and rear damper stays and four sets of 25mm springs to allow the suspension fine-tuning according to the track conditions. The included springs come as soft 6.75 coil/285gf-mm, medium 6.50 coil/305gf-mm, hard 6.25 coil/325gf-mm and super hard 5.50coil/395gf-mm variant and they are also available separately as 4-piece sets and in Pro Racing combo containing all four spring types.

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December 6, 2014

Pro-Line Prime 1/10th buggy slick tyre – Preview

Pro-Line Racing soon have the new Prime (semi)slick tyre for 1/10th off-road buggies available. With “Kojack” tyres being a hot ticket in certain indoor track conditions and they previously had to be hand made using grinders or sandpaper, more and more already prepped slick tyres now enter the market. And Pro-Line’s Prime tyre seems to go one step further as it offers a “cut slick” and slightly textured surfaces so by the looks of things it can be used right out of the bag with no break-in time needed. More information will be available soon.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]

December 5, 2014

Protoform Dodge Dart 190mm touring car bodyshell

Protoform introduce the Dodge Dart 190mm electric touring car bodyshell. The newly designed all-round body provides adequate steering while still keeping the rear end stable. Already scoring A-main finishes at the recent International Indoor Championships in Las Vegas the body is meant to produce slightly more overall roll than the Mazdaspeed6, according to World Champion Alexander Hagberg. The body is available in both a .025″ lightweight an .030″ regular variant including window mask, overspray film and wing mounting hardware.

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