McFactory have introduced more aluminium chassis conversions for 1/12th scale pan cars. The range will also include chassis and power pod sets for the TOP Rebel 12 v2, the Serpent S120 LTR, Team Associated R12 5.2 and the CRC XTI WC. All are made using high-quality aluminium and they help to settle down the cars when running in high-bite track conditions.
Source: McFactory Motorsports [mcfactorymotorsports.com]
New from Calandra Racing Concepts come new Formula rims and pre-mounted tyres. Starting with the Pro-Mount wheels, the rims are purpose-designed for the use with rubber tyres, such as CRC’s RT-1, the TCS F1 and the Pit Shimizu F1 line of tyres. With moulded-in mounting ribs, the Pro-Mount offers an improvement over some other wheels that are nothing more than foam tyre rims without guidance ribs. With CRC’s new wheel the rib guides the tyre bead in the right place, not allowing the tyre to be mounted too far on the wheel, making tyre mounting much easier. Swinging over to the pre-mounted tyres, they come pre-glued and are ready to have fun. The RT-1 tyres have already proven themselves in the World GT-R category of racing. The high-performance belted tyres are of super long wear, providing multiple seasons of use on carpet surfaces. They mount to CRC’s new Pro-Mount wheel and come in sets of four and they will be available in limited quantities in mid March.
Calandra Racing Concepts’ 12 volt tyre truer has the power to cut 1/8th, 1/10th and 1/12th tyres with ease. It features automatic return – out and back – with both normal and reverse rotation. The machine also has camber cutting adjustments for putting a pre-cambered angle into the tyres and a micro-adjust feed dial allows for precise diameters. The unit comes with a standard high-speed steel cutting bit, however, CRC’s optional Final Cut truing bit helps to cut even through the toughest of foams. The tyre truer comes complete with pivoting dust shield and 12 volt cables but no adapter. Also available is the Ultimate Tire Truer package including that, on top of the tyre truer, includes the Final Cut truing bit, the True-All multi-adapter for 1/12th, 1/10th and touring car tyres as well as the Tire Sanding Paddle.
Coming from CRC are the pre-mounted GTR rubber tyres and chrome pivot balls for the company’s line of pan cars. Starting with the tyres, the RT-1 rubber tyres come pre-mounted on black multi-spoke rims and they are designed for the use in World GT-R and rubber tyre oval classes. Their design and rubber compound makes for high durability and performance without any degradation even when used for many races. Also new are chrome-plated front arm pivot balls for the CRC ProStrut front end found on CRC on-road cars. The balls offer a super smooth surface and greater lube holding properties for the smoothest possible front end action.
Calandra Racing Concepts have introduced the new FC16 version of their successful WTF1 formula car kit. The car is based on a 2.5mm quadaxial, high modulus carbon fibre chassis that allows for three different battery placements in an inline forward and rear as well as a transverse position. The steering servo can be mounted in a standup of laydown position and like the chassis, the front lower wishbone parts as well as rear lower pod plate, battery plate and more are also made up using 2.5mm QHM carbon fibre. Other features include a dual tube roll damper, CRC’s Slider Pod rear ride height adjustment as well as the CRC Pro Diff ball differential mounted on a lightweight carbon fibre rear axle shaft. The WTF1-FC16 kit has already proven its performance by TQing and winning the US Indoor Champs in Cleveland as well as the 2016 Hudy Indoor Champs. The kit will hit the stores early February with a FC16 conversion kit for the original WTF1 car being up for grabs from now on.
Calandra Racing Concepts have introduced new wheels and tyres for 1/10th on-road cars. Starting with the GTR wheels, these are designed for rubber tyre 1/10th scale pan car racing, both oval and road. They are direct bolt on for 1/10th cars and in the rear, they use the standard 4 bolt mounting pattern commonly used in oval and World GT. In the front, they utilise the normal 1/8×5/16″ bearing, again very common among the 1/10th oval and World GT cars. The mounted tyres measure around 2.45″/62.2mm diameter, most all pan cars can be adjusted to make the proposed 5mm ride height rule. The rims are designed to mount tyres such as the Pit Shimizu, Tamiya TCS and CRC RT1 and the rims allow for two types of scale looks; low profile sidewall GT type cars and large sidewall NASCAR and F1 scale looks. As for the new RT1 tyres, they mount in the same style as the most popular Formula tyres, the Pit Shimizu 0571 and 0572 and the Tamiya TCS. The CRC tyre is meant to perform very well with great grip and stability on both carpet and asphalt. Coming this Fall are also pre-mounted tyre and wheel combos.
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H-Speed have a new carbon fibre main chassis plate for CRC’s WTF1 Formula car available. Cut from high-quality multi-directional 4mm carbon fibre the chassis allows to run a shorty LiPo pack in transversal position for increased rear traction and improved steering. The optional rear cross brace allows the use of a rubber O-ring to secure the battery pack, similar to the design seen on the Carpet Knife Xti WC 1/12th scale car. On top of that both parts will reduce the flex of the chassis for even better on-track performance.
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CRC’s 2014 IFMAR World Championships winning Xti-WC 1/12th scale pan car kit will soon become available for the public. Building on the winning heritage from the multi-champion Xti and Xti-Altered Ego cars, the World Champion edition features a new chassis and a front sub frame U-plate as well as minor geometry tweaks to allow both stock and modified racing right out of the package. The main feature of the new design is the front sub frame that uses six attachment points rather than four. The “double decker” design coupled with the increased mounting positions results in a much more rigid front end, however, the user can remove one set of mounting points to adjust the front flex of the chassis.
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