Mugen Seiki Racing have announced the signing of 14-times Brazilian 1/8th on-road champion, Flavio Elias to their team. Flavio brings a tremendous amount of experience in racing which will be a huge asset to Mugen Seiki Racing’s on-road team. Flavio will be attending all Brazilian Nationals and major events in South America and he will also race at the 1/10th IFMAR Nitro Touring Car World Championship in 2018.
Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]
T-Works have introduced a full range of carbon fibre parts for the Mugen MTC1 1/10th electric touring car kit. Available are a 2.2mm chassis, 1.6mm or 2.0mm 1-piece top decks, 1.6mm or 2.0mm split front and rear upper decks, a motor mount plate, the front bumper plate as well as front and rear shock towers. Also coming is a floating servo mount plate. All parts are direct replacements and they are available now.
Mugen Seiki Europe have introduced their new MTC1 Multi Work Board. Based on 4TheTop’s GeometX board, the multi-functional board offers an embedded camber gauge and it is of a new honeycomb design for a low weight and high stability. It measures 430x290mm, it can be used as work and precision setup board and it comes with a MTC1 print, a rubber cover mat and a carrying bag. The bottom side, with machined pockets and measuring gauges, allows for a tidy workspace during building, setup and maintenance. The limited edition board is available now.
JConcepts have introduced their new Strike 3 body shell for the Mugen MBX7R buggy. The body samples elements from its famous relatives the Finnisher, Silencer and Striker but packs a slightly refined image. The base enhancements to the design come from the parallel to chassis side pods, that look traditional with 1/8th buggies of the past. A large rear-end winglet has been added to aid in the rear traction stability as well as stopping force. The offset of the race proven shell provides a compact fit for fuel tank, linkage and air filter assembly while the heavy channeling on the front windshield keeps the Strike 3 aligned at high-speed. Just behind the engine head, a sleek up-rising flows from the body like running water and a sharp rise in the rear wicker blocks flow to the rear tower and redirects to the rear wing area. The clear body set includes window templates and a decal sheet and it is a direct fit for the MBX7R.
Coming from Arena are a carbon fibre main chassis and top deck for the Mugen MTC1 touring car. Made from a material that uses a different weaving method the parts will make for different flex characteristics that are better suited for medium to high-bite traction conditions.
New from Fenix Racing for the recently released Mugen MTC1 comes this new aluminium flex chassis. Following a similar design, the chassis shape follows the angled battery, thus preventing the front of the chassis from scrubbing on the ground. To better tune the rear of the car a stiffener has been included to be fixed to the lower chassis. On the upper part of the car they released two different upper decks, the short one is meant to work with the short carbon fibre one that comes with the kit, while the long one will be mounted in a more conventional way. Both upper decks allow the driver to tune the flexibility of the rear, also providing one extra set of holes to fix the rear end. Also available is fan holder able to carry both a 30mm or 40mm cooling fan and last but not least, is a 7075 brace for the motor mount.
New from Team Speedmind come a number of option parts for the newly released Mugen MTC-1. Starting with the Speed-Light titanium screw set, it consists of 138 pieces of high strength titanium screws including M2 & M2.5 sizes. Next up is the Speed-Ceramic high speed ball bearing set made up of 23 pieces of super low friction ball bearings. Finally there is also a set of Speed-Ceramic high speed ball bearing set for MTC-1 transmission.
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RC Prostyle have introduced first option parts for Mugen’s brand new MTC1 1/10th electric touring car in the form of carbon fibre battery mounts and fan mounts made from the same material. Starting with the battery retainers, the set includes front and rear battery brackets machined from carbon fibre to replace the standard moulded composite parts while also utilising a tape-less mounting system using carbon fibre plates. The set is a direct replacement for the standard parts and it not only speed up battery swaps but also does away with tweak issues associated with using fibre reinforced tape to strap the battery down. Also new and made as a direct fit for the MTC1 are carbon fibre motor fan mounts. Available for 30mm and 40mm fans the braces attach directly to the layshaft mount, making for a floating and thus tweak-free design.
