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June 12, 2023

Cruz wins Arizona State Championships

A dominant performance from Jacob Cruz saw the Mugen driver TQ and win the Arizona State Championships at PF Hobbies and Racing in Mesa, Arizona. With the event attracting 146 entries across the classes, the young racer who joined Mugen at the start iof 2021 was able to take his MTC2 to the top of the times in all four rounds of qualifying securig the TQ ahead of the Awesomatix of Lex Tyler and Mugen of Mike Truhe. In the single A-Main, Cruz, who won the race last year, would control things from the front to win from a recovering Tyler who dropped to 5th early in the final with Truhe completing the podium, the former 1:8 Offroad star managing to take TQ and win 13.5 Super Stock.

Image: Jacob Cruz [Facebook]

May 29, 2023

Volker wins EC Warm-up Race at Türkheim

Mugen’s Ronald Volker took victory at the official Warm-Up Race for this year’s EFRA Electric Touring Car European Championship. Top Qualifier in Türkheim, the 7-time champion took the win ahead Awesomatix’s Marc Rheinard with Xray’s Marco Kaufmann completing the podium. Only the second time Germany will host the European Championships for the category, it was the Türkheim circuit in the south of the country that also hosted that event when Andy Moore lifted the 2006 title. One notable absentee from the small Modified entry over the weekend was that of back to back reigning champion Bruno Coelho who was racing in the US at the Warm-up Race for the IFMAR 1:10 Offroad World Championships. Alexander Hagberg attended the race for Xray finishing 5th sandwiched between the Mugens of Eric Dankel and Robert Pietsch. In Stock, 2018 Champion Max Machler took his Awesomatix to the win ahead of Simon Lauter and Adam Izsay.

Image: Marc Rheinard [Facebook]

May 16, 2023

Mugen MRX6X Optional Rear Shock Tower

Reigning 1:8 Onroad World Champion manufacturer Mugen Seiki has released a new optional rear shock tower for their MRX6X chassis. The new carbon fibre rear tower gets an added the hole in the middle and further two top holes from the standard shock mounting holes. This will create more fine tuning for rear shock angle with the added top two holes creating more rear traction on tracks with low grip condition.

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April 28, 2023

Mugen MTC-2R Touring Car

Mugen Seiki has announced their latest 1:10 Electric Touring Car, the MTC2R. The new car is an evolution of the successful MTC-2 platform used by Ronald Völker to win the ETS championship two years in a row. Now the next generation MTC-2R has several updates and improvements. Volker, designer & racer Robert Pietsch, Eric Dankel together with the whole development team tested extensively on different surfaces and conditions to develop the MTC-2R.

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March 2, 2023

Mugen Seiki MBX8TR Truggy

Mugen Seiki has announced its new MBX8TR Nitro and Electric Truggy. The MBX8TR has several new parts to increase stability, rear traction, improved jumping/landing, and to have more tuning options. In the area of suspension, new “C” and “D” suspension mounts now use square pills for increased tuning of toe-in and anti-squat. and geometry. The front and rear arms use an impact resistant material for increased durability. Stiffer LW front and rear arms will be available as option parts for the MBX8TR. The rear uprights are also new for the MBX8TR. The molded uprights have CFRP plates to adjust the rear roll centre. A new front shock tower and upper front arm mount uses new pivot inserts for increased tuneability. The MBX8TR comes with a complete new 4 shoe clutch from Mugen Seiki. This clutch was designed to be easy to work on and more tuneable than other 4 shoe clutches on the market and features a 34mm aluminium 4 shoe flywheel with removable steel pins. It has a unique way of adjusting spring tension to tune the engagement to suit your engine, track conditions and personal preferences to optimise fuel consumption and performance. The new vented 13T clutch bell, two carbon shoes, and two aluminium shoes are included in the MBX8TR kit.

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December 16, 2022

Mugen Seiki 2023 Zip Hoodie

Mugen Seiki has unveiled a new full zip hoodie for the 2023 season. Made from 100% cotton, the hoodie features a large white Mugen Seiki logo on the ‘cement’ base colour with a smaller version of the logo repeated on the front. Available in M, L, XL, XXL, the hoodie will go on sale later this month so probably not going to make it in time as a last minute Christmas present!

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenseiki.com]

December 13, 2022

Mugen MTC2 optional Hard Alu US Chassis

Mugen Seiki has released a new optional hard US aluminium chassis for its MTC2 1:10 electric touring car platform. The rigidity of the chassis has been increased by removing pocketing and the weight is also increased by 8grams. Tested by Ronald Volker, the new hard chassis makes the MTC2 more precise and predictable to drive resulting in lap times become more consistent.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]

December 13, 2022

Mugen MBX8 optional clutch shoes for E2723 V2 Clutch

Mugen has released new optional clutch shoes for the E2723 V2 Clutch (4-Shoe). The 1 dot aluminium clutch shoe has a slightly smoother feeling on acceleration because it slips less than the standard E2718 aluminium clutch shoe. The 1 dot shoe work well for buggy and on lower grip conditions. The 2 dot aluminium clutch shoe has a slight more aggressive feeling on acceleration without slipping. The 2 dot shoes work well for buggy and truck when you need more aggressive acceleration or when traction is high. The combination of two carbon shoes (E2717) with one 1 dot aluminium and one 2 dot aluminium shoes is a great combination for most conditions.

Source: Mugen Seiki [mugenracing.com]