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May 10, 2007

Mugen RV01 Lola body shell

Mugen RV01 body shell

Mugen have announced the release of their new RV01 1/8th scale Lola body shell which has been made in conjunction with, and named after, top Mugen racer Rick V. EFRA approved the new body gives a great balance between steering and rear traction and also features a built in V-shaped side stiffener, which due to its shape removes the need to use side stiffeners or other methods to stiffen the side of the body.

The Border have more detailed pictures of this body here.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]

May 9, 2007

Xray NT1 & Mugen MTX4 of Beat & Dankel

Xray NT1 of Walti Beat

Yesterday our partners, RC Infos, showed us some close up pictures that they had taken at the EC B’s in Roeselare, of the winning Serpent 720 of Alessio Mazzeo. Today as a follow up they have added 2 more picture sets from the same event, first off showing the Mugen MTX4 of event runner up Erik Dankel, which you can see is also pretty much standard, with only some small optional parts added such as the alu receiver box and alu servo horn. Walti Beat, the 4th placed qualifer and eventual 5th placed finisher, drove the new Xray NT1 (above) and his car was also pretty much standard, albeit nice and neat.

View the Xray NT1 here and the Mugen MTX4 here.

Source: RC Infos [rcinfos.com]

April 13, 2007

New Mugen Starter boxes

Mugen Starter box

Mugen have released 2 new starter boxes to suit both 1/8th and 1/10th on road and 1/8th off road cars. Made from F39 aluminium, these grey anodised boxes feature the usual dual motors and long life starter wheel and thanks to adjustable pegs and stops on the top plate of the box you can easily make any car align nicely on top.

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April 12, 2007

M Mod parts for MBX5 and MTX4

M Mod Wishbone mount

We have shown you lots of parts from M Mod before, as well as All Mod, and today we have more parts to show you, this time only for Mugen. The first up, which you can see above is a rear lower wishbone pivot point for the MTX4 that has been made out of the trademark grey anodised aluminium and adds to the strength required around this area in the event of an impact. Also available from M Mod, for the MBX5 and the MBX5-T, is a part that combines the upper servo saver mount and the upper rear side front suspension pivot point in one part which adds greatly to the strength and stiffness of this entire area.

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April 9, 2007

Mugen MTX4-R touring car

Mugen have officially announced the release of their new MTX4-R, an updated version of the car that won last years 1/10th 200mm World Championships in Brisbane. The ‘R’ is more of a pro version than a new car and mostly comes with optionals as standard, as opposed to new parts or geometry. A full list of those new included parts can be found below.

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March 22, 2007

Mugen Seiki Limited edition Rucksack

Mugen Seiki have released this rather nice rucksack, to commemorate the 10th year of MID Mugen Seiki being in business. Coming in a rather nice charcoal colour with red highlights, this bag sports a chest strap between the two shoulder straps to keep this bag firmly in place and sports the MID and Mugen Seiki logos in white on the back side.

Source: MID [mid-mugen.de]

February 19, 2007

Kawahara MRX4-R chassis plate PRO

Kawahara, the Japanese tuning company, have shown these drawings of their upcoming release for the MRX4-R. This PRO chassis is narrower than the standard version and features inserts for stiffening up the chassis, similar to the LCG chassis from Serpent. It mentions something about being able to use weights in place of the plates, which could make sense, and also they offer droop blocks with pins that correspond to holes in the chassis so you are sure that your car is always sitting flat when applying your setup. This chassis plate is available as a complete set or as individual parts and should be available in the middle of March.

Source: Kawahara [kawahara-racing.co.jp]

February 16, 2007

Mugen releases for February

Mugen Ride Height Gauge

Mugen have released loads of new products, specifically for their 1/10th 200mm MTX4, off road 1/8th scale MBX5 and MBX5-T as well as this nice ride height gauge above for all their on road cars. For the MTX4, they have released an adjustable rear anti roll bar as well as a new rear upper camber link mount with a number of mounting holes to allow you to adjust the cars roll center. Whilst for the Mugen off road guys there is a new teflon coated servo saver tower as well as new wheels in white and yellow to fit Proline rubber, new rear spoiler and 3 new complete sets of shock springs in blue grey and white.

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