Made for the Axial Yeti is the new X-Duty rear C-Drive Kit from MIP. Designed to replace the standard plastic driveshaft with a high-grade alloy steel construction the set improves durability and power supply for better performance in rock crawling and bashing. Offering spline drive technology and being of an all-metal design the kit is a direct replacement for the stock driveshaft.
Source: MIP [miponline.com]
Italian bodyshell specialists Bittydesign, known for the off-road and 1/10th touring car bodies, soon have their first ever 1/8th on-road bodyshell available. No information or images are available beside above teaser image and we bring you more details as soon as they surface.
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Made for HPI Racing’s Savage XL Octane and XL 5.9 is the GTXL-1 Vintage bodyshell. Resembling the look of 70’s and 80’s pick-up trucks the body is ideal to replace the XL’s standard body for something new and differently looking. Moulded from thick 0.040″ clear polycarbonate the body also includes a pre-cut vinyl decal sheet including headlights, grille, tail lights, official logos, window frames, door handles and more. Dimple marks for the Savage XL body post locations help to perfectly align the body on the chassis.
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GRP’s 1/10th buggy tyres are specially designed for the use on carpet and astroturf tracks and they come as Buldog 2WD front, Conic 4WD front and 2WD/4WD rear tyre. Available in a hard “C” and medium “B” compound, with the latter being meant to be comparable to Schumacher’s yellow rubber, the tyres offer a high moulding quality and true running. Along with the tyres comes a line of water-cut foam inserts including standard-size medium and hard foams and an over-size “tubby” medium hard offering.
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Italian company GRP have new pre-glued 1/10th touring car tyres available. The V10 line includes four dry track tyres and one rain tyre with the dry tyres coming in different configurations featuring light cell or medium moulded inserts for best possible performance in a range of track conditions. The medium compound S-28 and S-32 tyres are available with light cell inserts for colder, low traction tracks and also with heavier moulded inserts for grippier, higher temperature conditions, while the softer S-24 and harder S-36 are available with medium moulded inserts only. The S-36 also feature extra stiff wheels to make them ideal for very hot weather conditions. All tyres are of an optimised 64mm diameter with a 6mm high profile for improved handling and best possible steering precision while weighing in at 95g to 130g a set depending on the insert.
Source: GRP [grpgandini.it]
Coming from Arrowmax for Yokomo’s B-Max2 2WD buggy are two brass front bulkheads. Available in a standard wide version with a weight of 52g and as narrow variant, weighing in 44g, both are made to replace the standard plastic parts with heavier and more durable items that make for improved handling and better cornering especially on high-grip surfaces.
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Available now from Team Losi Racing are front and rear CVA driveshafts for the 22-4 4WD buggy. Successfully used by the likes of Ryan Maifield, Dustin Evans, and Dakotah Phend a CVA joint will create more natural lock up or bind than a universal joint. This helps to stiffen the suspension when under acceleration, which makes the car flatter and drive off harder. It also helps jump landings, when applying some throttle, especially when casing/flat landing. Available as separate front and rear sets the CVA’s are a direct replacement for the standard universal driveshafts.
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Team Associated’s latest incarnation of their Apex entry-level touring car is the Scion Racing iC RTR kit. Built on an all-wheel-drive chassis, the Scion Racing tC Rocket Bunny replica comes fully assembled and Ready-to-Run with factory installed Reedy brushless motor and a Reedy WolfPack 6-cell battery wired with a high current T-plug. Additional features include the XP water-resistant speed control and XP 2.4GHz radio system. The front and rear sealed metal gear differentials are connected together with a tough aluminium drive shaft and imperfections in the road are managed by four adjustable fluid-filled coil-over tuned shocks. High grip treaded racing tyres are mounted on scale replica 5-Spoke hex drive wheels featuring detailed brake rotors and callipers. Topping it all off is the factory finished Scion Racing tC Rocket Bunny body that replicates the details of Fredric Aasbo’s Hankook Racing Scion tC.
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