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October 30, 2013

Red Racing .21 TQ exhaust system

Reds Racing presents the new 1/8 on-road TQ exhaust system with an EFRA 2069 extra lightweight pipe and new Torque manifold. The 100 percent Italian-made pipe offers an extremely light weight and it is ideal for racers who seek the absolute maximum. The TQ pipe reaches the best performance with the new Torque L manifold which allows to increase the low and mid RPM range power with both the M7T and M7WC engines while maintaining a restrained consumption. The pipe is also doing very well in combination with the traditional M, L, and XL manifolds.

Source: Red Racing [redsracing.it]

October 30, 2013

Serpent 977 Viper hard composite parts

Serpent introduce hard composite suspension parts for the 977 Viper on-road car. The newly designed material will increase grip, steering and responsiveness of the car in certain track conditions and depending on the setup. The H-marked parts have been extensively tested prior to the recent World Championships in Japan with the new World Champion Tadahiko Sahashi having used the parts to win the title. All parts such as the uprights, front and rear lower and front upper wishbones are available now.

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October 30, 2013

VRC Pro Column – Nitro Buggy testing

This month’ VRC Pro Column is all about the difficulties VRC encountered during initial 1/8th nitro buggy testing. After the first tests with the new 1/8 nitro buggies early August of this year, it was obvious that Todd ‘Doc’ Wasson, the VRC Pro physics specialist, had to go back to the research lab. The buggy drove, but nothing close enough to the real car so beta testing was halted for 2 months. In these 2 months a lot has happened. A lot of research was done in understanding the dynamics of the buggy better.

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October 30, 2013

Kevin Lee joins Team C/Absima/SMD

After a successful campaign with FDL, Kyosho and Tekin Racing UK top driver Kevin Lee will join Team C, Absima and SMD to run Team C’s latest electric off-road cars and Absima electronics. This is what Kevin has to say about the deal:

It’s an exciting and busy time for Team C/Absima/SMD at the moment with lots of TM4 development work and many other plans in the pipeline. I wanted a piece of this, and that’s why I am so happy to have agreed a 2 year contract to run Team C cars and Absima Revenge electronics. Thanks to all at Team C/Absima/SMD for making it possible. I plan on attending the EOS, European Championships and Japan Worlds in 2015, so it’s definitely going to be an a fun time with a great team. I’d like to thank my previous sponsors FDL/Kyosho/Orion and Tekin Racing. They have helped me so much over the last few years for which I am extremely grateful. I will still be using Spektrum Radio equipment, Rudebits accessories, Puppy Paint, and products from my own shop, Inside Line Racing.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

October 30, 2013

Davide Ongaro joins Yokomo off-road team

Yokomo announce the addition of Italian 1/8th nitro off-road driver Davide Ongaro to their talented team of factory drivers. Davide TQ’d this year’s European B Championship and ended in 5th place while also achieving a very good result at the Euro A in Reims. This is what Davide has to say about the deal:

I am extremely grateful to Team Yokomo for offering me this stimulating opportunity to start this new adventure and I thank the Italian Yokomo distributor – FRAMEGA for their support.”

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

October 30, 2013

Spec-R DEX410 option parts

Asian option parts specialists Spec-R released preview images of their forthcoming line of optional parts for the Team Durango DEX410 buggy. The portfolio will include several aluminium parts such as hard-coated centre driveshafts, big bore shock caps, 14mm wheel hex adapters, rear hubs as well as shock nuts and spring holders. Also coming are spring steel double joint driveshafts, shock screws and a spring steel slipper nut as well as a brass 33g skid plate weight. All parts are direct replacements for the stock items on the DEX410 buggy.

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October 29, 2013

WRC STX dual joint driveshaft sleeves

Italian company WRC now have special sleeves for the dual joint driveshafts of the STX touring car available. Made from a special resin material the sleeves not only prevent the cross pins from accidentally falling out, the captured design also keeps dust and debris away from the delicate parts.

Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]

October 29, 2013

Yeah Racing Shock-Gear optional springs & shafts

Yeah Racing introduce an optional spring set as well as titanium-coated shock shafts for their Shock-Gear range of dampers. Starting with the spring set, included are five sets of super soft to super hard springs that are ideal not only for Yeah Racing’s dampers but many other 50mm to 55mm shock absorbers. The springs are made from high quality spring steel and come marked for easy identification. Also new are titanium-coated shock shafts for the 55mm variant of the Shock-Gear dampers. The gold colour coating significantly reduce friction to make for a smoother operating damper.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]