Beamcat introduce these hard-coated 7075 aluminium 64 pitch pinions. The aluminium material and the excessive machining significantly reduces weight while the hard-coating increased the durability at the same time. Available from 40T up to 60T the gears sport lazer-engraved size markings and they are available separately or as 3-piece pack.
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Team Associated RC10 Classic owners who which to do away with the kit’s fibre glass shock towers and nylon battery and gear box braces can now upgrade their ride with carbon fibre parts from Xtreme Racing. The front and rear shock tower both base on the original design but sport additional mounting holes for more complex setups. Also new are a “Worlds” front shock tower, a carbon fibre 6-gear transmission brace and a small battery strap for LiPo batteries. All parts are machined from high-quality carbon fibre, reduce weight, add rigidity, look cool and are available now.
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JConcepts introduce carbon fibre shock tower conversion kits for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 truck. Available as front and rear set, the towers themselves are made from 4mm carbon fibre while the body mount duties are taken over by machined aluminium adaptors. The shocks also received new stand-offs, again machined from high quality, blue anodised aluminium. In combination the parts make for a more sturdy base for the shocks and body in order to improve suspension efficiency and the overall driving feel. The parts are ideal for all competition short course racers and are also the ideal choice for JConcept’s Scalpel conversion. Beside the full sets the front and rear tower, body mount adapter and shock stand-offs are also available separately.
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Tamiyablog.com have some additional images and information of Tamiya’s forthcoming Egrees re-release available. The 2013 model of Tamiya’s 1988 high performance buggy incorporates some improvements and modifications to allow the use of modern day equipment such as LiPo batteries and mild brushless motors. The shaft driven drivetrain is fully equipped with ball bearings and a torque splitter option, allowing to run the buggy with a one way or full-time 4WD while the chassis layout and all suspension parts are taken over from the 1988 variant. The chassis layout is known from Tamiya’s iconic Avante buggy with a 15mm longer wheelbase variant being used in the Egrees model. The front and the rear of the buggy is equipped with high-torque ball differentials and the vehicle comes with anti-roll bars and large capacity titanium-colour aluminium body shock absorbers. While the original kit features some titanium parts the ’13 model sees the use of carbon fibre or aluminium instead. Some areas are also beefed-up such as the steering with a 2mm carbon fibre steering link or the S-shaped alloy braces that reinforce the inner mounting points of the rear wishbones. The kit is available from December and will come as rolling chassis without electronics, controller or motor.
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Yeah Racing have two new bearing sets for the Yokomo DPM competition drift chassis available. Coming as standard metal-shielded and optional teflon seal variant the 22-piece set includes lightly pre-oiled bearings to significantly reduce the friction in the drive train. Both sets also include a 15ml bottle of high quality bearing oil for convenient maintenance and best possible performance over a long period of time.
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Gravity RC introduce an outer hinge pin set for the Xray T4 line of cars. They are designed to reduce the unsprung weight of the suspension at its greatest point of instance and not only fit the T4 but also the T3 and T2. The total weight of all four pins is 2.5g and this makes for an unsprung weight saving of over 2 grams in total.
Source: Gravity RC [teamgravityrc.com]
Modelix Racing have the signing of talented twelve years old Italian driver Davide Ongaro to their World Racing Team. Davide will run the company’s range of Ultimate Racing products, Procircuit tires and Nitrolux fuel. “The whole Modelix team wishes you a successful RC racing career and wants to welcome Davide as well as his father and mechanic Mauro Ongaro to the team.”
Source: Modelix [modelixracing.com]
After an extensive research and development process, Smokem Racing have released their new steel drive cups for the TRF417. Made from a special hardened alloy steel, these are some of the toughest wearing drive cups available on the market today, verified by numerous test drivers over a range of racing conditions. They are also hard coated to further increase durability. The spool cups are ready for use in the TRF417 line of electric tourers without blades, while the gear diff cups suit the TRF417 Gear Diff Unit II with the white TRF417V5 blades.
