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December 6, 2012

PSM Racing RC8.2 shock towers

PSM Racing have released three new shock towers for the Associated RC8.2. Made from high quality 4mm carbon fibre there is one new rear tower and 2 new front towers. The rear & both front towers features additional mounting holes for the top of the shock absorbers and weigh in at only 23.5grams, 14.6grams and 14.6grams respectively, while the special front tower also has multiple mounting holes for using a linkage in place of the top wishbone.

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December 6, 2012

Associated Apex Touring V-Type RTR

The Qualifier Series is Team Associated’s exciting new line of sport-level products that are designed to be fun above all else, easy to use, durable, lower cost, and provide an easy way to get into the RC hobby. When great looks and high performance are combined with quality features and value pricing, it becomes the ultimate sport product. When all this is offered from Team Associated, it’s nothing short of awesome. The Apex Touring Car is the newest release from the Qualifier Series. It’s a fully assembled, Ready-to-Run, Reedy brushless-powered, 4WD touring car that even includes a Reedy WolfPack 6-cell battery wired with a Deans power connector.

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November 27, 2012

JConcepts B4.1, T4.1 and SC10 front axle

One of the best upgrades you can make to the Team Associated line of vehicles is a conversion to 12mm hex wheels. JConcepts has been on top of this conversion since its introduction with hex adapters and Mono wheels. A critical point of the conversion revolves around the front axle and surrounding geometry. Within the steering block the space is very tight and especially between the 2 front bearings where the front axles rests between the bearing bores in 1 plane and the king pin in the perpendicular plane. The JConcepts front axle design is based around high-quality steel construction, an outer bearing crush step and an inner 4-40 lock nut for security. The design eliminates c-clips, screws and other items which are hard to detect of issues which limit performance. The free spinning design includes axles, 4-40 mini lock-nuts, thin axle shims, decal and assembly instructions. Available for B4.1 (above), T4.1 and SC10.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

November 23, 2012

Avid 12mm spring cups & shock pistons

Avid introduces their new Avert aluminium spring cups for the new 12mm Team Associated big-bore shocks. Avid made a smaller 3mm slot and tighter fit over the shock eyelet to keep the spring cups secure and prevent shock shafts from pulling out of the plastic shock end. These spring cups add extra security to your ride without sacrificing weight or putting a huge dent in your racing budget. Also from Avid is their lineup of machined 12mm shock piston sets. The goal of these pistons was to reduce the oil blow-by on the outside of the piston and to tune the damping with the piston valving. They represent Avid’s latest development concept which helps tune high speed and low speed damping separately. Their test drivers found that these pistons help provide the traction and bump handling of running lighter shock oil or larger piston holes, while still maintaining the control of running heavier oil or smaller hole piston when taking on jumps.

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November 21, 2012

Yaiba Racing B4 option parts

Yaiba Racing is a new Japanese brand aimed at releasing new products for competition RC cars, on and off road. Their products have been designed and tested by their experienced design-engineer and produced in Japan. The first products are for the Associated B4 and include a new machined motor plate with heatsink. Made from 3mm thick 7075 aluminium, the special heatsink design allows for more heat dissipation and weight reduction. Next up is the battery plate thumb nuts, also made from aluminium, and a complete set of 12mm clamping hex wheel hubs which stay in place when removing your wheels. Finally there is a big bore shock mount kit for the B4, SC10/T4 and B44 that allow you to attach the 12mm big bore shocks to the current range of off-road cars of Team Associated.

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November 13, 2012

Reflex Racing RSD6 servo mount & shock springs

Reflex Racing introduce new option parts for the RSD6 conversion in the form of an aluminium floating servo mount and additional shock springs. Starting with the servo mount the parts is CNC-machined from aluminium and comes black anodized. It is designed to equalize the flex of the chassis side to side and unlike the carbon fiber servo mount, the aluminum variant does not rotate in hard collisions helping the car track straighter. Also new are the RSD TC6 17.0lb and 15.0lb springs. The harder ‘orange’ variant is best used on high grip asphalt tracks whereas the softer 15.0lb ‘pink’ spring is very similar to the Yokomo pink spring and should best work as carpet racing and medium grip asphalt front spring. They work with Reflex Racing’s RSD6 conversion, the Associated TC6 line and similar vehicles.

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November 8, 2012

Exotek TC6TEK dual bellcrank steering set

Exotek have released this dual bellcrank steering set with center mount servo holders and plate for the Exotek TC6TEK chassis conversion. Precision CNC alloy construction with ball bearings for dependable and smooth steering response. A triangular center chassis servo mounting gives rock solid servo mounting but frees the chassis to flex laterally evenly.

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November 3, 2012

Associated RC10R5.1 Factory Team kit

The RC10R5.1 Factory Team kit takes the next evolutionary step into the growing 1:10 scale World GT on-road racing class. Taking the design cues and revisions from the highly successful RC12R5.2 platform, the 10R5.1 has incorporated these improvements, pushing chassis performance to the next level. Sharing what is arguably the best pan car front end design to date, the IFMAR World Championship-winning Dynamic Strut front end features symmetrical components with adjustable caster and track width, and updated lower control arms with more accurate mounting for a more precise build every time.

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