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January 23, 2015

VBC Racing Wildfire ARTS rear suspension kit

VBC Racing introduce the ARTS Active Rear Toe System for the rear suspension of the Wildfire line of 1/10th electric touring cars. Including new rear lower A-arms, 2 degree alloy C-hubs, steering knuckles and mounting hardware the set allows to adjust the amount of rear toe gain or loss during cornering for improved stability in corners and better top speed on the straights. The kit is usable on the original Wildfire, the Ghost, D06 and the current D07.

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January 16, 2015

VBC Racing Wildfire D07 aluminium chassis

From VBC Racing and made for the Wildfire D07 touring car is a 2mm aluminium chassis plate. The part is machined from 7075 aluminium and it comes black anodised and with laser etched logos. As with all alloy chassis the plate comes in handy on high-bite surfaces such as carpet or treated asphalt as it reduces chassis flex making for improved balance and an easier to drive car.

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January 12, 2015

New VBC Racing D07 option parts

VBC Racing have a range of new option parts for the Wildfire D07 touring car available such as a chassis mounted steering post set, a steering rack stiffener post, a 2-point suspension mount shim set as well as front and rear stabiliser sets. Starting with the steering post set, the parts allow to convert the “floating” steering assembly into a conventional, chassis mounted steering in order to adapt the cornering characteristics to your liking. Included is a pair of bellcrank posts and countersunk screws.

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December 16, 2014

Radtec RC hard-anodised aluminium turnbuckles

Radtec RC have new hard-coated aluminium turnbuckles available. Coming as complete kits for the Tamiya TRF/VBC D07, Yokomo BD7 and Xray T4 a set of six turnbuckles weighs in at only 5g and they are also available as pairs in lengths of 16mm, 26mm, 30mm 39mm and 42mm.

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December 14, 2014

VBC FireboltDM rear anti-roll bar set

New from VBC Racing and made for the FireboltDM 2WD buggy is a rear anti-roll bar set. It includes three different thickness and colour-coded anti-roll bar wires as well as all needed mounting hardware including ballcups, and ball joints. The set comes in handy when adjusting the buggy to high-grip surfaces as it reduces body roll on grippy tracks.

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December 13, 2014

Hiro Seiko Wildfire D07 lightweight screw kits

Hiro Seiko have three new lightweight screw kits available for the VBC Wildfire D07 touring car. Coming as all-titanium or mixed aluminium and titanium sets the fasteners significantly reduce the weight of the car by about 17g (titanium) or 23g (mixed set). The mixed sets are available with red or gun metal alloy screws.

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December 13, 2014

VBC Lightning10-235 1/10th 235mm pan car kit

VBC Racing introduce the 235mm version of the Lightning10 1/10th scale pan car chassis. The Lightning10-235 marks the revival of the 1990’s Pro10 class and the kit is constructed using high grade carbon fibre materials, lightweight 7075 aluminium alloy, and high strength composite materials. The kit features ultra short 7075 aluminium drive hubs, a big bore centre shocks, multi location side springs, optional brass balance weight with multiple mounting locations, an optional fan mount, and a highly adjustable adjustable front suspension that allows to fine-tune track width, caster, active caster, camber and ride height. The oversized rear motor pod is designed to keep the wheel hubs as narrow as possible while allowing the use of brass balance weights for weight distribution fine-tuning. The kit will become available early January 2015.

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December 6, 2014

Beamcat Wildfire D06/D07 +2mm shock towers

Beamcat have new optional +2mm shocktowers and long spring sets available for the VBC Wildfire D06 and D07 touring car kit. Starting with the shock tower conversion kit, it includes new 2mm taller carbon fibre front and rear damper stays and four sets of 25mm springs to allow the suspension fine-tuning according to the track conditions. The included springs come as soft 6.75 coil/285gf-mm, medium 6.50 coil/305gf-mm, hard 6.25 coil/325gf-mm and super hard 5.50coil/395gf-mm variant and they are also available separately as 4-piece sets and in Pro Racing combo containing all four spring types.

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