Xray have introduced new low-friction drive belts for the NT1 200mm nitro touring car. The specially-modified belts are very thing and as elastic as possible in order to reduce friction and natural drivetrain drag. The belts are available separately as 5x186mm front, 4.5x396mm side and 5.5x177mm rear variant.
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T-Works have introduced a new 18mm/19mm anti-tweak block for the Xray T4 and Yokomo BD9 touring cars. Machined from aluminium and coming red, black or orange anodised the blocks help to build tweak-free front and rear bulkhead assemblies. With the lower bulkhead screws not fully tightened the block are inserted between the left and right bulkhead and while pressing the bulkhead halves against the block the screws will be tightened to ensure a fully parallel assembly that both counters uneven chassis tweak while ensuring less stress for the spool and differential bearings.
Coming from 7075.it are four aluminium chassis and combo sets for touring cars such as the Awesomatix A800, Infinity IF14, Team Associated TC7.2 and Xray T4’19. All chassis are machined from high-quality 7075 aluminium and they feature a flex design for optimised torsional flex while pockets along the centre line allow the mounting of dedicated brass centre weights in order to fine-tune overall weight and weight bias. The low-profile weights protrude from the chassis by only 3mm, compared to the previous 6mm, ensuring a lower overall centre of gravity and thus faster cornering in high-grip track conditions. Weights available for now include 8g front weights, a 25g low-profile centre weight and a tall 50g centre variant. The keyed weights are mounted using a single screw and are easy to add and remove, with the A800 chassis also allowing to use the 8g front weights as additional centre variants. The chassis come black anodised for wear and looks and they are available separately or including a brass weight set.
Following the introduction of the XT2D’19 1/10th scale 2WD stadium truck kit for outdoor and low-grip track conditions, Xray now also release a carpet specific variant for high grip carpet and astro turf tracks. Taking most of the XT2D’s design features the carpet specification kit only includes a front motor, laydown gearbox as it is the current standard for high-grip setups. Otherwise the 2019 kit mostly relies on the XT2D 2019’s features, such as a narrower gearbox design, updated rear suspension mounts, multi-functional rear uprights, 2.5mm pin driveshafts and new rear suspension arms that allow to mount the shocks in the front or the rear of the A-arm. Included in the kit comes an upgraded gear differential with new, hardened outdrives to accommodate the 2.5mm pin driveshafts while an updated hardening process ensure longer parts life. Also included in the kit are hard-composite steering blocks for improved handling in high-grip conditions, 4.5mm rear hex adapters, and a mix of greased and oiled ball bearings for improved durability and a free-spinning drivetrain.
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Xray and RC America have announced the addition of veteran racer, Paul Ciccarello to their factory team. The former multi-time Dirt Nitro Challenge winner is a multi-class talent with titles across both on-road and off-road categories and he will be campaigning Xray’s XB8, XB8E, XB2 and XB4 platforms at races across the country. Paul says:
I’m really excited for the opportunity to race and represent Team Xray. Everything from the bottom to the top, cars, team and company has been top notch. Thank you to Gord, John, RC America and Team Xray for everything!
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Coming soon from Xray is the XT2C’19 1/10th scale 2WD stadium truck kit. Sharing the same platform as the recently introduced XT2D’19 Dirt Spec kit, the Carpet Spec truck is understood to be a dedicated variant for medium to ultra high grip astro turf and carpet tracks. Full details will surface in time for the release.
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Coming from Arena and made for the Xray T4’19 touring car is a 2.3mm carbon fibre chassis plate. Cut from high-quality material and being 0.1mm thicker the plate offers increased stiffness, making it ideal for medium-high traction asphalt and carpet tracks. In addition the chassis is also meant to be more durable due to being thicker.
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Coming from Fenix and made for the Xray X1 1/10th scale formula chassis are several new option parts. First up is a new top deck kit that allows for full chassis flex while countering pitch flex and tweak. The set includes a carbon fibre servo mount and a front battery/shock absorber plate, two aluminium turnbuckles and necessary mounting hardware.
