Made for Axial’s crawler range of vehicles is this aluminium diff locker from Hot Racing. The part is designed to replace the standard differential cage with a single part that bolts right onto the diff gear using four screws. Four 5mm set screws then hold the standard outdrives in place. The diff locker comes anodised, laser-etched and including mounting hardware.
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New from Avid and made for the Hot Bodies D8T 1/8th scale nitro truggy are carbon fibre inserts for the front and rear A-arms. Developed and used by Ty Tessmann to win the 2014 Dirt Nitro Challenge the inserts offer another tuning feature by reducing the flex and twist in the arm. The carbon inserts starts as a 3.9mm thick piece which is milled down to 2mm thick while leave 6 islands still at 3.9mm and to finish them up the islands are pocketed in the middle to 2mm to remove unnecessary weight. These inserts are installed on the bottom of the arm and the islands key around the moulded ribs in the arm. Installing these pieces will take some personal time and they are available as separate front and rear set as well as a combo containing both the front and rear inserts and the needed drill bits to prepare the truck’s arms.
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Coming soon from Losi is the 8ight-E RTR 1/8th scale electric buggy. Building on the proven TLR 8ight-E 3.0 platform the factory assembled vehicle offers a tough aluminium chassis, 3-diff drivetrain, oil-filled big bore shock absorbers with threaded aluminium bodies, and black anodised aluminium shock towers. The fully adjustable suspension, taken over from the 8ight-E 3.0, is equipped with L/R thread turnbuckles and front and rear swaybars. Included with the kit comes a Dynamite 1800kv brushless motor, a 4S LiPo-compatible 130A speed controller and a Spektrum DX2E DSMX radio system with AVC Active Vehicle Control technology. The package is rounded out by a pre-decorated bodyshell and grippy tyres on yellow rims.
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Viper R/C Solutions introduce the authentic epic1Designs Chassis Armor decals with the Viper R/C logo. This sticker provide 21mil thick protection and will reduce friction from contact the chassis has with the track. With peel & stick & stick & stick Technology, the Chassis Armor can be removed to work on your car and re-applied multiple times with no issues. The 5.5 by 13.5 inch sheet will fit 1/10 touring cars, off road trucks, off road buggies and many 1/8 vehicles and it is available in a black or white variant.
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STRC’s popular LCG low centre of gravity chassis conversion kit for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 now come in three special colours. The conversion makes for improved handling and on-track performance and it is now available as hard anodised chassis and front bulkhead or matching colour anodised chassis and front bulkhead in green or orange colour. The limited edition kits include a 4mm chassis, HD front bulkhead, motor mount with motor can, servo mounts, battery brackets and many more parts.
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Revolution Design Racing Products introduce the Ultra Step Ride Height/Droop Gauge that is designed to precisely measure the ground clearance of 1/10th and 1/12th scale on-road vehicles as well as the suspension droop of touring car kits. The ground clearance part of the gauge offers an adjustment range of 2mm up to 8mm in 1mm increments while the droop setting can be measured in 0.5mm increments for improved accuracy compared to standard droop gauges. Like the other RDRP Ultra series tools the gauge is constructed from high-quality CNC-machined 7075-T6 aircraft-grade aluminium for durability while white, laser-etched markings help with visibility during setup.
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Available very soon from Yokomo is the Drift Package DIB ver.RS Blue Edition kit. The luxurious version of the moulded-plastic chassis DIB ver.RS which comes standard equipped with high-rigidity blue-anodised aluminium grade-up optional parts. Clamp-type aluminium wheel hex hubs which allows high-precision wheel attachment which maximises traction feeling. Furthermore, the DIB ver. RS Blue Edition is compatible with many optional parts available for the DIB series.
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Italian company WRC introduce composite bearing adapters to run smaller and lighter wheel bearings in 1/10th electric touring cars and many F1 chassis. Usual wheel hub bearings weigh in at around 2.3g per pair while WRC’s bearing adapters and smaller wheel bearings scrub around 1.2g a pair meaning two bearings roughly weigh more than 1.1 gram, sparing a good amount of unsprung weight. The adapter are available in sets of four while the suitable bearings come as pairs.
Source: WRC [wrc-racing.com]
