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May 7, 2012

JQ Products THECar Yellow Edition

JQ Products have introduced THECar ‘Yellow Edition’ the follow up to their popular first buggy release. During the end of last year JQ was hard at work testing a lot of new ideas and able to improve the handling enough they felt they had to release a new car, the Yellow Edition. The changes have mostly been made in an effort to make THECar both faster, and easier to drive and include a new narrower more flexible chassis, new body shell, improved shocks and will come supplied with a number of extra tuning parts.

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May 6, 2012

Vertigo Performance reverse type clutch

Vertigo Performance have introduced their own reverse type clutch for 1/8 on road cars. This configuration where the flywheel is flat and the clutch shoe has been tapered gives a progressive feel and a better more consistent engagement. The system includes a hard spring that gives plenty of punch also on high grip tracks and the set comes complete with flywheel, centrifugal shoes, reverse plate, yellow clutch shoe, locking nut, cup, spring, bearings, shims etc.

Source: Vertigo Performance [vertigotyres.com]

May 4, 2012

Xceed Pro XF racing fuel

Xceed have released a new blend of racing fuel with 16% & 25% onroad fuel and 25% nitro for offroad cars/engines called Pro XF. Made using a mix of high quality methanol, nitromethane, mainly mineral oil and a percentage of some types of synthetic oil. The castor oil will protect the engine and creates a very thin black film which creates a better seal inside the engine. The fuel is supplied in handy nylon containers in 2 and 5 liters.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]

May 4, 2012

Sweep Racing 308 Double Action tires

Sweep Racing’s all new 1/8th scale 308 Double Action carcass has a very unique patter with a pair of flexible spikes facing in opposite directions to grab at anything in any conditions. Thanks to the unique design, the 308 delivers consistent lap times throughout it’s life due to the accurate balance achieved in design and construction quality control. Also the tests, conducted by Renaud Savoya, show that when the top of spikes wears out, the bottom of the step pin making contacts with the surface to keep your machine in touch with the track during long main races with minimal ballooning. Available in four compounds (Silver, Blue, Red & White), before June.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]

May 4, 2012

T-Work’s Racing aluminium option parts

T-Work’s Racing have released a number of new parts for a variety of cars. Starting with offroad there is a line of hard coated aluminium A-arm bushings for the Hong Nor & Jammin X3 Sabre buggies as well as hard coated aluminium brake cams for the same cars. For on road there is the a set of hard coated 7075 T6 pivot balls for the Mugen MRX-5 & MTX-5 as well as a set for the Xray RX8 and NT1.

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May 4, 2012

Bliss RC F5 .21 buggy engine

Bliss RC have introduced their new F5 .21 buggy engine. Featuring a 5 port ABC liner, a modified piston helps improve performance and lifespan while an aluminium & plastic carburetor helps to avoid overheating. The innovative CLC system not only makes positioning the carb super simple, it also avoids displacement of the crankcase and improves the position of the crankshaft. A lightened cooling head lowers the engine’s centre of gravity while a flanged underhead improves the cooling of the motor.

View the complete F5 package here

May 4, 2012

Avid Satellite buggy wheels

Buggy racers around the world will appreciate the engineering, looks, and performance of the new Satellite buggy wheel lineup from Avid. Durable and light-weight the wheel has a stiff face for maximum performance in cornering and because of the deep dish and spoke design, the rear wheels are super lightest at 16.8 grams each. AVID wheels shave extra weight with contoured spokes that remove low-stress material and add material to keep the wheel rigid and true while an angled glue catch keeps the glue where you want it and not on your wheel face. The wheels are center-point injected to ensure that they spin true and are well balanced and the innovative swirl pattern is designed to mate with serrated locking nuts to
keep your wheels secure. Available in yellow and white with 12mm hex front and rear as well as TLR22 specific front wheels.

View the front wheels here

May 3, 2012

Orion CRF B521 & R21 Factory Team engines

Introduced at this year’s Nuremberg Toyfair the Team Orion CRF B521 and R21 Factory Team engines are now available. Starting with the CRF B521 Factory Team Buggy engine for 1/8 scale nitro buggies, the power mill features a redesigned crank case, heat absorbing coating, lightened cooling head and ceramic main bearing. The long-stroke engine is available as 5-port B521 and 3-port B321 with both sporting an ABC liner and 2-needle carburetor.

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