Coming from Xray is an optional medium hardness C-hub lower front arm for the XB8 buggy. The suspension arm offers a perfect balance between reliability and performance as it is rigid enough for a responsive feel, yet soft enough for extreme durability. Universal design arm can be used on both the left and right hand side of the buggy.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Coming soon from Speedzone is their new 2.5T drag racing motor. The highly powerful motor comes equipped with a 13.5mm high torque rotor and it features high RPM precision bearings, high-temp high-purity copper stator wire and a low-resistance stator. It is built using a CNC-machined Billet T6 aluminium can, is equipped with high-power sintered neodymium magnets and it will become available in a standard or tuned variant.
Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]
Infinity has added two new stylish baseball caps to its team wear line-up. The first of the caps features an embroidered Infinity logo complimented by a carbon finish visor. The second offering carries a printed “World Champions Team” logo to celebrate the team’s World Championship victories in 1:8 and 1:10 Nitro Onroad. Both caps have a rear band for size adjustment.
Yeah Racing have introduced their new QUTUS on-road shock absorbers for 1/10th scale touring and M-type cars. QUTUS stands for Quick Tuning System with the shocks utilising a multi-piece piston that allows to use 1 to 5-hole settings without having to change the piston itself. The settings are accessible without having to tear the shocks apart, by simply extracting the shock to its fullest and turning the shock piston clockwise or counter-clockwise. Two different adjustable pistons are included in the set as well as three different fixed pistons in case a traditional setup is called for. The big bore shocks are available in 50mm and 55mm length for touring and M-chassis cars, they come in red, blue or black colour and include a shock spring set. The 50mm set also includes a second set of 52mm shock shafts to allow for shock length fine-tuning.
ARC have announced the soon release of titanium-coated screw-type shock shafts for the R8 series of 1/8th on-road kits. The shock shafts feature a friction-reducing and durability-enhancing titanium coat, allowing to increase the performance of the shocks in all conditions. The shafts come in sets of four and they are usable on the R8.2, R8.1 and R8.0 kits.
Source: ARC [arc-rc.com.tw]
Coming for O.S. Engines’ 4-shoe off-road clutch system are two new composite clutch shoe sets. Originally equipped with alloy clutch shoes, the yellow standard and black hard composite sets allow to fine-tune the clutch’s performance by mixing and matching the clutch shoes to achieve the desired aggressiveness. The composite shoes are available separately including four yellow or four black shoes.
View the black clutch shoes here
Coming from RC Maker is a new roll centre shim plate set for A800 cars using the optional long arms. Consisting of two different thicknesses of 0.5 and 1mm, the set allows tuning from 0.5 to 1.5mm which covers the normal range for Awesomatix cars. The plates also have a front and a rear, with cutouts to distinguish them, due to the hole spacing being wider in the front. They slide in without the removal of your screw, allowing to slide out the old and in the new in a matter of seconds. Once the plate is installed simply tighten as normal. The plates work in the outer as well as the inner positions and the central hole allows easy removal by inserting a 1.5mm driver and sliding them out from the top. The shims are only usable on A800 cars using the LA +9.0 and +8.0 arms and the set includes four 0.5mm and four 1.0mm thickness shims.
O.S. Engines have announced the soon release of their new O.S. Speed R21GT engine for the growing 1/8th GT on-road classes. Designed with the forthcoming 1/8th GT IFMAR World Championship in mind, the engine builds on the proven R2101 crankcase which was refined as was the 5+3 ports liner and piston to meet current IFMAR rules. The newly designed crankcase features a DLC coating for wear while the updated cooling head design ensures optimised heat dissipation under the large GT body shells. The engine is rounded out by the newly designed 22E (B) GT carburettor and it comes with a 7mm venturi insert, again to meet IFMAR requirements. The engine will become available separately or including the T-2060SC + MB01-70 (M2003SC) exhaust system.
