TMG Speed have introduced their new Reactor Pistons for the popular PR Racing 1/10th scale buggies. These pistons have been used with great success by the likes of Neil Cragg and Lewis Jones in their Team Associated cars and they will shortly be available for PR Racing’s line of 2WD and 4WD buggies also.
Source: TMG Speed [tmgspeeduk.com]
Yeah Racing have introduced a range of carbon fibre option parts for the Yokomo BD8-2018 and 2017 models. First up is a 2.25mm equal flex chassis for the 2018 kit. The full face main plate is of a fully symmetrical design with the high-weave carbon fibre ensuring controlled flex characteristics and thus optimised traction in a variety of track conditions.
Coming from Schumacher is the Contact Tyres A30 carpet spec touring car rubber tyre. It is a pre-glued tyre build designed for indoor carpet racing and it has been developed and tested by Schumacher Racing’s staff and team drivers to provide excellent traction and wear rates for the vigour’s of carpet racing. The A30 is built on a Schumacher Revlite 24mm wheel and lightweight black foam insert usually found in other popular carpet spec tyres and it comes in packs of four.
Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]
Mugen have introduced a purpose-designed turnbuckle wrench for the MTC-1 electric touring car. The tool is machined from aluminium and it comes with a hard-coated surface for wear and it features a 4mm wrench for the steering and rear camber turnbuckles on one side and a pin for the captured front upper camber turnbuckles on the other side. The wrench will hit stores at end of April.
Coming soon from Speedmerchant is their new World GT5-R 200mm rubber tyre World GT pan car kit. Based off of the GT4-R and borrowing heavily from the RoadKill 10 Carpet, the vehicle makes use of Speedmerchant’s proven front end design while the chassis is of a new “bottle” shape that gets narrower in the battery area while angled side links replace the previously straight-mounted items. The result is an easier to drive car that has more steering and corner speed while reaching edginess and traction roll.
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New for Truggy from Sweep come these Carbides-T tires developed using the same pattern as their 1/8th buggy Carbides tires which is the company’s most popular pattern. In order to get longer life, centre pins has extended and all pins are little bit bigger than the buggy version. A newly redesigned V2 carcass will provide easy driving and less ballooning on all kinds of track surfaces and will come available in regular compounds (Y,S,B,R,W) and long life compounds (YX,SX,BX,RX) as well. Also for Truggy come these all new Indigo inserts which have been redesigned to be more durable while the softness of the new material provides less bounce and smooth driving, especially with the new Carbides-T tires.
Brilliant RC have introduced new black and natural finish titanium screws. All fasteners are made of high-grade titanium for a low weight and exceptional durability with the black-finish screws making for an extraordinary look. The hardware is available in packs of eight pieces and as 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 10mm or 12mm button head as well as 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm countersunk screws. Also available are full sets for the Shepherd V8 an V10 with kit for other manufacturers so follow soon.
JConcepts have introduced their new Monster Truck team shirt for the 2018 season. The T-shirt debuted at the Solid Axle Showdown in Richmond, Virginia and it sports the jumping imagery of one of the large tyre beasts with the large image showing a JConcepts themed truck in a blasting checkerboard and exploding background covers the rear of the shirt. On the front, the specially designed team shield is front and centre showing the skull moniker with iconic lightning bolts. The shirt itself is 100 percent cotton, available in multiple adult sizes and packs a durable design along with the popular fabric material.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
