June 2, 2010

Pro-Line Hole Shot SC tires

Having shown us a sneak peek of the new Hole Shot short course tire last week, Pro-Line have today announced its release. The Hole-Shot is renowned across the world as one of the most used race tires of all time. With its square-lug technology and highly reinforced tire carcass, it comes supplied with the durable, long-lasting closed-cell inserts and is available in M3 (Soft) and M4 (Super-Soft) compounds.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]


May 30, 2010

Sweep Racing WackyTacky bottles

Sweep Racing WackyTacky bottles

After much feed back from their customers Sweep Racing have introduced their new WackyTacky bottle for their line of tire sauces. These bottles are easily refillable and feature a handy applicator to give the user a simple and efficient way to apply the additive to their tires. These bottle will be sold in sets of three for their X1, X2 and X3 sauce set and are available now.

Source: Sweep Racing [sweepracing.com]


May 28, 2010

Pro-Line Hole Shot SC – Sneak peek

Pro-Line are showing off a sneak peek of their new Hole Shot Short Course tires. Available soon, the tread features a small pin design for the ultimate in responsiveness, it uses a square lug throughout and is great on blue groove to wet, hard packed surfaces.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]


May 28, 2010

Pro-Line Hole Shot SC – Sneak peek

Pro-Line Hole Shot SC - Sneak peek

Pro-Line are showing off a sneak peek of their new Hole Shot Short Course tires. Available soon, the tread features a small pin design for the ultimate in responsiveness, it uses a square lug throughout and is great on blue groove to wet, hard packed surfaces.

Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]


May 28, 2010

Contact RC tires close to production

Contact RC tires close to production

After the recent announcement of the new brand of foam tires Contact RC, Schumacher staff have been busy installing their new automatic machinery, overseen by Piero Torregiani at the Schumacher head site in Northampton. Above is the first pictures of the new 1/8th wheel and tire combo to come from these machines. Contact RC tires aim to bring you the highest standards possible for foam tire manufacturing ensuring the racer has quality and consistent performance time and time again. Full production will start shortly and for further information on this new exciting brand you can contact piero(at)racing-cars.com

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]


May 21, 2010

JConcepts Short Course Update

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Check out some of JConcepts latest offerings for the HPI Blitz and the Kyosho Ultima SC. There are updated decals for the Truth and Dare bodies and the Manta body is a direct fit for the new Kyosho Ultima SC.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]


May 20, 2010

Xceed Super Barchetta wheels & tires

Xceed Super Barchetta wheels & tires

Xceed have introduced a new line of wheels and tires for the growing Super Barchetta class, which is 1/10 scale 220mm racing with 1/10 nitro-cars and Lola style bodies. Using high quality Italian foam racing tires on standard or light race-design wheels, they have been precision glued and trued to perfection. Available of front and rear, they are available in a wide range of shores.

Source: Xceed [xceedrc.com]


May 18, 2010

Pro-Line Blitz F-150, SC tires & PowerStroke spring sets

Lots of new Short Course product releases from Pro-Line, starting with this officially licensed Ford F-150 shell for the HPI Blitz. Featuring bold off-road Short Course styling with extremely pronounced fenders for an attack-like stance. Having had a sneak peek last week, PL have finally released their new Suburbs SC tires which come in MC compound and are great for indoor clay surface and prefers low track temperatures and wet surfaces. PL have also released Bow Tie SC in the MC compound and the Trencher SC in the M3 soft compound. Finally for the PL PowerStroke front and rear shocks for the Traxxas Slash and Slash 4×4 as these range of springs. Now you can adjust ride heights and dual-rate spring rates almost infinitely with these color coded springs. Kits come with six primary (short) and six secondary (long) high quality springs with color coded stripes to reference rates.

View the other products here