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February 10, 2023

JConcepts S15 RC8B4 Body

JConcepts has announced the release of their S15 body shell for the Team Associated RC8B4. The latest platform from the reigning 1:8 Buggy World Champion manufacturer, it came several new features to design around for the team at JConcepts who spent considerable time evaluating the new chassis layout and how to incorporate the championship winning S15 body to the vehicle. The S15 blends performance features from the popular Silencer body with new features such as mid-body winglets and rear stabilizer kick-up. The roof of the body remains strong with the upper fin in position for stability and tracking ability. Since the latest chassis platform included revised steering geometry, front gearbox updates and a new front shock tower, revisions were needed around the entire front-end to fit the new buggy body properly. The front and rear body mount area is cleanly designed and allows for a drop-fit on the Team Associated RC8B4 model.

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February 9, 2023

JConcepts premount Pin Swag 2WD Front Tyre

JConcepts is now offering their Pin Swag 2WD front tyre pre-mounted. The Pin Swag, which combines the outer lugs of a JConcepts Swagger front tire with the dense arrangement of specialty pins, is assembled and glued on JConcepts 3376 wheels in either bright white or fluorescent yellow colours. A unique feature on the Pin Swag and many of the JConcepts carpet/astro turf racing tyres is the scalloped tyre bead which removes a lot of weight from a normally beefy area. The tips of the bead touch off on the inner beads on the wheel which lead to a great alignment but now with reduced rotating weight.

Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

February 9, 2023

T-Works B6 Titanium Slipper Spring Adapter

Coming from T-Works is this Titanium Slipper Spring Adapter for Team Associated’s B6 1:10 2WD chassis. Machined from Ti64 grade titanium, they are a direct lightweight replacement for the standard kit adapter which holds the slippery spring in place.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

February 9, 2023

JConcepts Nessi & Swagger 1:8 Buggy Tyres

JConcepts has added two new additions to its extensive tyre range with the new Nessi and Swagger 1:8 Buggy Tyres. The Nessi tyre, shares styling cues from its successful 1:10 counterparts, but a slight increase in pin size and geometry make it quite the tire for 1:8 buggy vehicles. Racing on artificial surfaces require a lot of stability and forward-bite and the design team went to work to substantially improve performance. The new tire brings a new 3D blended pin-size, pin-separation, and a light-weight carcass. The Swagger 1:8 tyre has a multitude of heights and angular ribs for corning speed, consistency, and straight-line tracking ability. The tyre has shown to produce an easier to drive vehicle while still being capable of fast lap times. They are designed for standard 83mm mounting bead, 1:8 buggy wheels available from JConcepts.

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February 7, 2023

T-Works 3.5×8.5mm Aluminium Shim Set

New from T-Works is this 3.5×8.5mm aluminium shim set. The black anodised shims are available in 4 sizes, 0.5mm, 0.75mm, 1mm and 2mm with set case containing 10 pieces of each. Individual sizes are also available separately to restock the set.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

February 6, 2023

JConcepts Winter Indoor Nats wins for Horne & Phend

The JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals travelled to San Diego over the weekend and it was Team Associated’s Aydin Horne and TLR’s Dakotah Phend who took the big wins at SDRC Raceway. The first stop of 5 events on the INS13 calendar, in 2WD Buggy it was Horne who took the TQ ahead of Phend and Tekno’s Ryan Maifield, the later running Team Associated chassis’ at the event. Qualifying opened with Tom Rinderknecht topping Q1 from Maifield but P4 & 5 in the next two rounds left the Xray driver fourth on the grid. In 4WD, Phend topped the first and third round qualifiers to take TQ honours ahead of Associated’s Spencer Rivkin who was second fastest ahead of Horne in all three runs. Again Rinderknecht would post a TQ run setting the pace in Q2 but like in 2WD he would start the 4WD A-Main from 4th. In the finals the Top 3 would lined up on the podium as how they qualified. 2WD went down to A3, which was duly won by Rivkin from 6th on the grid giving him 4th overall. In 4WD, Phend tied things up early with wins in A1 & 2 leaving Rivkin to win A3 from Horne who completed the overall podium.

View 4WD Buggy Podium here

February 5, 2023

Coelho & Rheinard win Snowbirds

Bruno Coelho and Marc Rheinard are the two big winners of this year’s Snowbird Nationals. In Modified Touring Car, defending Champion Coelho took the overall TQ for Xray from the Awesomatix of Rheinard with Alexander Hagberg lining up 3rd. With just a single A-Main to decide the winner of the 29th running of the iconic American race, World Champion Coelho would hold off his German rival taking the win by 2/10th of a second. A further 1.6 seconds back, Hagberg made it an all European podium line-up. Top American finisher would be ROAR National Champion Sam Isaacs in fourth. In the 1:12 GTP Modified it was Rheinard who was Top Qualifier. The reigning 1:12 World Champion lead the 8-minutes from start to finish posting the fastest lap in the process. Behind former World Champion Hagberg came through from 5th on the grid to finish 2nd ahead of 2nd and 3rd place qualifiers Donny Lia and Iaascs.

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February 5, 2023

Orlowski caps of double EOS title success with 4WD win

Michal Orlowski has capped off a double EOS title victory with the 4WD Buggy win at the season finale in Germany. The Schumacher driver had struggled in Saturday’s 2WD action as team-mate Broc Champlin took a debut win in the series in style from the TQ but still secured the overall title. Switching to 4WD however it was business as usual for the Polish driver as he topped all three rounds of qualifying. Starting the triple A-Main as Top Qualifier, he wrapped up his second 4WD victory of the season with wins in A1 & 2. Completing a very successful debut in the carpet surface series, American visitor Champlin made it a 1-2 for the British manufacturer. Taking the win in A3, Bartosz Zalewski from Poland completed the Round 3 podium for Xray.

Image: Michal Orlowski [Facebook]