Yeah Racing have introduced a tool set specially developed for mini-size cars 1/28th and 1/27th cars such as the Kyosho Mini-Z. The set includes chassis blocks, a droop gauge and a ride height gauge along a camber tool all of which are made of black anodised high-quality aluminium. The tool set allows to set all relevant parameters on complex mini and micro size cars.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
Coming from Hiro Seiko is their new line of high-viscosity differential fluids. Available as 100,000cps, 200,000cps, 300,000cps, 500,000cps and 1,000,000cps variants the pure silicone oils are ideal to lock the gear differentials of on-road cars or as friction damper lube. The fluids come in convenient 30ml containers and they are available now.
Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]
The fourth round of the Swiss Nitro On-road Championship recently took place in Langenthal. Already on Friday the drivers took the chance to test engines and bodies but unfortunately it was drizzling on Saturday from time to time but it was never really wet and the qualifying could be held in good track conditions. In the 1/8th class once again Simon Kurzbuch stamped his authority on his home track. He shocked his rivals with lap times under 12 seconds and was the only one to pull 25 laps in qualifying which meant he easily took the pole position for the final as the super pole race went to Silvio Hächler in front of Thomas Henzi and Michael Henzi.
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Coming from Capricorn and made for the P1-235 Pro10 pan car is a hard rear axle shaft. Machined from harder alloy than stock the shaft also receives further hardening processes to ensure a high degree of durability even when the going gets tough. Furthermore the axle sports a lightened and red anodised diff ring plate as well as a heavy-duty pressure nut thread.
Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]
3DRC from Germany have introduced their new Ride air remover shock stand insert specially designed for the dampers of the Serpent Project 4X touring car. The 3-D-printed part allows to securely hold the small heave and roll shocks during filling and while leaving them in Ride’s air remover tool. By turning the insert upside down it also securely holds the gear diff case during filling. The insert exclusively fits Ride’s short air remover and it is available directly through 3DRC’s Shapeways store.
Source: 3DRC [shapeways.com]
The second round of the Indonesian Electric On-road Nationals was held at Sunter International Speedway in Jakarta with about 40 racers from all around Indonesia competing in the Touring Modified and FWD classes. In Touring Modified it was Muhammad Izzah who scored a TQ in Q1 and Q2 which secured him the pole for A-main. Q3 belonged to Christian Mamesah which meant a P2 spot on the starting grid for him. The opening two A-main legs brought different winners meaning the decision for the overall win would be made in A3. With Izzah winning A1 and Bowie coming out fastest in A2 the stage was set for an entertaining final A-main. Ultimately Izzah would lead the way by a comfortable margin with Bowie coming in 2nd while Ronny Suwarto completed the podium result.
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Round 7 of Singapore’s Urban Touring Series was held this past weekend at the Urban Onroad Raceway. The event saw the first appearance of top local Nicholas Lee in the 17.5T Blinky Touring Car class. As expected, Nicholas (Yokomo) set the pace in qualifying by scoring TQ runs in the first two of three qualifying rounds. Series leader Dominic Quek (Xray) would have to be contented with a 2nd place start in the A-Main, with YS Heng (Yokomo) in 3rd. The bump-up B-final was led off by Chee Lip Keong (Yokomo) and young Sean Lee (Tamiya), who both looked like they would comfortably bump-up to the A-Main. However, a mistake by Sean at about the 3-minute mark gave Hasron Robana (Xray) the chance to move ahead and eventually snatch the last bump-up.
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Italian company Mon-Tech have introduced their all-new Racer 190mm touring car body shell. Made from lightweight, high-quality 0.75mm polycarbonate the body will offer exceptional balance with high corner entry and mid-turn steering while also ensuring a very stable rear end. Included in the package are headlight stickers that are applied from the inside of the body, it comes with a set of window masks and also lightweight wing mounting hardware.
