Infinity has added a new aluminium 0.5mm eccentric bearing holder to the optionals list for its IF14 electric touring car. It has 0.3mm less offset than the standard bearing holder allowing for a wider choice of adjustment with a 0.3mm lower diff in the ‘high’ position and 0.3mm higher in the ‘low’ position. This part is machined from high quality aluminium for minimised drivetrain loss.
Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]
The 7th and final round of the Danish 1/8th Off-road Nationals was held at the Greve RC Center last weekend. Due to heavy rain the E-Buggy and Nitro Truggy portion of the event had to be cancelled but luckily the track dried up for Sunday so the Nitro Buggy race would be held at planned. After some entertaining qualifiers it was Daniel Bubel with the overall TQ and after the semis it was again Daniel on top with Peter Harder starting from P2. At the start of the main final there was some tight racing between the top 3. Some minutes into the race Peter was able to take the lead from Daniel and get away from the pack in a dominating and consistent matter. Behind him, Daniel Bubel and Nikolai Lamberts would switch back and forth leading and defending. But a flameout from Daniel would see Nikolai move up to 2nd place and this is how the race ended with Daniel in 3rd.
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The 4th round of the Austrian 1/10th Electric Off-road Nationals was held on the astro-turf track of the MAC Traiskirchen club last weekend. Weather was again not on the racer’s side – it was raining all Saturday, and that was the reason why many people decided not to show up or opted to even drive home again. The remaining drivers still had good conditions and lots of fun on Sunday on a drying track, which made racing difficult, but fun. In qualifying it was a fight between Peter Pinisch and Hupo Hönigl in both classes with Hupo holding the upper hand to take the overall TQ in both classes. In the finals Lukas Grainer joined the club which made it a tight 3-way battle. Ultimately to was Hupo with the win in both classes as Peter and Lukas came in 2nd and 3rd respectively in 2WD while Lukas was able to grab the runner-up spot in 4WD, leaving behind Peter in 3rd. Over in 2WD Stock Buggy it was Michael Skolnik with the overall win from Hannes Mayer 2nd and Rene Levetzov 3rd.
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Coming for the Traxxas 4-Tec 2.0 car is a new titanium turnbuckle set from Yeah Racing. The set includes high-quality turnbuckles, sturdy rod ends as well as ball studs all of which allow to outfit the car’s suspension with easy to adjust, lightweight and robust titanium turnbuckles for a lower overall weight and increased durability.
Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]
The recently renewed Luleburgaz track played host to round 4 of the Turkish 1/8th Buggy Nationals, held in Nitro and Electric classes. In the Nitro Buggy class it was Alain Sarafyan with the win from Serkan Tumer in 2nd and Can Soykal in 3rd. Over in the E-Buggy category it was again Alain with the win at round 4, leaving being Ilker Ozcan in 2nd and Serkan Tumer in 3rd.
Xtreme Aerodynamics from Italy have announced the release of their new Super Diablo body shell for 1/8th IC track cars. Based on the highly successful Diablo body, the Super Diablo features an updated front end design that offers even more steering response while retaining overall balance and corner speed. The body is available in lightweight and ultra-lightweight variants, uncut or pre-cut for most of today’s 1/8th on-road kits.
Coming from MOD are their new Everlast M1.5 pinion gears for the popular Losi 5ive-T and B models. Made from hardened alloy steel and coming heat-treated for ultimate wear characteristics the pinions not only last about 10-times longer than the standard gears, adjusted gear patch dimensions also improve spur gear to pinion contact. The pinions are also of proper dimensions to work with both OEM and aftermarket bells and front carriers and they help to prevent premature gear wear. The gears will become available in 17T to 20T specification.
Source: MOD [modspeedshop.com]
Schaffner Racing Products have introduced their new touring car wheel well makers. They were designed to accurately mark the correct position for trimming the wheel wells on touring car and USGT bodies. The unique design allows to easily see the tyre’s edge as well as the centre of the axle, to verify that they are accurately placed. The markers are 3-D-printed and they come in sets of two.
