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November 26, 2015

Tourex Big Speed II 4-shoe large scale clutch

Tourex have introduced their all-new Big Speed II 4-shoe clutch for large scale cars. Building on the success of the previous Big Speed 3-shoe offering the Big Speed II will deliver improved performance especially with today’s very powerful engines. The “II” shares many parts with the 3-shoe offering and it also uses the same adjustment tools, making the swap over to the 4-shoe offering a breeze. The highly adjustable clutch is available for a range of kits and classes from now on.

Source: Tourex [tourex-competition.com]

November 26, 2015

Marek Cerny wins at XWS Slovenia Rd1

The opening round of the Xray Winter Series Slovenia was held at the Genius Ring in Italy. The famous ETS carpet and a challenging layout made for a fun weekend for everyone. In the Touring Stock class Xray’s Marek Cerny was the man to beat as he set fast times right from the start. In the qualifiers he was able to take the TQ for the finals in which he would make a clean sweep to take the overall win from Bernard-Alain Arnaldi (Xray) and young Andrea Ghilotti (Xray).

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November 25, 2015

BRP TRF102 1.5mm fibreglass T-bar

Available from Border Racing Products is a 1.5mm fibreglass T-bar for the Tamiya TRF102 formula car. Specially developed for medium to high-bite carpet tracks the part is cut from high-quality 1.5mm FRP material and a direct replacement for the standard T-bar, yet much stronger to overcome the breaking issues associated with the original part.

Source: The Border [the-border.com]

November 25, 2015

Yokomo Racing Performer precision pinion gears

Yokomo have introduced the Racing Performer line of precision 64 pitch pinion gears. Cut from high-quality aluminium and featuring a special treatment to make for a hard-wearing yet low-friction surface the gears are available in a range from 20T to 26T, making them best ideal for Touring Modified and 1/12th scale cars.

Source: Yokomo [teamyokomo.com]

November 24, 2015

Schumacher touring car wheel arch cutting jig

Schumacher have released a wheel arch cutting jig for 1/10th touring cars. The jig ensures accurate and repeatable cutting out of wheel arches time after time. Simply set the car to the required ride height and position the body shell to the desired height. Position the jig flush with the outside of the body shell and locate the centre of the axle through the hole in the tool. The end radius is different from side to side to prevent body tucks so the the jig’s orientation is critical. Hold the jig and draw round the inside with a fine marker pen and then carefully cut to the line with a pair of curved scissors. The jig can also measure wing overhang with the handy 10mm step.

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November 24, 2015

Xray Winter Series Rd2 – Report

Round 2 of the Xray Winter Series Morava was again held at the Jedovnice sports hall. The event attracted 64 racers to compete in the five classes of Touring Open, Stock 17.5T, Hobby, Formula and GT. The Touring Open class was dominated by the fight between the two teammates David Nemcek and Kuba Simurda. In the finals Kuba held the upper hand over David to take the day’s win while Michal Vitamvas would round out the top 3 result.

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November 24, 2015

ETS-ready Yokomo YR-10 formula car kit

Following a first teaser image Yokomo now have revealed all details of their forthcoming YR-10 formula car kit. Developed especially for the ever growing 190mm rubber tyre class the car features a front suspension made of carbon fibre upper and lower arms combined with a standard kingpin and recoil spring setup as well as a split aluminium bulkhead that allows for a floating servo mount to produce smooth and consistent front chassis flex. The rear end features long side links and a large volume centre shock absorber to extract as much grip as possible from the rubber tyres. Large volume side dampers improve the side bite on throttle input and the kit will come race ready, complying with the ETS rules, including Ride XR tyres and Montech front and rear wings. Coming soon is also a Montech-made formula bodyshell.

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November 24, 2015

Upgraded Muchmore Impact FD2 range LiPo batteries

Muchmore have upgraded their Impact FD2 range of competition LiPo batteries with the addition of four new packs. First up is the Max Punch 6200mAh standard size pack made of 110C cells. Weighing in at 307g the pack is both light of weight while offering maximum punch for both modified and stock racing thanks to a high-performance cell chemistry. Also new are a bolstered-up 5000mAh 110C Shorty pack, a 4000mAh 110C 18.3mm high low-profile 2S Shorty and a 8000mAh 110C 1S pack for 1/12th scale applications. All offer improved capacities over their predecessors and they utilize standard 4mm connectors.

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