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October 4, 2018

Tamiya TT-02B First Try Neo Scorcher kit

Tamiya USA have introduced the TT-02B First Try 1/10th scale 4WD buggy with Neo Scorcher body shell. The kit is based on the TT-02B chassis off-road assembly model and is intended for absolute beginners. It provides an informative and a rewarding process of building a Tamiya chassis, but with some of the trickier sections pre-assembled. The TT-02B is a highly adaptable and beginner-friendly chassis itself, with 4-wheel double wishbone suspension and shaft-driven 4WD giving great performance on- and off-road. The TT-02B uses the TT-02 as its base, adding longer suspension arms, CVA shock units, and buggy bumpers to give it great off-road performance. Of course, it retains the TT-02’s excellent drivability and ease of assembly and maintenance, while motor cooling ducts and receiver case add to the model’s durability. The included, pre-assembled components include lower deck and gearboxes, motor and mount, front bumper and lower arms, front upper arms, uprights, rear upper arms, dampers, motor cover, wheels and tyres. The kit will hit stores at the beginning of December.

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October 4, 2018

Samix TRX-4 aluminium front bumper mount

Samix have introduced their new aluminium front bumper mount for the Traxxas TRX-4 truck. Machined from high-quality alloy the parts adds strength for improved chassis rigidity while adding visual impact at the same time. The laser-engraved bumper mount comes in silver, black or hard-anodised finish and with machined silver edge details.

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October 4, 2018

Exotek TRF103 upper arm set & bearing adapter

Coming from Exotek and made for the Tamiya TRF103 formula kit are and adjustable upper arm set and metric to 1/4” axle adapter set. Starting with the upper arm set, the new multi-adjustable and heavy duty CNC-machined arms allow to make quick and precise camber and caster adjustments on the fly and even without taking off the body shell. The arm set is precision machined for the smoothest arm movement and offers incrementally more adjustment abilities than the stock arms and also there will be six less stock O-rings to possibly lose and fall apart. The set includes two 7075 alloy caster adjusters, two smooth action machined delrin camber adjusters, two alloy swivel balls for upper nylon arms, four 3mm roll centre spacers, four alloy 4.8mm pivot balls, four hardened steel 3mm turnbuckles and hardware as well as four heavy duty nylon ball cups.

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October 4, 2018

Lefebvre & Hooks wins at the Texas Two Step

The Gulf Coast Raceways in Porter, Texas and the Thornhill Racing Circuit in Hutto, Texas recently played host to the first ever Texas Two Step race. It was setup like the Pro-Line duel race in California. The scoring would be combining your results from Saturday and Sunday to make an overall. Friday was practice at either track with Saturday being raced at the Gulf Coast Raceway and Sunday things would decide at the Thornhill track. When the dust had settled, Ethan Lefebvre would take the overall in Nitro Buggy in front of Dillon Caldwell and Tyler Hooks. Over in Electric Buggy it was Tyler Hooks with the overall from Brandon Rose and Ethan Lefebvre.

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October 4, 2018

Tamiya Toyota Hilux CC-01 truck kit

Tamiya have introduced their new Toyota Hilux CC-01 truck kit. The truck depicts the 8th generation of the Hilux vehicle, released back in 2015, specifically a special full-size version of the Extra Cab which Toyota’s British division had made in the colours of Tamiya’s legendary Bruiser as a tribute to their model. It also appeared in some high-profile PR activities in Great Britain. The CC-01 chassis’ ground-hugging, long-stroke suspension system consists of front double wishbone and rear 4-link rigid setups and is equipped with four oil dampers. The highly reliable and efficient full-time 4WD system features a front-mounted motor, which transmits power to the front wheels via the gearbox and to the rear wheels via the propeller shaft with universal joints. Front and rear differentials enable smooth cornering. For even greater off-road performance on rough terrain, the rear differential may be locked during assembly. Realistic block-pattern tires are mounted on metal-plated wheels and the kit also includes the Tamiya TBLE-02S electronic speed control that is capable of running sensor brushless motors and brushed motors alike.

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October 3, 2018

Raceform ET410 V2 polycarbonate shock towers

Raceform have released ET410 specific V2 shock towers that are made of a new high-impact modified polycarbonate. They are precisely machined and tested for durability with the rear tour being suitable for rear shock front position conversion with multiple camber locations. M3 threaded camber holes eliminate the use of a nut in order to save weight while calculated flex at critical areas saves gearboxes and shock standoffs. The front tower weighs in at 11g while the rear tower weighs 17g.

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October 3, 2018

Mark Sousa wins at Brian Decaire Memorial Race

SPARC R/C Raceway of Kingsville, Ontario held the Brian Decaire Memorial Race last weekend. In the Nitro Buggy class Xray’s Mark Sousa was able to take overall TQ and win in front of Serpent’s Abiye Birku on the runner-up spot. Douglas Shewfelt (Serpent) would round out the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 3, 2018

Xpress Execute XQ1 vertical top deck set

Coming from Xpress and made foe the Execute XQ1 and XQ1S kits is a vertical top deck set. The multi-piece top deck was designed to replace the standard top deck with a construction that will increase both forward traction and side bite in low to medium grip track conditions. Several flex features allow to adjust lateral grip by adding or removing centre stiffeners while the design also allows to connect the top deck with the motor mount stiffener post. The set includes all needed parts to perform the conversion.

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