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July 22, 2014

Schelle B5M aluminium rear ballstud mount

Schelle Racing Innovation’s latest option part for the Team Associated B5M mid motor buggy is this aluminium rear ballstud mount. The lightweight mount adds durability in addition to increased tuning options as along with standard kit width mount holes – the middle hole on the Schelle part – there are option inner and outer holes which give added fine tuning for the upper links. The mounting bracket is available in either black or blue anodised versions.

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July 21, 2014

Schumacher Cougar alloy front hub carriers

Available now from Schumacher are these CNC alloy hub carrier in black with silver edges. Stronger and longer wearing than the standard kit plastic parts, they are suitable for the Cougar KF and KR which use hex wheels. The hubs are also useable on the Cougar SV2 if fitted with the hex wheel conversion.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

July 21, 2014

Team C TC02C Evo 2WD mid motor buggy

Team C Racing introduce the TC02C Evo mid motor 2WD buggy kit. Based on the proven TC02C, the Evo variant received a new 8mm longer composite chassis, 12mm big bore aluminium shock absorbers, a front aluminium arm mount, and a rear anti-roll bar. The new design chassis is designed for the use with shorty, saddle pack or square pack LiPo battery packs while the 4-gear transmission is equipped with a heavy duty gear differential and a machined aluminium heatsink motor plate. The kit is topped off by a new cab forward bodyshell.

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July 21, 2014

17th Annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout – Report

The 17th Annual Hot Rod Hobbies Shootout was held this past weekend in Saugus, California. The race always attracts some of the country’s fastest off-road drivers and the 2014 edition was no exception and so 2WD class qualifying had Hot Bodies’ Ty Tessmann taking the TQ in round 1 in front of Jared Tebo (Kyosho) while the two swapped positions in round 2. Tebo then also TQ’d round 3 in front of Ty to take the overall TQ position for the finals. 4WD Buggy qualifying saw TLR’s Dustin Evans TQ-ing round 1 in front of Ty Tessmann who in return grabbed TQ honours in the second qualifier from Team Associated driver Ryan Cavalieri. Round 3 then went to Ty Tessmann who left Carson Wernimont behind. The round win then handed Ty the overall TQ for the finals.

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July 20, 2014

Exotek SRX hub set & mid rear bulkhead

Exotek Racing have two new aluminium option parts available for Serpent’s SRX-2 line of buggies and trucks. First up is a front C-hub set made from 7075 aluminium. Weighing in at only 12 grams, the parts are lightweight yet strong and with the included 2mm spacers they match the stock SRX C-hub geometry. With the vertical ball end mounting, roll centre adjustments are easily made by adding or removing spacers.

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July 20, 2014

Jörn Neumann makes it two at 2014 Euros

After winning the 2WD class at this week’s EFRA Electric Buggy European Championships Team Durango’s Jörn Neumann also won the 4WD class. The qualifying saw Jörn walking away with the TQ from Yokomo’s Lee Martin and Team C’s Hupo Hönigl. Kyosho’s David Ronnefalk had a better qualifying than in the 2WD class with a 4th place overall whole Team Associated’s young Joona Haatanen completed a top 5 result that saw five different chassis manufactures battle for the top spots. Robert Battle (Yokomo), Daniel Kobbevik (Team Associated) and Michal Orlowski (Team Durango) put their buggies on 6th, 7th and 8th on the grid while Tom Cockerill (Schumacher) and Ellis Stafford (TLR) made for seven different brands in the top 10 qualifying result.

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July 19, 2014

Arrowmax B-Max aluminium spring cup set

Arrowmax now have a 4-piece aluminium spring cup set for Yokomo’s B-Max line of 2WD and 4WD buggies available. Offering improved rigidity over the stock parts, the cups promise a more secure fit of the springs. They come blue anodised and with laser-etched Arrowmax logos.

Source: Arrowmax [arrowmax-rc.com]

July 19, 2014

STRC TLR 22 series weight reduction kits

ST Racing Concepts introduce two new weight reduction kits for the TLR 22 2.0 and TLR 22-4 buggies. Including lightweight titanium hex head screws and aluminium locknut hardware, the sets weight in at about half the weight of the standard steel hardware. The aluminium nuts come in gun metal anodising to match the colour of TLR’s aluminium parts. Coming as specific assortments for the 2WD and 4WD 22 series, the 22 2.0 set also includes all needed screws for both mid and rear motor converted cars.

Source: STRC [teamstrc.com]