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June 10, 2025

Ultimate Racing COMPAK 4 Pro B10 Alu 1:8 Clutch

New from Spanish brand Ultimate Racing is their COMPAK 4 Pro B10 Aluminium Clutch for 1:8 Offroad use. The 4-shoe adjustable clutch redefines the concept of tunable clutches by introducing a unique adjustment system to the market. This system allows you to change the clutch stiffness with the engine mounted and the car fully ready to run. To adjust simply flip the buggy, lock the flywheel, and move the regulator to the desired position. You can choose between three levels of stiffness (I, II, III), laser-engraved directly on the flywheel. This innovation minimises clutch adjustment time. “I” is the softest setting or mounting position, and “III” is the hardest. To check the current setting, just see which number aligns with the adjustment hole on the regulator. The 33 mm flywheel has been carefully designed to ensure compatibility with most brands on the market. In addition, the set is precisely designed to fit Ultimate clutch bells.

Source: Modelix [modelixracing.com]

June 9, 2025

Champlin doubles at INS15 Mid Summer encounter

Round 3 of the 15th season of the JConcepts Indoor National Series, the Mid-Summer Carpet Indoor Nationals, took place at Island Speedway in Iowa, over the weekend where Schumacher’s Broc Champlin completed the double. Attracting almost 300 entries, qualifying would consist of three round with Champlin topping them all in 2WD to TQ ahead of Team Associated pairing Spencer Rivkin and Aydin Horne with Schumacher’s Tom Rinderknecht fourth. Winning A1 & 2 Champlin added his first 2WD win of the 2025 series as the Top 3 line-up on the podium as how they started. In 4WD, it was Rivkin who took the TQ from Champlin with Brennan Schimmel’s Xray third, each driver having posted a TQ run each. While Rivkin opened the finals with a win as Champlin dropped to 4th, Champlin took A2 forcing things to be decided in A3. With Rivkin leading for the first 2-minutes, Champlin forced his way into lead where ge stayed to take the win and with it his second 4WD win of the INS15 season having won at the season opener back in February at Trackside Hobbies in Wisconsin. With Rivkin A3 ending down in P5, it was Schimmel (2nd) and Rinderknecht would completed the podium.

Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]

June 8, 2025

Ongaro defends European eBuggy title in Spain

Team Associated’s Davide Ongaro has defended his EFRA European 1:8 eBuggy title winning the 9th edition of the championship at Valladolid in Spain. Qualifying would kick off with Bruno Coelho and his prototype Infinity eBuggy topping the first of the four rounds but fastest in the next three qualifiers it was reigning European Nitro Buggy Champion Juan Carlos Canas who secured the TQ with his Sworkz. Behind the Spaniard it was Ongaro, last year’s Top Qualifier in France, who lined up second ahead of Coelho. Italian Sworkz driver Mattio Polito secured P4 with the Sparko of young French talent Noha Ben Mohamed in fifth as David Ronnefalk completed the Top 6 as the leading Xray. In the first of the 10-minute triple final encounters, late contact between Canas and Ongaro handed Coelho the win. In A2 a mistake from Canas early on saw him give the lead to Ongaro who would lead home Coelho and Ronnefalk. Unfortunately Canas’s hopes of retaking the title he last held in 2022 were over after he suffered a DNF trying to make his way back up the order. While Canas finally delivered a win in A3, second was enough for Ongaro to take his third eBuggy Euros title with Coelho the runner-up as Canas completed the podium. Finishing P4, Ben Mohamed took the European Junior title. A big year for 1:8 Electric Buggy, drivers will now turn their attention to the first ever IFMAR World Championship for the category which takes place in Portugal in August.

Image: EFRA [Facebook]

June 7, 2025

Wallie Builds Factory Works RC8B4.1 Pro Radio Tray

Best known for its car building services, US based Wallie Builds has released this Factory Works Pro Radio Tray for the RC8B4.1 from Team Associated. With a lot of the conditions in SoCal being loose and rough, Nick Wautlet set out to design an in between weight bias setup. Team Associated currently offers two Chassis’ for the RC8B4.1. The FWB Chassis is the standard that most brands are using (Mugen, Xray, Sworkz) and the RWB Chassis is the same length, but the centre items (Engine, pipe, Radio tray [minus Steering servo], centre diff and fuel tank) all move back 10mm. The FWB chassis in Wallie Builds opinion is the most balanced chassis, but can be a little bit of handful in some cases. The RWB Chassis, feels good but, from their testing has been slower with the same driving effort. In order for the RWB chassis to be fast, you have to drive on the edge the whole time which is difficult to maintain over long main events. Aiming to find the happy medium, they took the existing radio tray and modified it to use the Hump style RX battery in the back near the engine. They also moved the location of the receiver and transponder to the front of the car and found that in doing this, the car became a whole new animal. The resulted in improvements that include higher consistency, lap after lap while conditions worsened, an easy to drive buggy in rough conditions, more on power grip exiting the corners, and a buggy that was less reactive to bumps at high speed.

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June 6, 2025

Infinity IFB8 Lightweight Body

Infinity is now offering a lightweight version of the kit body for their IFB8 1:8 Nitro Buggy. Compared to the standard body, the weight is reduced by approximately 13 grams resulting in more nimble handling. The Lightweight body is produced from 0.8mm thick lexan and weighs approx. 60 grams.

Source: Creation Model [creationmodel.net]

June 6, 2025

Hong Nor X5B 1:8 Nitro Buggy Body Shell

Following the recent release of official images of their new 2025 X5B 1:8 Nitro Buggy, Hong Nor has published images of a painted kit body. The body will come with two nose cone styles which can be switched to suit track conditions. With the launch of the new X5B coinciding with the Hong Nor’s 35th anniversary, the Taiwanese company sent an X5B kit to Chad Bradley to test build. Taking an X1-CR to fourth position at the 2006 IFMAR 1:8 World Championships in Indonesia, the American was very complimentary of the new kit and its bodyshell.

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June 5, 2025

Jetko Power JP-3 .21 Offroad engine

Best known as a tyre manufacturer, Jetko Power has released images of its new .21 Offroad engine, the 3-port JP-3. While giving no specs, on publishing images of the engine and its internals they stated, ‘Jetko Power engines are designed for pure competition. Through shrewd engineering and precise production with high quality materials, you can expect exceptional performance from Jetko Power. These engines provide efficient fuel consumption for longer run times. Included is their original exhaust pipe (EFRA2194) that will give linear power and great response to your finger tips.’

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June 4, 2025

1up Racing B7 Upgrade Parts

American RC accessories brand 1up Racing has introduced an all-new line of upgrade parts for the B7 1:10 Buggy from Team Associated. The LowPro Battery Mounts, LowPro Servo Mount, and Lockdown Motor Mount are each made from high-strength 7075 aluminium and finished in black anodising. Mirror chamfers and CNC-engraved 1up logo complete the look of the parts. The mounts feature a simple tool-free swivel mechanism to hold your battery in place. Both LCG post for 20mm tall batteries and Standard post for 25mm post height options are available to fit all popular battery types. The offset holes on the bracket allow you to fine tune the fore & aft battery position. The unique 1-piece LowPro Servo Mount design wraps low around the back instead of covering it up on top, allowing you to proudly show off your favourite servo and actively lower your centre of gravity. The Lockdown Motor Mount isn’t just about looks – instead of using only two screws on a long mounting arm prone to bending, the Lockdown Motor Mount utilises a third screw and includes a Pro Duty Titanium Lockdown Screw for the top of the motor along with a reinforcement bar to ensure it stays true. Even with the added security, the Lockdown mount still comes in lighter than the stock motor mount at only 8.14 grams, thanks to strategically placed weight-saving cutouts.

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