CSO have new dual-use differential outdrives available for the CSO V1 and V2 touring car. The shafts are of an updated design with two slot pairs of different width for the use with our without blades on the universal shaft pins. Made from spring steel and coming hard-coated the parts also fit the Xray T4 and T3.
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The 2014 edition of the Snowbird Nationals were held in Orlando, FL at the Park Inn Resort. The “Birds” is the largest RC race in the world with well over 600 total entries and many countries represented this year. The Snowbirds is a unique race due to the 24 hours a day racing schedule, 12 hours of road and 12 hours of oval makes for a very unique experience that can only be witnessed here. In the Blue ribbon Modified TC class it was Paul Lemieux who would get things figured out for the second day of qualifying to set TQ, then again TQ the final round of qualifying. Paul would then take a convincing tone to tone victory in the final, Marc Fischer would finish second with Kevin Hebert in third.
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Seen last week at The Snowbird Nationals, EMR Factory have released their new traction compound applicator bottle. For use with on-road or off-road tires, the 4oz. size will hold an entire bottle of traction compound. The sponge applicator tip allows to control the amount applied to the tires and eliminates spilling, messy spray bottles, and tooth brushes. The bottles are available as single or 3-piece packs.
Source: EMR Factory [emrfactory.com]
Volante is a new brand introduced by Korean company Muchmore that has several on-road specific tyres and accessories to offer. First up are a total of five touring car tyres ranging from soft 24R to a hard 36R compound. Coming in sets of four and as rubber only, pre-mounted or pre-glued variant the tyre rubber is especially designed to work in a variety of track conditions. The white disc rims, as well as moulded Type N and closed cell inserts are also available separately.
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Seen at last weekend’s ETS race in Germany Awesomatix are close to releasing their own steering servo with built in floating servo mount. A high speed metal gear servo at the core, its aluminium case doubles as the floating mount removing the need to mount your current servo to the standard mount, saving space and weight meaning. The Russian company are also believed to be offering the option of having your name laser etched on to the servo as seen on those of their team drivers.
Source: Awesomatix [awesomatix.com]
Following up the announcement of the Birdie design bodyshell for the Mugen MBX7, Sweep have released a teaser for an upcoming touring car body that will be launched next month. No further details were given but we will bring them to you when revealed.
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Protoform have released what they are calling the Crosshair body mounting kit. Have you ever painted up a killer race body, only to botch the mounting job by aligning it off-center, crooked, or too far forward or back on your chassis? The Crosshair kit uses high-powered magnets to pinpoint the exact position of your car’s body posts allowing you to easily mark their location. This simple but effective system is designed to ensure your race body is mounted just the way you intended.
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At the recent ETS Fenix Racing introduced the new S5-Ultra front beam for the Su-zuka F1 kit. The design is based on the Schumacher Mi5 technology and the first ever F1 front end that allows to adjust anti-dive and pro-dive. The technology is used also for the king-pin, therefore camber and caster angles are adjustable, regardless the amount of dive. The part is a direct fit for the Su-zuka 2013 and 2014 version and a dedicated version for the Tamiya F104 platform is also available.
Source: Fenix Racing [fenix-racing.com]
