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June 5, 2013

Kawada M500WGT kit

Kawada introduce the M500WGT kit, a 200mm World GT pan car chassis. The kit includes a full carbon fibre chassis with a quick release battery mount that allows for quick and easy longitudinal weight distribution changes. Also included are carbon fibre battery retainers, upper plate and power pod parts along aluminium motor mount and wheel adapter parts. The link-type chassis features two rear tube-style side dampers and comes with a fully adjustable ‘US’-style front suspension that allows for toe, camber, caster and reactive caster adjustments. The kit will hit the stores this June.

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June 5, 2013

Capricorn ultra-fine height adjustment body mount

Capricorn announce the soon release of a new front body mount system for their C02 and TE01 1/10th scale vehicles. The special design allows for ultra-fine body height adjustment in 0.25mm steps while retaining a large contact surface for the body to rest on.

Source: Capricorn [capricornrc.com]

June 5, 2013

T.O.P. Photon & Sabre Gamma shock springs

New from T.O.P. come optional shock springs for the Photon, Sabre FD and Sabre FD Mini chassis. Testing showed that the current breed of spec tyres call for a softer spring setup in order to receiver a wider suspension tuning window. The new 274gf/mm, 260gf/mm and 248gf/mm springs rates allow for more play with the shock stiffness and can give the driver an advantage depending on the tyres used. The springs come in pairs and are marked for easy identification.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

June 5, 2013

Kyle Branson wins 1/8th Euro A warm up

Kyle Branson wins European A warm up

With just seven weeks to go before the 1/8th IC European A Championships gets underway at the Halifax track in England, last weekend was the pre-event warm up race providing the participants the opportunity to gain some valuable track time ahead of the main event. With a lower than anticipated entry due to busy race calendars across Europe, we still had the presence of Italian Marco Vanni, German Oliver Mack and Emil Kostadinov. With such a low entry, the club decided to arrange free practice for all day Friday and also Saturday and Sunday morning until a break for lunch. The format after lunch was for three rounds of qualifying and 30 minute finals for all competitors. With the lap timer on all weekend, it was good to gauge comparative lap times and the magic five minute run time setup which would prove essential come qualifying.

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June 4, 2013

John Ermen wins Dutch on-road nationals Rd3

Last weekend the 3rd round of the Dutch nationals was held on the fast Baanbrakers track in Rucphen. Although the weather forecast predicted showers the contenders finally had warm and sunny weather. In the first round of the NK class it was Gunther v. Staey setting the pace with a 24 lap run and a 7 second gap on local hero John Ermen. He also scored a blistering 12.3s as fastest laptime. Gunther decided to spare his equipment by not driving the other 2 qualification rounds. At the end the four fastest drivers were the only ones with a 24 lap qualification. The fastest was Robing d’Hondt followed by Gunther v. Steay, Sefan Cuypers and John Ermen.

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June 4, 2013

Xray XCA 15T 1st gear pinion

Xray introduce this high-strength 15T 1st gear pinion for the RX8 car. It is made from 7075-T6 aluminium and machined on special gear machines for the ultimate in precision and true running. A fine internal threading allows easy installation on XCA clutch bells and each pinion is etched with the tooth number for easy identification. The new 15T variant rounds up the already existing range of pinions with a smaller version.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

June 4, 2013

Serpent S100 & S120 power pod parts

Serpent introduce new option parts for the S100 and S120 pan cars in the form of updated rear bearing blocks and a carbon fibre X-brace. The motor pod parts are CNC-machined from 7075-T6 aluminium, they come grey anodised and increase the stiffness of the car’s rear end when combined with the carbon fibre X-brace. The parts fit all earlier models of the S120 and S100, and are included in the S120-LTX and S100-LT kits.

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June 4, 2013

Surface Tension

So, after much discussion, debate and deadline extensions, the 2014 Electric On-Road World Championships was awarded to the USA, and the Full Throttle Speedway in Florida. Personally, I think it is right that ROAR should hold this event – yes, the on-road element in the States isn’t anywhere near as strong as off-road at present, but we often see the ebb and flow of popularity between classes. It’s also a great advertisement to get more people into the on-road classes and, let’s not forget, the event is for the 1/12th class as well as the Touring Car Class. The US is home to many of the smaller 1/12th-producing companies – an excellent opportunity for them to attend that section of the event and again promote their product.

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