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August 22, 2012

Thunder Alley Gas Champs – Announcement

Thunder Alley have announced their 4th Annual Gas Championship held from September 22nd to 23rd. With the very unique format and a new Layout built by SiK Track Design / Levi Jackson, and limited amount of practice only on Saturday, the playing field is level for all racers that attend this race. Pro-Line & Byron has stepped up to help the non-sponsored driver by giving them a set (4) tires and fuel with their 1st entry. Additional Pro-Line wheels & tires also will be available at the track at a discounted rate for the racers. Look for International drivers again this year in attendance. Open to a multitude of 1/8th offroad classes, sign up is now open with more details here.

August 21, 2012

RC Pro Series Canada Alberta Final

RC Depot driver Wayne Mah TQ’d and won the 1/8 Nitro Buggy class in the RC Pro Series Canada (Alberta division) finals held @ the “Clutch Nutz” track in Red Deer Alberta this past weekend. Wayne’s OS Powered Kyosho MP9 was unmatched throughout qualifying as well as the 45 minute long A-Main. 2nd spot was owned by fellow team driver Cory Drachenberg; also in an OS powered Kyosho MP9. In third place, driving for Pro-Line/PM Hobbycraft was Peter Tozser in a Reedy Powered RC8.2.

Continue reading the report here

August 21, 2012

Associated RC10T4.1 Brushless NiMH combo

Similar to the RC10B4.1 combo released yesterday, the RC10T4.1 Brushless NiMH combo features many of the components from the RC10T4 Team Kit while incorporating a 2.4 GHz 3-channel radio system, Reedy 3300kV brushless motor, XP SC4500-BL electronic speed control, Reedy 3000mAh WolfPack battery, and a wall charger. Additional upgrades can be made to your brushless RC10B4.1 using a full line of Factory Team B4 hop-ups, as well as Reedy and LRP performance parts.

View more details here

August 21, 2012

Associated RC10B4.1 Brushless NiMH combo

The RC10B4.1 Brushless NiMH combo comes ready to run with a 2.4 GHz 3-channel radio system, Reedy 3300kV brushless motor, XP SC4500-BL electronic speed control, Reedy 3000mAh WolfPack battery, and a wall charger. Additional upgrades can be made to your brushless RC10B4.1 using a full line of Factory Team B4 hop-ups, as well as Reedy and LRP performance parts.

View the complete features list here

August 20, 2012

LRP Dynamic 8 1600kv brushless motor

LRP have released a 1600kv version of their Dynamic 8 brushless motor for 1/8th scale cars. The innovative multislot-winding creates incredible torque while at the same time the motor features improved efficiency over the full rpm range. Less power is lost into heat and that means more power reaches your drivetrain.

Source: LRP [lrp.cc]

August 17, 2012

Team Alien 17mm UFO wheel nuts

Team Alien have released these stylish 17mm UFO wheel nuts. The unique design which adds a touch of bling to your car comes in 1.0 & 1.25 thread for different cars and is available in black, red, orange, light blue, grey, deep blue and green.

Source: Thunder Innovation [thunderinnovation.com]

August 17, 2012

Novarossi P8XLT .21 engine

To celebrate winning the French, British and European Championships, Racing Experience along with Novarossi are offering a new engine based on the world famous P5 XLT. This P8XLT is a long stroke 8 port engine based on the well known S21 crankcase. Main features include turbo combustion chamber with O Ring, a super strong R7 conrod, a 14.5mm shaft with upsized counterweight to increase low-end torque and the 8 port sleeve with 3 exhaust ports gives quicker acceleration. To top it off there is a 60mm lightened cooling head. This motor will come in at less than EUR200 and will be available in limited quantities across the Racing Experience territories including France, UK, Portugal and the French speaking part of Belgium.

Source: Racing Experience [racing-experience.eu]

August 16, 2012

Avid Triad slipper clutch

Avid have released their new Triad slipper clutch, a compact 3 plate clutch that provides smoother throttle response, more torque capacity and lighter weight than current 2 plate slipper clutches. This project has been in development for 7 months and we are very pleased with the final result. At this weeks ROAR Super Nationals, the Triad slipper clutch won 2 titles in 17.5 Racing Truck and 17.5 4wd Buggy at the hands of Nolan Anderson and Zack Genova as well as competed in the Modified A-Mains with Ty Tessman and Jesse Robbers.

View an image of the slipper clutch set here