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October 1, 2010

Exotek Racing EXO104 conversion kit

Exotek Racing’s new EXO104 is a high performance, lightweight chassis conversion that gives the F104 the competitive edge thanks to the improved chassis work and floating rear pod. Using actual components from the World Champion Yokomo 1/12th, they have re-engineered the rear pod into a 5 link floating rear pod for superior rear traction and stability. The kit includes a VCS through shaft center oil shock to perform tweak free side dampening together with a carbon fibre 1 piece top deck to reduce tweak and allow just enough flex to maintain proper traction.

View more images of the chassis here

October 1, 2010

QTEQ Mini-Z front bumpers

Sticking with the Mini-Z theme, Japanese company QTEQ have released a number of new front bumpers for the Kyosho 1/28th scale cars. Made from clear grey polycarbonate, they are designed specifically for group C shells and help protect the front of the car while their design has minimum overhang to prevent any negative effect on the aerodynamic performance of the different shells. Available for the MR-02 Porsche 962, MR-02 Mazda 787, MR-02 Sauber C9, MR-03 Porsche 962,MR-03 Mazda 787 and the MR-03 Sauber C9.

Source: QTEQ [multiverse.jp]

October 1, 2010

PN Racing Mini-Z pan car body

PN Racing have released this Mini-Z lexan pan car body. Fitting on to 1/28th scale cars, this LeMans style shell offers good grip while helping improve top speeds too, plus i think it looks pretty cool.

View another image of the body here

September 30, 2010

Simon Kurzbuch wins again in Switzerland

The 6th round of the Swiss 1/8th scale Nationals took place in Langenthal last weekend. Even if the two Swiss Champions in the Amateur (Stefan Köhl/Shepherd Velox) and Expert (Mattia Pesenti/Motonica) classes were decided, a lot of racers still arrived Friday but the weather and the track was too wet for getting a good setup and just one driver tested his car in Friday afternoon. On Saturday the weather was again bad, but the race must go on and so all racers took part in qualifying and at the end of the day there were some unfamiliar drivers at the front.

Continue reading the report here

September 30, 2010

Gilles Choque wins Rd6 and Luxembourg title

The 6th round of the Luxembourg 1/10th scale EP national championship was held last weekend on the fast LMCC track, host of the 2009 European Championships. After 4 rounds of qualifying it was Gilles Choque who claimed the pole position in front of Joe Streff and Steve Traufler. Difficult weather in the 3 final legs, it was Gilles Choque who crossed the finish line in first, in front of Xray team mates Steve Traufler in 2nd and Joe Streff 3rd. This result saw Gilles Choque crowned the Luxembourg 1/10th scale national champion for 2010.

September 29, 2010

T.O.P. Rebel 12 1/12th scale chassis

More new products from T.O.P. Racing with the introduction of their Rebel 12, 1/12th scale chassis. This new link car features and ultra open motor pod designed specifically for brushless motors with an axle tube to assure perfectly aligned pod bearings and a counter balanced rear hub allowing for smooth rotation. Up front there is easily adjustable 3-way reactive caster suspension, adjustable front arm droop and aluminium eccentric arm spacers for simple front width adjustment.

View the full features list here

September 29, 2010

Shepherd V10 one-piece steering servo mount

Shepherd have released this one-piece aluminium steering servo mount for the Velox V10. The prototype was succesfully used at the world championship in Houston earlier this year by Marc Rheinard and other team drivers. The blue-anodized CNC-machined servo mount is made of high quality 7075 T6 material to provide an optimized fastening of the steering servo. This results in a very precise control of the steering movement and improves the handling of the Velox V10. Long holes allow the use of different kinds of servo and the necessary fastening material is included.

View it mounted in the car here

September 29, 2010

Daan Jacobs wins Dutch 1/10th finale

Last weekend was the final round of the Dutch National at the smooth flowing Apeldoorn track in the east of the country. Pedro Rombouts had successfully defended his title on the Baanbrekers home track 4 weeks ago, where the final was less then 10 minutes because of a thunderstorm hitting the track. While the NK class was decided already, the NOMAC class still had no champion and with 4 drivers still able to take it, it would be an interesting weekend for them. Daan Jacobs took TQ for the event, also setting a new fastest lap for the AMCA track. The Serpent team driver was clearly happy that he finally could focus on his chassis and described his car as perfect. Maxim Claese didn’t train on Saturday which left him half a second behind Daan Jacobs on the grid. Sander Borghof was in 3th spot on his home track. Pedro Rombouts in 4th and completing the top 5 direct qualifiers was Daan Stuiver, who had also trained on friday with his new Capricorn chassis.

Continue reading the report here