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April 24, 2009

Duratrax Vendetta Rally 1/18th scale RTR

Duratrax have released the Vendetta Rally, designed to dominate 1/18th scale competition with standard equipment that would be considered upgrades on other RTR racers. It comes supplied with a Duratrax Tactic™ 2.4GHz radio system featuring Secure Link Technology, an adjustable steering rate and throttle and steering trims. Drivers can tweak their way to greater speeds and better handling, with the Vendetta Rally using a wide variety of Vendetta series hop-ups to stay ahead of the pack. Available in a variety of colours.

Source: Duratrax [duratrax.com]

April 24, 2009

Team Titan Blitz Lola R09 Semi-Paint Line

Team Titan have released a semi painted version of their popular Blitz Lola R09 1/8th scale body. Available with a nice flame design on the front of the car in green/blue or yellow/orange, the rear of the body and driver is left clear to allow you express your artistic side, however I’m sure most will end up getting a single colour. The Lola 09 has high rear body mounts, providing lots of rear downforce and they have also added 2 small wings in front of each wheel arch for better steering reaction and downforce. The semi painted versions are only available in 0.9mm thickness.

Click here to see the yellow/orange version

April 24, 2009

Xceed Carbon rims & Cleaning gum

Xceed have announced the release of some new products including this new Xceed tires on black carbon rims. The rims have been from a strong nylon material that has been mixed with carbon fibres to make it both light and strong. Around 15% heavier that Xceed’s lightweight rims but are more stable in high temperatures and of course they look cool. Following on from Xceed’s release of their cleaning gum, they have also released smaller pots of the handy cleaning substance which now come in 100 grams.

Click here to see the cleaning gum

April 24, 2009

Xray T2 Alu Quick Roll-Center holder

New for the Xray T2 chassis from Xray are these 4.9mm alu quick roll-center holders which allow you to make the upper linkage longer in either the front or rear suspension of all T2-based cars. Using the 4.9mm roll-center holders in the front makes the car turn easier and more precisely, while using them in the rear increases steering and cornering speed. Supplied as a pair marked L1 and L2.

Click here to see the holders mounted

April 23, 2009

Yeah Racing F103 Alu ball battery mount

New from Hong Kong based Yeah Racing comes another new part for the popular Tamiya F103 RM and F103 GT chassis’. This new aluminium ball battery mount set allows the t-bar to be mounted to pivot balls, instead of the original o-rings, for more precise handling. The new lightweight black anodised mounts also includes 2 mounted tweak screws in both the front and rear mounts that allows you to adjust the cars tweak. This system also allows the easy mounting of LiPo packs as well as the normal stick packs.

Source: Yeah Racing [yeahracing.com]

April 22, 2009

Marco Müller wins Swiss 1/8th Nats Rd1

Shepherd are reporting from the first race of the 2009 Swiss Nationals that took place in Schaffhausen last weekend. It was Marco Müller’s debut race as a Team Shepherd driver and he dominated the event with his brand new Velox 09. Breaking the existing track record by a sensational 0.2 sec he secured himself the pole position after qualifying. The final proved the great performance of the car, with Marco leading the race from the beginning to end winning from Jürg Nydegger in 2nd and Christophe Pethoud in 3rd. For young Shepherd talent Simon Kurzbuch it was a succesfull weekend, too. He placed 3rd after qualifying and was therefore qualified directly for the final. Unfortunately, he experienced technical difficulties at the beginning of the final and fell back to the last position managing to work back up to 8th position and claim the first place in the junior ranking.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

April 22, 2009

RB Engines 2604 pipe

RB have updated their 2604 pipe which well known by drivers around the world for its performance. Modified to receive the standard gasket, they have also designed a new manifold that increases the engine power while reducing the fuel consumption. As a result the old manifold does not fit the new 2604 pipe anymore.

Source: RB Products [rbproducts.com]

April 22, 2009

Xray NT1 8.4mm Alu Pivot balls

New from Xray for the NT1 are these CNC-machined 8.4mm diameter mounting pivot balls, made from lightweight 7075 T6 aluminum. Sold in a set of 4, each pivot ball is 63% lighter than its steel counterpart, giving a total combined weight saving of 18.8 grams on a car. Precision machined with highest tolerances using fully-automatic German CNC-machines. High-quality hard coating is done at Xray’s own in-house fully-robotic hard coating line, ensuring a perfect surface every time. A post-hard coating black finish provides a stylish look.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]