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March 26, 2008

Team Associated RC8 Factory parts

Team Associated have released a number of Factory team parts for the drive train of their RC8 1/8th scale buggy. RC8 Stub Axles and Input Cups, they are strong and lightweight, and have been made in the USA out of high-quality 7075-T6 aluminum. Reduce rotating weight by 55 grams when using the complete set of all three products Reducing rotating weight equals more punch, stronger brakes and more run time. Also released were a set of lightweight differential outdrives and shiny CV bones.

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March 26, 2008

HoBao Hyper 9 detailed by Tim Bump

Nitro House in the US have sat down with the Hyper 9 Lead Designer Tim Bump to go through all of the details of this unique looking buggy.

The Hyper 9 is a completely new design from the ground up with many new and innovative ideas. Several criteria were set and met in this new design. Weight was number one and always a concern with every part designed for the buggy. Next, in order of importance, was side to side balance, low center of gravity, ground clearance, all on as narrow a chassis as possible. On the performance side, the buggy had to accelerate, corner, jump and land better than any other buggy on the market. In this article I will reveal many of the new and secret design features of the Hyper 9.

Check out the full feature list along with lots of photos of the prototype here.

Source: Nitro House [nitrohouse.com]

March 25, 2008

Team Azarashi Tinted buggy wing

Japanese manufacturer Team Azarashi have introduced an updated version of their popular, high downforce wing. The new type features a smoked colour as standard, something that is apparently very popular these days, saving you the need to paint the wing. Made from high quality lexan the wing set is sold with 1 straight type and 1 round type.

Source: Team Azarashi [team-azarashi.com]

March 25, 2008

JConcepts Goose Bumps 1/10th Tires

JConcepts have released the Goose Bumps tire for use on a variety of 1/10th scale chassis’. The totally unique step pin and bar lug design combined with sticky compounds like green allow even greater control on slightly loamy and wet conditions. A special breed, they have been designed for maximum performance when new or used as the design allows even wear all the way down to the tire body. Once the driver wears through the initial pin, a bar follows to maximize potential on aggressive surfaces. Incorporating a compact tire body with a crisp tread pattern with precise separation for intense racing competition, in new condition they excel on soft surfaces with either dry or wet conditions, while worn versions excel on indoor or outdoor clay tracks where a slight groove has formed. Supplied with firm And-1 foam inserts they are available for 2.2” buggy rear wheel, 2.2” 4wd front wheel and 2.2” truck wheel

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March 24, 2008

JP Racing FirstLine Stock & Black

French engine manufacturer JP Racing have released 2 new lines of engines, the FirstLine Stock and FirstLine Black, aimed at the drivers who want to own JP Racing branded engine without having to invest huge amounts of money. Both ranges feature a .12 circuit motor, a .21 circuit engine, a .21 buggy motor and a .21 Rally game engine and come with many of the same features found in the more expensive versions of the same motors. Both lines includes a lightened and hard coated crankshaft while the Black line also have balanced crankshafts and the liner has had additional porting work done.

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March 24, 2008

Adam Drake wins the Neo08

This bank holiday weekend in Europe has seen the running of the Neo08, the largest international indoor gas buggy event on this side of the Atlantic and today saw the finals run. After 3 days of practice and qualifying it was last years winner Adam Drake that was fastest in qualifying but it was Taylor James who lined up on pole for the main final. Our partners oOple have been covering the event and they had this report from the final.

Taylor James was on pole for the A main, but with an hour long final grid positions don’t give much of an advantage. Taylor got into the lead and looked good followed by Adam Drake and Darren Bloomfield. A mistake from Taylor James saw Adam and Darren come through as Taylor dropped to third. Darren Bloomfield slowly gathered in Adam until he was right on his tail, but a mistake cost Darren some space in the race for first – and not long after a broken servo ended it for Darren. Meanwhile Lee Martin had a nightmare start with an engine cut on the start line followed by two more cuts. Coming into the pits too quickly Lee snapped the front of his RC8 and lost a serious ammount of time as his team got him going again. Joern Neuman looked good and was up to about 4th, but his car started to sound pretty terrible. Joern crawled round to the pits and Gerd Strenge had to replace the badly worn clutch which effectively put Joern out of the running. With Darrens challenge long gone, Mike Truhe now took up the chase on Adam Drake followed by Taylor James – Drake wasn’t making any mistakes though and held his lead with a 30 second gap to Truhe by the 45 minute mark. Adam Drake held on to the end to win on 85 laps, with Mike Truhe second on 84 laps. Taylor James came in third on 83 laps.

Read the complete report from today along with great pictures here.

Source: oOple [oople.com]

March 23, 2008

DongWoo Nam wins Xray Challenge Rd1

Xray are reporting on their site from the first round of the Xray Challenge which was held on last weekend at Banwol Race Park near Seoul, Korea. In the qualifying for the Pro buggy class it was SunYung Hwang that took the top qualifying spot from DongWoo Nam in 2nd and SungGi Jo in 3rd and after the semi finals the lineup remained the same for the main event. In the final it was DongWoo Nam, in only his 2nd race for Xray, that could take the win from pole man Hwang who finished 2nd while HyungKyu Yu took the final step on the podium in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

March 22, 2008

Duratrax Evader EXB 2wd Buggy RTR

Duratrax have released the Evader EXB, a 2WD RTR buggy simple enough for anyone to handle, tough enough to take on unforgiving terrain without breaking down and upgradeable to keep up with drivers as their skills and ambitions increase. Supplied with quality components that you wouldn’t expect to find on an entry-level buggy, such as a 2-channel Tactic radio system with TR200 receiver and TSX200 servo, Photon Speed 2 motor and Sprint 2 electronic speed control with reverse are standard, the Evader EXB boasts a fully assembled chassis, oil-filled shocks, mounted and glued tires, a painted and trimmed race-legal body, adjustable suspension and hardened steel driveshaft and axles.

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