April 22, 2021

Pro-Line Tough-Color Stone Gray bodyshells

Pro-Line have introduced a number of new body shells in their Tough-Color stone gray material. Added to the line-up is the timeless 1978 Chevy Malibu body specifically designed for the growing No-Prep SC Drag Racing scene, the 1972 Chevy C10 and their Early 50’s Chevy body, both for the Stampede and Granite. The Tough-Color polycarbonate is made from gray material so you never have to worry about paint peeling or chipping off. Realistic window stickers are also included.

View the two other stone gray shells here

April 22, 2021

Cheat Parts foam bump stops

From Cheat Parts come these foam bump stops for 1/10 buggy and 1/10 touring car. Bump stops on shocks are widely known in racing to improve the handling of the car and these new foam shims offer the possibility to adjust the spring rate towards the end of suspension travel. By Adding them you can prevent the chassis bottoming out hard after jumps or during hard cornering, therefore improving the performance of your Car. Additionally they make it possible to adjust the bump handling independent from corner handling, a big advantage in on all types of tracks. Made out of self-damping material, so there is not need to compromise your Shock setting in between to different spring rates. Each set includes 18 pieces and a detailed instruction manual with specific setup advices for 1/10 buggy and touring car.

Source: Cheat Parts [cheat-parts.com]

April 21, 2021

Reds Racing X-One Pro exhaust

Reds Racing have released a new hard coated version of the X-One offroad pipe-manifold all-in-one system. The new X-One Pro exhaust has been produced with a dark grey hard coated treatment to increase its strength. Furthermore the new exhaust comes welded to the header to improve performance and fuel consumption. After a year of development they managed to get not only a stronger exhaust but also a better resistance to impacts and scratches. Easy to clean thanks to the special hard coating that avoids dust, mud and burned oil to stick to the exhaust so easily, it has better performance and improved resonance thanks to an increase in stiffness. With all Reds Racing X-One exhaust systems there is no need to use and therefore replace springs or gaskets. Available in two versions, the Torque for smoother power output and higher top speed and the High Torque for higher torque and mid range power.

Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]

April 21, 2021

Drake takes Buggy & Truggy at Northwest Arena Champs

The 2021 Northwest Arena Championship was held this past weekend and it attracted over 400 entries. There were three rounds of controlled / seeding practice on Friday followed by three rounds of qualifying on Saturday where your two best finishes counted with main events were run on Sunday. Adam Drake, who arrived early to give two driver’s clinics ahead of racing, TQ’ed and won the 30 minute nitro truck final, while Cole Ogden was the top qualifier in nitro buggy. In the 30 minute buggy final, Ogden and Drake had a great battle and it was Mugen driver Adam Drake who claimed the victory followed by HB Racing’s Ogden and Tayler Wonders in third position.

Source: Mugen [mugenracing.com]

April 21, 2021

Xray XB8 pivot ball camber shims

For the XB8, Xray have released these pivot ball camber shims. Use these shims for more fine camber adjustment of the pivot ball suspension on the XB8 and XB8E. Sold as a pair these shims are made from aluminium and are 1.5mm thick.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

April 20, 2021

Broc Champlin double at NTCS3 Northwest Carpet Nats

Last weekend saw the JConcepts NCTS3 Northwest Carpet Nationals held at the fantastic Northwest Hobbies facility located in a large shopping mall in Albany, Oregon. The level of competition was super high with Associated and TLR factory teams in attendance. In qualifying it was Schumacher driver Broc Champlin that took a fantastic clean sweep with a double TQ in the 2wd and 4wd mod classes. Champlin would go on to win both, in 2wd ahead of TLR’s Dakotah Phend in 2nd and Ryan Reavis in 3rd and in 4wd once gain ahead of Dakotah Phend, this time with Harley Yoshii completing the podium.

View the final results here

April 20, 2021

SWorkz S35-T2/T2e lower arm stiffeners

Announcing two new lower arm stiffeners from SWorkz for their S35-T2/T2e line of vehicles. Made from 1.5mm pro-composite carbon fibre they help increase the stiffness of the lower arm. Available for both the rear as well as a pair for the rear lower arms they are a great way for fine tune your setup for different conditions. Supplied as a pair and with the mounting hardware.

View the front stiffeners here

April 16, 2021

Bittydesign Vision The Car buggy body shell

Bittydesign have introduced this addition to their Vision buggy body shell line-up, for the JQ The Car Black Edition. The lid’s design will offer an easier to drive and more balanced feeling thanks to a mid-advanced cab, side pod and rear side flaps shape that optimises the aerodynamic characteristics. In addition a flap behind the engine area guides the air towards the rear wing for a smoother and more directed airflow around the shock tower and lower wing mount. The pre-cut body is moulded from high-quality 1mm Lexan polycarbonate, it comes with window masks, overspray protective film and a decal sheet.

View more images of the new body shell here

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