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September 3, 2013

Serpent Spyder SRX-2 rear motor buggy

Serpent soon have the Spyder SRX-2 rear motor 2WD buggy available. The Billy Easton designed buggy features a composite fibre chassis, super-tough suspension components, big bore shock absorbers and carbon fibre shock towers. It is designed as pure rear motor buggy to make sure no compromises needed to be made while creating the platform. In October the kit will become available also as a dedicated mid motor version for indoor and high traction tracks followed by the Spyder SCT RM 2WD short course truck. More information together with detail and body-off images are available soon.

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September 3, 2013

Xray XB4 aluminium off-set wheel hubs

Xray have new aluminium off-set wheel hex adapters available. Coming as +0.75mm or -0.75mm variant they are designed to take influence on the overall width of the car and are machined from high quality aluminium. The black colour clamp-type hubs come as pairs and are a direct replacement for the stock hex adapters.

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September 3, 2013

Derderian & Turco win at French 200mm nationals Rd5

The fifth and final round of the French 1/10 200m championship took place at the short and technical track in Montluçon. In the Elite class Michael Derderian won the 45 minute final and this year’s national title some 7 second in front of Basile Concialdi (Capricorn). Quentin Leroux rounded out the podium with another Capricorn car. In the 30 minute National class final Brice Turco (Xray) crossed the finish line 5 seconds in front of Benjamin Berchoux. Stéphane Campourcy (Xray) completed the podium. The win also handed Brice this year’s National class title.

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September 3, 2013

Team C twin fan heatsink mount

Team C Racing introduce this twin fan mount for 25mm to 45mm units. CNC-machined from high-quality aluminium and coming in orange or gun metal colour the 2-piece mount allows the installation of two fans in the motor area to maximise the cooling effect. Four different mounting patterns allow the use of 25mm, 30mm, 40mm or 45mm fans with the overall design targeting electric touring cars but it is understood that the mount will fit other types of vehicles too.

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September 3, 2013

VP Pro Striker Evo 1/10th buggy front tyre

VP Pro soon have the Striker Evo 1/10th buggy front tyre available. The latest addition to VP Pro’s lineup of tyres features a block design tread that is suitable for a wide range of surface conditions. The tyre will become available in three different compounds and it fits all standard 1/10th buggy front wheels.

Source: VP Pro [vp-racing.com]

September 3, 2013

T.O.P. Photon & Sabre alloy rear hubs

T.O.P. introduce optional aluminium rear hubs for the Photon and Sabre line of touring cars. The updated parts feature an additional inner camber link mounting position to run a shorter link setup for more agility during cornering and increased grip out of the turn. CNC-machined from aluminium and coming red anodised the hubs fit the Photon and Photon EX as well as the Sabre FD and FD2.

Source: T.O.P. [top-racing.jp]

September 2, 2013

Shepherd Velox lightweight pivot balls

Shepherd announce the release of the new titanium pivot balls for the Velox V8 and V10 car. Weighing only 2.1g and 1.9g respectively the CNC-machined suspension parts are made of high quality raw material offering a weight saving of 42 percent over the standard versions and thus helping to reduce the unsprung weight of the suspension which improves the overall handling of the car. The parts are sold in sets of 2 and 8 pieces and are available now.

Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]

September 2, 2013

ZZRacing XB4 aluminium servo mount

ZZRacing now have an aluminium servo mount for the Xray XB4 buggy available. CNC-machined from high-quality material the mount comes in orange colour and with etched ZZRacing logos. The parts are compact in size and light of weight and a direct replacement for the stock plastic parts.

Source: ZZRacing [zzracing.net]