Made for Tamiya’s TB-04 chassis is this aluminium stock motor adapter. The C-shaped 6061 alloy part allows to use up to 52T 64dp and 37T 48dp pinions without further modification, making it ideal for all high-turn stock motors and “blinky” spec racing. The polished and anodised part is of a vented design for improved cooling and is also TCS North America series legal.
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SWorkz introduce this wheel hub weight balance set for the S350 series of 1/8th buggies. Included in the set are 10g weights for each front steering knuckle as well as 5g and 8g weights for the rear hubs. Adding unsprung weight may sound strange at first but can add traction on a variety of surfaces in order to get better laptimes out of the buggy.
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The 6th Annual President’s Day Classic was run at Addiction R/C in Ogden, Utah. With a total of 220 entries and 28 heats large, Addiction R/C was staged to be the center of epic battles all weekend long. The largest classes over the weekend were Stock Buggy at 32 entries, 2WD Mod buggy 25 entries, and 4WD Mod buggy with also 25 entries which ran on a 5 minute triple A-main format. The rest of the classes saw single 8 minute A-main events with lower mains receiving a 5 minute treatment.
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This weekend (28 Feb-2 March) the Yokomo Euro Touring Series heads to Gran Canaria where a freshly resurfaced track awaits competitors travelling to the Spanish holiday island for the third round of the championship. The third year for the ETS to visit the Circuito Automodelismo El Hornillo track, the event marks the welcomed switch from a winter of indoor carpet racing to outdoor asphalt and previous encounters have turned up unexpected race winners. Last year the event saw Tamiya’s Viktor Wilck take his first ETS win in 19-races while on the first visit to the island Kyosho’s Christopher Krapp took his maiden victory, both drivers ending the dominant start by Yokomo’s Ronald Volker to the past two seasons.
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Reedy, Tamiya America, and Scotty Ernst Productions are proud to announce that after a five-year absence, the Reedy International Touring Car Race of Champions will return to the Tamiya America circuit May 22-25, 2014. Entries open February 24th at noon PST exclusively on www.RCSignup.com. Due to time constraints and to maintain the world-class nature of the event, Open class entries are limited to 13.5 Blinky (ROAR ESC and motor list) and Modified with total entries capped at 160 (100 13.5, 60 Modified). Each driver is limited to one entry. To allow everyone an opportunity to be a part of the 2014 Reedy Touring Car Race of Champions, a lottery drawing for the Open classes will be conducted on March 17th, with the first 100 13.5 and 60 Modified entries drawn securing a place in the event.
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Seen for the first time during the recent JConcepts Winter Indoor Nationals JConcepts now officially introduce the Silencer design bodyshell for the Team Associated B5 buggy. Sporting a mild cab forward design with a shark fin moulded into the roof, the Silencer separates from the B5 kit body by sporting forward raised sidepods, air scoops for improved airflow and an overall low-profile appearance for improved aerodynamics and a different look. As usual the body comes clear, including window masks and two 6.5″ Hi-Clearance wings.
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GRP introduce two new lines of 1/10th tyres for electric off-road and touring car racing. Starting with the buggy tyres, available soon are the Buldog 2WD front, the Conic 4WD front and the Conic 2WD/4WD rear tyre. All three sport a familiar design that makes them ideally suited for carpet and astroturf tracks while the tyres will come in a medium “B” and a hard “C” compound. GRP also introduce suitable close cell foam inserts for the 4WD front and the rear tyre.
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Available soon is Sanwa’s RX-471W 4-channel 2.4GHz receiver. The IPX4 spec waterproof device is high-voltage compatible, it measures 30×23.3x14mm and weights in at around 10g. The receiver be used in FHSS4 and FHSS3 mode with M12, M11X, MT-4, MX-3X, Exzes Z and Gemini X radios and it also supports Sanwa’s Super Response SSR mode.
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