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October 2, 2013

CSO One Super-V flex chassis conversion kit

CSO introduce the Super-V flex chassis conversion kit for the CSO One touring car kit. The set includes a new flexible chassis plate with large milled-out sections to improve roll flex during cornering. Along with the updated chassis comes a corresponding upper deck, again with machined sections to increase flexibility. Included with the set comes a new middle layshaft mount that separates the mount from the top deck, as well as aluminium centre pulleys, new steering posts, a middle reinforcement post, new suspension mounts with added mounting points for the inner split blocks, as well as a new motor mount for a wider range of pinion gear choices. The set is rounded out by a fan mount for 35mm and 40mm units. It is understood that the set also fits the Xray T4 (2013 Spec) touring car.

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October 2, 2013

MIP Traxxas Race Duty CVD drive shafts

Now MIP’s Race Duty CVD drive shafts are offered in both steel or aluminium for many Traxxas vehicles. The new Steel line is comprised of aircraft grade steel bone for higher output machines, along with a strong steel X-Duty axle. The aluminium line makes use of light weight hard-anodised aircraft grade 7075 aluminium bones for less rotating mass, along with the steel X-Duty axle. The fusion axle is strictly designed for two-cell LiPo batteries with both versions of the drive shafts offer a maximum of durability and added rigidity over the stock parts. The CVDs are available for Slash, Nitro Rustler, Nitro Stampede, VXL and 4×4 trucks.

Source: MIP [miponline.com]

October 2, 2013

ROAR announce 2014 calendar dates & tracks

ROAR have announced the dates and tracks for their National Championships for 2014. The Hobbytown Hobbyplex Raceway will play host for the Carpet On-Road Nationals from the 26th of February to the 2nd of March. The 1/8th Electric Off-Road Nationals will be run from the 30th of April to the 4th of May by the Gulf Coast Raceway in Porter, TX, while the Fuel Off-Road Nationals will be run at Thornhill Racing Circuit from June 18th through to the 22nd. Not surprisingly the Paved Electric On-Road Nats will take place at the Full Throttle Raceway in Kissimee, FL, host of the 2014 Electric On-Road Worlds, from the 30th of July to 3rd of August. Space Coast Parkway in Cocoa, FL is set to host the 1/10th Electric Off-Road Nationals from August 20th to 24th and last but not least come the Fuel On-Road Nationals on the weekend of October 29th to November 2nd at the Fort Myers R/C Car Club in Fort Myers, FL.

October 2, 2013

Xray T4 2014 electric touring car kit

Xray introduce the T4 2014 electric touring car kit. Still called the T4 platform the 2014 spec kit features a range of new and updated parts that heavily separates the ’14 version from the previous kit. First up is the 89mm wide 2.2mm carbon fibre chassis that comes with pre-drilled holes for optional parts such as chassis weights, motor guard, battery holder or battery straps. Also part of the newly designed chassis is an updated motor and layshaft mount – both separate parts now to eliminate unwanted tweak. The layshafts mounts are of a captured design to allow the layshaft bearings to stay in place even with the top deck screws removed. The chassis flex is now additionally adjustable using a sturdy aluminium post that can be screwed onto the motor mount.

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October 2, 2013

Edu Escandon wins Spanish 200mm championships

The final race of the 2013 Spanish 200mm nationals took place the Getafe track in Madrid with a total of 70 drivers attending. The schedule saw free practice on Friday with the qualifiers starting on Saturday. Intermittent rain made things interesting on Saturday with round number three being the only one run in dry conditions. Sergi Franch came out taking TQ in front of Victor Palaez and Inaki Pahissa. Johny Pastor and Juan Hidalgo completed the top 5 with hot candidate for the overall title, Edu Escandon sitting in 6th place after the qualifiers. In the final, Edu Escandon was on a mission swiftly making is way up and ending the race in first position taking not only the day’s win but also the overall championship. Juan Hidalgo came in second both in the race and the championship with Nacho Lopez ending the day in third position. Edu’s Xray team mate Fabio Barbosa completed the season in third place overall.

View the final results here

October 2, 2013

Boy Chan wins Malaysian East Coast champs

The Malaysian East Coast championships took place in Terengganu. Xray driver Boy Chan took TQ but immediately lost his good position at the start of the 45 minute final dropping to 3rd position after a crash in the first lap. He soon recovered but 15 minutes into the final he suffered a flame out letting him drop back to 3rd place again. By the 30 minute mark Boy’s team mate Ku Chi had to retire his Xray sitting in 2nd position with a broken servo leaving Daniel Law and Boy Chan fighting for the win. 5 minutes before the end Boy was able to pass Daniel in order to take the lead and the race win.

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October 2, 2013

RT black aluminium servo arms

New from Reckward Tuning come single and dual arm servo horns for the use with many 1/8th off-road and on-road vehicles. They are made from high-quality aluminium, come black anodised and they sport two and four holes for the steering and throttle/brake linkages respectively. The clamp-type design makes for a secure fitment even when the going gets tough and the arms are available as 23T, 24T and 25T servo spline variant.

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October 2, 2013

Reedy Race of Champions – Driver list announced

Now that the 2013 IFMAR World Championships are completed, the organisers of the annual Reedy Race of Champions announced the qualified Invitational class drivers to fight for the prestigious title. The list contains the creme de la creme of the World’s best off-road drivers such as the new World Champion Steven Hartson, past champions such as Ryan Cavalieri, European champions such as Jörn Neumann and upcoming stars like Wesley van Helmond or Oliver Scholz. Added to the mix for the 20th running of the event are icons such as Brian Kinwald, Matt Francis, Masami Hirosaka and Barry Baker. Beside the Invitational class also the Open class will be held. For more information and to make your entry for the race that will be held from January 23rd to 26th at OCRC Raceway in Huntington Beach, CA visit reedyrace.com.