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July 23, 2013

Team Losi Racing 22-series aluminium rear hubs

Designed for all 22-series vehicles such as the 22 buggy, 22T stadium and the 22SCT short course truck are these rear aluminium hub carriers from Team Losi Racing. They sport an updated design over the previous version and now feature four mounting positions for the outer camber rod ball stud instead of five. The new parts allow to run lower outer ballstuds without having to fear any interference issues when the suspension fully compresses.

Source: TLR [tlracing.com]

July 23, 2013

Spec-R R1 Pro Spec touring car kit

Spec-R introduce the R1 Pro Spec 1/10th electric touring car kit. Based on the already well-equipped competition car the updated kit includes a new 2.25mm carbon chassis plate, 2mm new style upper deck, 3mm front and rear shock towers, as well as a CNC-machined aluminium central servo mount, an aluminium fan mount and soft shock O-rings. Other features of the chassis like the all alloy bulkheads, standard length shock absorbers and front and rear alloy suspension mounts remain untouched.

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July 23, 2013

1/10th Buggy World Championship tyres announced

This year’s IFMAR 1/10th Buggy World Championship at the A Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar R/C Raceway will be run on Pro-Line Suburbs 2.0 and Scrubs X2 compound tyres, A Main Hobbies announce. The #8213-002 Suburbs rear tyre will be run in both the 2WD and 4WD class with the 4WD class also using the #8214-002 Scrubs front tyre. The two have to be used with stock foam inserts. Tyres will be available at A Main Hobbies’ Silver Dollar R/C Raceway during the event. Find more information here.

July 22, 2013

STRC Wraith red anodised option parts package

ST Racing Concepts introduce the limited edition red anodised option parts package for Axial’s Wraith rock racer. All parts are manufactured from top grade aluminium material with precision CNC machining and a limited edition red anodising. Available is a complete upgrade kit including parts such as motor plate, transmission plate, shock parts, steering knuckles and C-hubs, upper and lower links, steering linkage, axle trusses, shock mounts and more. All parts are also available separately but, as the complete upgrade kit, only in very limited quantity and only direct through STRC’s web shop.

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July 22, 2013

JConcepts B4/T4/SC10 carbon fibre steering rack

JConcepts introduce this carbon fibre steering rack for Team Associated’s 2WD line of 1/10th off-road vehicles such as the B4, T4 and SC10. In the stock trim, the B4 steering swings a moulded plastic steering rack supported by bushings. The JConcepts alternative uses the flat panel 2.5mm material as the steering rack with the standard 2 locations for Ackermann adjustment. The new rack includes bearings for the system to glide on while small 1mm aluminium washers act as the crush sleeve between the bell-cranks and bearings. The rack is a direct replacement for all current and old-spec B4’s, T4’s and SC10’s.

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July 22, 2013

2013 BRCA Touring Car Series Rd3 – Report

This past weekend saw round three of the 2013 BRCA Touring Car Series held at the very popular West London circuit which is located only a stone’s throw away from Heathrow Airport. Going into this round both the Super Touring and Pro Stock championship could be decided with Team Durango’s Elliot Harper gunning for the ‘Super Touring’ title and Team Xray’s Zak Finlay going for the ‘Pro Stock’ title. As qualifying got under way Elliot Harper made his intentions very clear by securing TQ in the first three rounds of qualifying. Schumacher’s Chris Grainger driving the company’s Mi5 chassis was also going strong by securing two second place finishes in rounds one and two. Team Associated’s Olly Jefferies and Serpent’s Chris Kerswell were also in the mix but it was looking good for Elliot who seemed to have just that slight edge over the rest of the pack.

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July 22, 2013

Active Hobby TT-02 alloy shock towers

Active Hobby from Japan have new aluminium shock towers for the Tamiya TT-02 chassis available soon. Both parts are CNC-machined from high-quality aluminium and offer a wider range of mounting positions for the shock absorbers helping to adjust the chassis to a wide range of applications from drift to racing. The towers come including all needed hardware, separate or as combo set and in a wide range of colours including black, red, matte alloy and shiny chrome.

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July 22, 2013

Timo Engelstätter wins North German Buggy regionals

Kyosho Germany’s Timo Engelstätter has won the fifth and final round of the North German nitro buggy regionals held at the track of the BOC Kiel. Kyosho team mates Florian Kinzel and Frank Lemke completed the podium with their Team Orion powered Infernos. Timo’s win at the final round of the series also handed him the regional buggy title and the team is now looking forward to the two upcoming rounds of the German nationals in Oberhausen and Bischofsheim.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]