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June 2, 2011

JQ Products colour sets & wings

JQ Products have made available some new products for THE Car, including full colour kits that allow drivers to change their cars according to personal taste. The sets include all required hardware, all M3 & M4 shims, shock ride height adjustment nuts, servo saver adjusting nut and throttle link collars, in Black, Green, Red, Blue and Gold (standard) colours. JQ have also different colour wings now available for those who want to stand out from the crowd in White Yellow and Green.

View the other products here

June 2, 2011

Team Titan Blitz C30 Mini body shell

Team Titan have introduced their new Blitz C30, designed for the 1/10 EP Mini M Class with 210mm wheelbase. The C30 can fit most 2WD and 4WD M Class chassis’ on the market. Available in the standard 0.8mm and a strong 1.0mm versions for drivers that need a strong body for fun racing.

View more images of the shell here

June 2, 2011

Amezcua & Tessmann top opening ROAR Nats practice

A relaxed opening day to the 2011 US 1:8 Offroad Nationals at Thunder Alley saw Mugen’s Travis Amezcua and Hot Bodies Ty Tessmann top the single round of controlled practice for Buggy and Truggy respectively. Amezcua was fastest from Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri, Tessmann, Kyosho’s Mark Pavidis and the Losi of former US Champion Mike Truhe while in Truggy Tessmann set the pace over Adam Drake, Ryan Cavalieri and Chad Bradley.

View our complete event coverage here.

June 2, 2011

Pro-Line Blockade buggy & Revolver 2.0 truggy tires

Pro-Line have shown us their new Blockade buggy tire and the Revolver 2.0 for truggy. The Blockade is an all new tire featuring a larger block with wider spacing between the rows along the circumference, giving good traction levels. Fitting into the range between the Caliber & Revolver tires and is great for racers running longer finals where durability is important. The Revolver 2.0 for truggy is bringing the same technology from the buggy tire, of the same name, to the larger format and is again ideal for longer finals.

View more images of the tires here

June 1, 2011

Motonica P81/P8F Kevlar pulleys

New from Motonica are these optional pulleys for the P81/ P8F cars, made in Kevlar material. The new material allows for a smoother movement of the transmission system while minimizing friction. The smaller pulleys are sold in a set (16T, 18T, 22T, 24T, 25T), while the 50T and 51T versions are sold separately.

Source: Motonica [motonica.com]

June 1, 2011

Kinwald does triple at Battle in the Desert Rd2

The 2nd leg of the Battle in the Desert Series took place at Competition Hobbies in Tucson, AZ. Brian Kinwald was on fire at his home track and was the driver to beat all weekend. Starting with a TQ in 2wd modified and Short Course 4×4, Kinwald put the rest of the racers on notice, to get the win you had to go through BK. The main events got underway and BK picked up right where he left off in the 2wd modified class. His perfectly prepared B4.1 with JConcepts Blue Bar Codes proved to be too much for the rest of the field as BK ran away with the main. Topping off the winning ride was Punisher body and 6.5” rear wing.

Continue reading the report here

June 1, 2011

Ninja JXB02 buggy engine

Mugen Seiki have released some images of their new upcoming Ninja JXB02 buggy engine. Expected to be available around the end of June, the engine features a new low profile light weight cooling head, which is about 8mm lower than that on the B01A. It has a new long stroke piston & sleeve, new button, a new black crankcase and carburetor, with 7mm venturi, and finally a new crankshaft with DLC treatment.

View more images here

June 1, 2011

Hudy Starbox RX8 conversion set

Hudy have released this conversion set for their Starbox starter box to allow the perfect positioning of the Xray 1/8th scale RX8 chassis. The set includes a new box end plate, rear positioning bracket and the different posts and fasteners required to complete the conversion.

Source: Hudy [hudy.net]