Shown to us in Houston earlier this month, Italian company Gi-Mar have released their new entry level buggy engine, the .21 Raptor. While this is the entry level for Gi-Mar it is not a budget engine, featuring a hard coated and lightened crankshaft as well as additional dremel work to the internals of the case, this is a great performer at a reasonable price.
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This past weekend the annual Wiregrass Nationals were held in Ozark, Alabama. The temperature was hot but the heavy showers on Friday and Saturday provided some temporary relief from the heat. The metal roof over the track protected the track from the elements, but there was no protecting the surface from the thrashing of the cars and trucks throughout the day. The packed surface quickly gave way to the underlying sandy base providing some true off road racing with major dips, craters, and ruts. Drivers picked their racing lines carefully and were prepared to change as the race progressed. The Wiregrass crew with race announcer Carlton Eppes did a fantastic job of running the show and everything ran smoothly and timely.
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JConcepts have released their Punisher body for the Serpent Cobra 811. The slight cab-forward treatment is amongst the most aggressive in class giving the Punisher top notch performance. Blended wing / body design gives additional downforce to the side-pods and windshield which increases drivability, corner speed and jump control. The rear base of the cab area represents the latest offering for 1/8th buggy racing featuring a super low profile design for increased engine cooling, air flow and escape.
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Fastrax has re-vamped their 1/10th touring car on road set-up station with this new machined aluminium ‘Robot’ version supplied in its own carrying wallet. Available in blue or black anodised aluminium, it provides accurate measurement of caster, camber, toe-in/out and now ride height with the new ride height gauge. Bearing supported pieces can be quickly assembled with the supplied thumb screws for a tight, no slop platform to make your changes.
CSO Racing has produced a complete range of allen wrenches using hard coated high speed steel material for the tips and lightweight knurled aluminium for the handles. The range includes a 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm allen wrenches and 2.0mm, 2.5mm and 3.0mm ball tip hex wrenches.
Source: CSO [cso.com.hk]
Serpent have released a new version of their pan car carbon rear axle which features perfectly seated threaded insert and durable diff adapter and aluminium cone. The diff works without a thrust bearing, using just the cone and spring washer, simple and reliable. The shaft fits most common 1/12 and 1/10 pan cars, and of course the S120, S120 Link and S100. The S100 comes standard with this shaft already.
Source: Serpent [serpent.com]
Having shown the first image of the new competition CRF 5-port engine only yesterday, Team Orion have released the full features and spec list of this latest addition to their line of CRF competition engines. The motor features a CRF crankshaft with angled gas channel and external slots as well as a high-performance ABC liner and two needle carburetor with aluminium body for improved throttle response characteristics and increased fuel economy. Team Orion have also released details of another new engine, the Alpha Discovery 3.5cc 5-port Low Budget competition engine. With all the great features of a competition engine combined with a low budget price, this turbo plugged motor offers good power and mileage and features a CNC machined lightweight piston and bi-steel competition ball bearings.
View the full feature list of both engines here
Last weekend saw the 4th round of the Dutch 1/8 nationals run on the very small and tricky track of MBC de Sluis in Gouda. Due to holidays and some other reasons there was only 41 drivers. The weather forecast for the race day did predict some rain but in the morning the racers were presented with a drying track while the rest of the day was perfect dry weather. In the NK class it was Rick V taking the pole with his new MRX5 folowed by John Ermen, Ilia v. Gastel and Robin d’Hondt. At the start of the main final the engine of Rick V was a bit slow and so John could take the lead helped by Rick V going off the track in the first corner. After getting back on track and a following a quick check in the pits he was one lap behind in 10th place but managed to work his way up to finally finish in 3rd place behind Ermen, with van Gastel taking the win.
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