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March 30, 2011

X-Factory X-7 4wd prototype buggy

X-Factory showed off its new 4wd car for the first time at the recently completed Cactus Classic. This photo show the prototype X-7 with a J Concepts body made for the B44. The production car will have its own body. “I’m so excited about this car” said Chief Engineer Paul Sinclair. “The X-7 is absolutely revolutionary. You have never seen a driveline like this, you have never seen adjustability this easy or quick. Working on the car is very easy; I can pull a diff, rebuild it, and have the car ready to run in 10 minutes.” Paul added, “We’re working very hard on this project. We will make almost everything on the car, it will be a complete kit, not a conversion. This is the first time I’ve actually designed everything on the car from the ground up. There is a long way to go, lots of testing and development. Ellis Stafford will have my original race prototype sometime next week. We hope to have it on the market late this year or spring of 2012.”

Source: X-Factory [xfactoryrc.com]

March 29, 2011

Bullitt B-218 engine update

Having just announced their Bullitt engine project last week, Nemo Racing in the UK have published the first photos of their new O.S. based engine along with a specs list. As expected, the B-218 .21 buggy engine is nothing out of the ordinary, but does give the consumer another solid option when choosing a motor.

Click here to view that specs list

March 29, 2011

Shasa Lackner joins KM Racing team

Robitronic have announced that Swiss driver Shasa Lackner has joined their team to run the KM H-K1 1/10th scale 200mm chassis. The former 1/8th scale on road Junior European Champion, and multiple winner at national level in his home country, Lackner will compete in the Nationals in both Switzerland and Germany as well as the World and European Championships in 2012, while still looking for a place for the 2011 Euros.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.com]

March 29, 2011

Simões & Miguel wins Portuguese TC season opener

Round 1 of the Portuguese Electric touring car nationals took place last weekend and the stock class was dominated by Jorge Simões with his Associated TC6. Topping the time sheets in 2 heats secured the TQ spot followed closely by Bruno Castela with a Hot Bodies TCX. Going into the mains the domination continued as Jorge won the first 2 A mains to secure 1st overall, with Bruno holding second place with a victory on the 3rd A main, Mário Coelho got his hands on 3rd spot.

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March 29, 2011

RB 2092 & 2668 high torque exhausts

The RB R&D department together with input from their team drivers have developed two brand new on road exhaust pipes, the .21 EFRA legal #2092 and the .12 EFRA legal #2668. Both pipes provide a lot of torque to their respective engines and come polished with shifted pressurization, 3 springs and the new long life exhaust gasket. Both are also available as inline kits with the #2092 coming with a medium conical manifold while the #2668 coming with a short conical manifold.

View the 2668 pipe here

March 29, 2011

VRC Column – March update

The HB Cyclone was the first electric chassis that was modeled for VRC Pro, back in 2006. By now this chassis has been replaced by their latest development, the HB TCX. This caused us to go back to the 3D drawing board and model the new chassis in hi res. With the TCX now finished we have our electric car line up ready for launch. This lineup includes the Tamiya TRF417, the Associated TC6, the Xray T3 ’11, the HB TCX, the Kyosho TF6 and our own ‘generic’ Intercept ER10.

Continue reading the column here

March 29, 2011

KBRL Nitro Series champions crowned

The KBRL nitro series made its final stop at the Fear Farm rc facility in Glendale AZ. Racers from all over the state did battle through 8 championship rounds of racing at various tracks around the state. Team Losi Racing vehicles stood atop all classes available including expert buggy, intermediate buggy, Intermediate Truggy and electric buggy. In the Intermediate Buggy class it was Brandon Akiyama who shut down the class with a hot streak of 4 straight wins in the last 4 races to secure the overall win. Brandon picks the 8 2.0 buggy as his race weapon of choice along with Dennis Munteen who finished 2nd with his 2.0 as well.

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March 28, 2011

Ginting & Andriadi win Rd2 in Indonesia

The 2nd round of the Indonesian 1/8th scale National championship and 1/10th scale Jakarta GP series Rd2 was compressed into one day on the newly surface Jakarta International Twin Circuit. Following the new asphalt, the track had awesome grip with the best lap going to be 1 second lower than the times with the previous track surface. In 1/8 qualifying, it was Bowie Ginting with his brand new Xray RX8 in TQ spot, followed by Sadikin Sutrisno also with Xray RX8 2 seconds behind. Toni Kundjung placed his Mugen MRX5 in 3rd spot, 0.4 seconds behind Sadikin. Ricardo Carnadi (Mugen) and Sani Nugroho (Kyosho) completed the top 5.

Continue reading the report here