As mentioned in our World Championship coverage, RB have designed and developed a special compact 204mm manifold for increased bottom end power. Designed for ‘American style’ tracks with big jumps, this manifold claims to be a big advantage in term of power. Also available in 192mm and 198mm versions, it is polished both inside and out and supplied with exhaust gasket and springs.
Source: RB [rbproducts.com]
Qualifying for the 2010 IFMAR 1:8 Off Road World Championships is over with 16 drivers now able to relax some what having successfully completed the first stage of the event by qualifying directly for the Semi finals. Having already wrapped up the honour of becoming Top Qualifier at these World Championship this morning in Q5, Kyosho’s Jared Tebo topped off the perfect day with another fastest run in final qualifying. Team Associated’s Ryan Maifield, who needed to add a good result to his tally, took second in Q6 moving him right back up the order to fourth in the final qualification ranking. The only other driver to TQ a round here in Pattaya, defending Champion Atsushi Hara was third fastest to move into second overall ahead of Adam Drake, who had his worst run of the event with 9th.
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Jared Tebo will enter the record books as the Top Qualifier for the 2010 IFMAR 1:8 Off Road World Championship putting the honour beyond the reach of his rivals by going fastest in the penultimate round of qualifying here in Pattaya, Thailand. The Koysho driver recored his second TQ run topping Q5 from Team Durango’s Ryan Lutz. Tebo had a couple of close moments but otherwise said it was a really good run despite the ‘extremely, extremely rough’ track conditions.
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Jared Tebo claimed his first ever TQ run at a 1:8 World Championships here this evening in Thailand when he set the fastest time for Q4. The Kyosho driver topped the round ahead of Losi’s Billy Fischer and leaves the Pattaya track tonight at the top of the qualification ranking from Adam Drake.
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DnM Tech have released this set of pinion gears for the Mugen MRX-5. Machined from high quality 7075 T6 aluminium and hard coated for the long life, they are available in 16T and 17T first gears and 20T and 21T second gears.
Source: DNM Tech [dnm-tech.com]
AMR Tech have released their new Gears 10, 1/12th scale nitro powered buggy. Featuring a long stroke suspension design, shaft driven 4wd, gear differentials, limited slip centre clutch, big bore shocks, a .10 CZ pull start engine and full adjustability, this is highly spec’d and highly capable off roader.
Team Powers have announced the upcoming release of their Plutonium motor. This new design features a lightweight motor can and machined endbell and back plate for extra cooling, while the cans have also been left open for easy soldering. Full information on the different versions is expected soon.
Source: Team Powers [team-powers.com]
Speedzone have announced that Mark Smyka will use their LiPo Packs to power his 1/12 scale cars for this and the upcoming 2011 on-road season. Mark is always a contender at every on-road event he attends and looks to add wins to his numerous local, regional and national titles using Speedzone LiPos.
Source: Speedzone [speedzoneusa.com]
