April 17, 2020

Exotek 22 aluminium drag & SC rear body mounts

Made for TLR’s 22 series of 2WD vehicles is Exotek’s aluminium rear body mount set for the use with drag racing or short course body shells. The simpler, stronger, and lighter body mounting system was developed for the rear of the 22SCT 3.0 or 22 buggies converted with street drag bodies. The mounts line up with the stock shock tower holes, attach directly to the vehicle’s quick change shock posts and still allow owners to select any shock tower holes for the shocks. They have to be used with optional stock 22SCT body posts and the mounts are machined from 7075 alloy and anodised black with silver chamfer edges for a low weight of only 8.6g for the set whereas the stock SCT body system weighs in at 21g.

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April 16, 2020

Hiro Seiko introduce new lightweight screw kits

Coming from Hiro Seiko are several new lightweight screw sets for some of the latest 1/8th, 1/10th and 1/12th scale cars out there. Adding to Hiro Seiko’s already impressive range are a full titanium set for the Mugen MRX6X, mixed black alloy and natural titanium sets for the Schumacher Eclipse 3, Serpent X20 Medius, and Awesomatix A800FX, as well as a mixed orange aluminium and natural titanium set for the new Xray T4’21 and a mixed red alloy and natural titanium set for the Infinity IF14-II. Using the fasteners will lower the cars’ overall weight while adding visual impact at the same time.

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April 16, 2020

Auto Model Racing 24mm touring car dish wheel

Auto Model Racing from Japan have introduced their 24mm dish wheel for touring car rubber tyres. The zero offset wheel is moulded from white high-quality material and it features a tapered section on the inside that makes way for the camber ball cup, ensuring less interference issues. The wheel is usable will most 24mm touring car rubber tyres and it comes in sets of four.

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April 16, 2020

RC-Monkey VRC Japan Tour 2020 – Announcement

Japanese news website RC-Monkey has announced the VRC Japan Tour 2020 series. With the world-wide cancellation of race events due to the current Corona virus pandemic, the RC racing simulator VRC Pro has gained lots of interest recently and RC-Monkey has jumped onto this train in order to offer racers a bit of racing action during these dull times. Venues for the RC-Monkey VRC Japan Tour 2020 will include iconic Japanese tracks such as the Tamiya Kakegawa Circuit, the Kyosho Circuit, Hokusei Circuit, Boss Speed, K-tune Racing Speedway, Central Racing Park, and the SPL Speedway. Full details will be announced soon including race dates and classes. Until then interested racers can find more information here.


April 15, 2020

Arena T4’20 single side carbon fibre upper deck

Made for Xray’s popular T4’20 mid-motor touring car is Arena RC Racing’s new asymmetrical top deck. The single sided design will make for improved cornering speeds due to optimised flex characteristics and the top deck comes including 1mm carbon fibre shims that further add to the new torsional flex behaviour. The top deck is machined from high-quality 2.0mm carbon fibre and it is available from now on.

Source: Arena [facebook.com]


April 15, 2020

SWorkz S35-GT World Championship conversion kit

Coming from SWorkz and made for their IFMAR World Championship winning S35-GT platform is a special conversion kit. The set includes optional and also prototype parts used by IFMAR World Champion, Jörn Neumann when taking the Worlds title back in January, and it comes including new front upper arms, alloy steering knuckle plates, a new steering Ackermann plate, aluminium chassis braces, carbon arm inserts, gears, a diff case, anti-roll bars and more. It is understood that this set is a limited edition release due to the included prototype parts.

Source: MW RC Cars [mwrccars.at]


April 15, 2020

EFRA cancels 2020 European Championships

With the current World-wide Corona virus pandemic still causing a lot of havoc, the EFRA has announced the cancellation of five European Championships scheduled for this year. This means the 1/10th 200mm, Large Scale On-road, Large Scale Off-road, 1/8th Nitro Off-road, and 1/8th IC Track Euros will all be moved to next year, with the EFRA, the national federations and organisers trying to keep the same venues as planned for this season. Full details and updates can be found here.

Source: EFRA [efra.ws]


April 15, 2020

Arena X20 2.0mm carbon fibre single side upper deck

Arena RC Racing have announced the release of their new asymmetrical single side upper deck for the Serpent X20 mid-motor touring car. Machined from high-quality 2.0mm carbon fibre the top deck will improve corner speed of the car in various track conditions due to its optimised flex characteristics. The asymmetrical design also makes for easier disassembly.

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