Infinity/Ulti America have welcomed the current ROAR 1/8 Open Champion Christian Velez to the Infinity team under the Ulti America distribution. Chris brings with him his knowledge of setup and driving skills to the expanding Infinity team in the US for all customers. He will drive the IF18-2, IF15 and IF14-2 cars this season.
Source: Ulti Tires [ultitires.com]
Xray have produced 3 new graphite upper decks for their X4 touring car. Offering up various flex options, there is a 1.6mm single piece upper deck as well as two separate split type upper decks for both the front and rear, made from 2mm carbon.
View the split type top decks here
New from Blitz comes their YRS bodyshell for the FWD class. The YRS body is designed to give more steering and stability for both front and middle motor FWD cars. The dimensions of the YRS bodyshell meet the new EFRA FWD bodyshell rule and there is 2 thicknesses available with the standard body built in 0.7mm thick polycarbonate and the lightweight in 0.5mm. The YRS comes with light decals and a window mask.
View more images of the YRS here
The new SPower S6TT Buggy 3.5cc engine from SWorkz features a newly designed crankcase that improves internal gas flow and therefore higher performance at every range of RPM. The 14mm crankshaft with silicone insert is DLC coated in order to prevent wear of the pin as well as oxidation and the shaft works on a high quality rear ceramic Swiss-Made bearing. The 3+2 ports ‘cylinder and piston’ is made with special alloys to optimise life and reliability of the unit. Paired with the long stroke scheme the S6TT provides an improved drivability delivering more torque than previous models. The super aligned ‘knife edged’ aerodynamic conrod is also made with a special aluminium alloy. The die-casted carburettor sports the latest double bottom-end adjustment for a fine-tuning and guarantees low fuel consumption. Finally, the completely redesigned cooling head features a lower centre of gravity with the same quantity of cooling rings. SPower also offer a perfectly adapted EFRA homologated exhaust system for this engine.
View more details & images here
Reds Racing’s new clutch retainer screws have been designed to provide maximum efficiency. They decided to use Titanium Grade 5 6Al4V over steel due to its high resistance and low weight. The total length of the screw is 10mm, 7mm of which are threaded. This means that the screw protrudes only 3mm from the crankshaft. In this way, you won’t risk any impact on the tank in case of chassis deformation. Moreover, these screws were designed to avoid any rubbing between the bearing and bell. In addition to that, the external diameter of the screws protects the bearing from dust and foreign bodies.
T-Works have produced this new flywheel tool for the MBX8R. One end of the tool features a general flywheel wrench, while the other end is specific to the Mugen, shaped to firmly lock onto their clutch assembly. The entire tool has been made from 7075 aluminium and has been black hard anodised for increased durability.
This past weekend was the sixth round of the Worksop Masters, the penultimate event of this current series. Many people were thinking about their overall championship positions as the series draws to a close. The race format was round by round qualifying, with the best 2 results from 4 rounds of qualifying counting towards the final position. However, these plans were changed slightly with 2wd as the UK storms swept across the Country. Heavy rain was falling that much outside that the roof and drainage system couldn’t cope, so as some rain came in on the track area it was decided to move straight to finals after 4wd qualifying was complete and abandon 2wd qualifying.
Continue reading the report here
For the Infinity IF14-2, Creation Model have produced this optional aluminium main chassis plate. This solid aluminium chassis is suitable for high bite carpet tracks, such as US style black carpet where you want to limit flex in the chassis. Machined from 2mm high quality aluminium and finished with black anodising.
View the top side of the chassis here
