Specially made for 8mm body posts are T-Works’ new aluminium body height adjusters. Machined from quality aluminium and coming black anodised, the parts help to easily fine-tune the body height simply rotating them and choose one of the many pairs of holes that allow to shift the body up and down by a couple of millimetres. The 4-piece set is usable with virtually all 8mm long-style body posts and it is available now.
Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]
MIP have introduced the X-Duty rear centre shaft kit for the Traxxas Unlimited Desert Racer. Made as a solid steel CVD shaft, the MIP X-Duty centre shaft is designed and built to handle any and all driving conditions. The shaft requires no modifications, simply install it in the UDR and it also utilises X-Duty couplings and hardware for easy rebuilding. The shaft is also tuned length to ensure the shaft never bottoms out when the chassis flexes resulting in a longer lasting shaft. The drive shaft is made so tough, it easily withstands 6S LiPo power and all rigours of bashing.
Source: MIP [miponline.com]
Coming from SMJ are their new Ultra joint lubricant and grease, two chemicals developed to reduce drivetrain wear. First up is the Ultra joint lubricant, a lower viscosity oil for all metal-to-metal combinations such as driveshafts and outdrives. The lube greatly reduces wear to cross pins, couplers, driveshafts and wheel axles and thanks to its low viscosity it still sticks perfectly to the parts, offering a free drivetrain feeling and improved drivetrain efficiency. Also new is the Ultra joint grease, a heavy duty product for driveshafts, cup joints and thrust bearings whose high viscosity allows for high adhesion and less chance of flinging away even under high loads or high RPM. Both products were developed in cooperation with full-scale car tuning brand G-max and they are available now.
The Xray Racing Series Finland will be held at Fullspeed RC in Hakkila, Vantaa on March 2nd. The race will see Touring Modified, Touring Pro-Stock, Formula and 1/12th scale racing and more information can soon be found here.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
Fenix have announced the launch of new 70T and 72T 64 pitch main gears for the Xray pan car gear differential. The machined spur gears are a direct fit, they offer high precision and come with engraved size markings for easy identification.
Source: Fenix [fenixracingshop.com]
Shepherd have announced the signing of Italian frontrunner and multiple national champion, Andrea Pirani to their team for the 2019 season. The multiple ENS and European Championship podium finisher will join an already strong national lineup to attend all major races with his Velox V8. Furthermore Andrea will bring in his vast experience, helping with testing and developing future Shepherd 1/8th scale products. Andrea had the following to say about the deal:
I’m super happy to stay in a so famous team like Shepherd, composed by many drivers on the top level like Simon and Toni. For sure I will do my best to take the best results at 2019 races.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming soon from Destiny are two 2019 specification conversion kits for the VD12 1/12th scale pan car. Available as carbon or aluminium chassis version, the kits include new main chassis plates, new lower pod plates as well as updated floating servo mount and centre shock plates. Also included are redesigned aluminium power pod side plates. The conversions were thoroughly tested by Destiny’s Yugo Nagashima and they will hit stores soon.
View the alloy chassis conversion here
Reflex Racing have introduced new optionals for the Gizmo Genesis and GZ2 touring cars. First up is a long arm conversion kit that has been designed for the use in combination with the V2 uprights. Contrary to typical longer arms, these arms actually make the suspension act softer as the distance between lower shock mounts and outer arm pivot has been increased. The pivot of the uprights has been moved out further which in the front end allows for less wheel scrub as well as more wheel support. The result is a more precise car, with more stability and higher corner speeds. The conversion works with the Genesis and GZ2 kits, however the latter requires the use of angled ball ends for rear toe link.
