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July 4, 2014

Exotek 210-series alloy topshaft & direct spur mount

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Exotek introduce an alloy topshaft and a direct spur mount for the Team Durango 210-series buggies and trucks. Starting with the topshaft, the part is machined from 7075 aluminium and weights in at only 3.9 grams compared to 9.2 grams of the stock shaft. The part substantially reduces the rotational mass and improves both the acceleration and braking performance of the vehicle. Coming hard anodised and polished the shaft is a direct replacement for the stock part.

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July 4, 2014

Xray T4 rear front lower suspension holder

New from Xray comes this 1-piece rear front lower suspension mount for the rear end of the T4 touring car. Designed to replace the standard split mount with a single piece holder, the part is best used on high-grip surfaces as it is made to improve steering and rotation into corners. Another benefit of the mount is a higher rigidity in crashes as the 7075 alloy part securely stays in place. The holder comes orange anodised and it is a direct replacement for the standard split mounts.

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July 4, 2014

Updated Team C TC02C buggy coming?

Team C recently revitalised the TC02C 4-gear mid motor buggy with the introduction of a gear differential conversion kit and now the proactive Asian company shows a first image of a TC02C “Evo” bodyshell. It is understood that many Team C team drivers requested a more “conventional” mid motor buggy as the company’s TM2 in-line mid motor buggy excels on very high grip surfaces but the ever present torque steering, due to its longitudinally mounted motor, gives the buggy a life of its own on medium-bite tracks and this is where the TC02C (Evo) buggy would kick in. Previously the Evo range marked the hop-up variants of existing buggies so you can expect the TC02C Evo to sport a variety of performance and durability enhancing options. We bring you more information on what appears to be Team C’s next project as soon as they become available.

Source: Team C [teamcracing.net]

July 4, 2014

KO Propo BSX2 one10 Response & Power servos

KO Propo have two new low-profile servos available in the form of the BSx2 one10 Response (0.08s/13.3kg-cm) and the BSx2 one10 Power (0.10s/17.8kg.cm). Both are designed for 1/10th electric or nitro applications, they feature brushless motors and special aluminium gears with the Response being equipped with a plastic 1st gear. The servos are programmable via PC for further fine tuning and are usable with 6V to 7.4V input.

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July 4, 2014

Matrix EP touring car carpet tyres

After two years of development Matrix introduce a new line of carpet touring car tyres. Carpet specific compounds will make for very high grip in combination with high durability that allows to do more than 30 runs on a set of tyres without problems. The tyres are glued on a fully automatic line to ensure reliable bonding and a high quality standard. Beside the carpet line of tyres Matrix will soon also have asphalt-specific pre-mounts available.

Source: Matrix [matrixtires.it]

July 3, 2014

Serpent Spyder SRX2 front anti-roll bar set

Made for the Spyder SRX2 line of 1/10th 2WD buggies is this front ant-roll bar set from Serpent. Using a front anti-roll bar helps to dial out steering on high traction surfaces while improving weight distribution during direction changes at the same time. The set includes a composite mounting bracket, linkages and three different diameter swaybar wires.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

July 3, 2014

Zagorisos takes Greek Attiko championship

The final round of Attiko championship took place after some rainy months at the FRT track in Athens. The race was postponed more than 5 times because of the weather conditions and it marked the highlight of the season as it was to decide the championship and the following 3 places. The top 4 drivers where close together in the championship and in qualifying it was last year’s champion Papanikolaou who showed great speed with the only 10 laps run. The 2nd place after qualifying went to Koudouris with Zagorisos sitting in 3rd place.

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July 3, 2014

Xray On-road GP Italy – Report

The Italian Xray On-road Grand Prix was held at the Gimar Speed Park in Lazzaro last weekend. Nearly 60 drivers signed in for the event that was run in various classes including electric touring car modified, 1/8th and 1/10th nitro on-road and 1/5th large scale. In the touring car modified class, Alessio Menicucci TQ’d the event followed by Alessandro Brunelli and Martin Hudy. The 1/10th 200mm nitro class saw Biagio Spataro taking TQ from Alessio Mazzeo and Davide Stefanizzi.

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