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February 8, 2013

AKA Handlebar 1/8th & 1/10th tires

AKA introduce the Handlebar indoor low-profile tires. The patterns feature minimal tread height for speed, stability and traction on hard-packed surfaces. The leading and trailing edges of the treads have been rounded to minimize break-in time while AKA’s proprietary compounds provide low tire wear. The Handlebar is available in 1/10 Buggy rear and 2WD front, as well 1/8 Buggy in soft, super-soft, and the new clay compound. Kyosho’s Jared Tebo and Team Associated’s Ryan Cavalieri put their stamp of approval on the clay compound Handlebars at the 2013 CRCRC Midwest Champs. They put in a combined effort of 4-TQ’s and 4-1st place finishes in their first race on the new Handlebar tires.

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February 8, 2013

Tresrey DEX210 +10mm chassis

Tresrey introduce the +10mm chassis for the Team Durango DEX210 buggy. Designed in collaboration with MotogoSeiki the chassis is machined from 7075 aluminium, sports a 10mm longer wheelbase and is 1mm thicker than the stock alloy chassis. Compared to the kit item the new chassis is 17g lighter and offers better rigidity and durability for better rear traction and stability. The chassis is made in Japan and includes the needed inserts for the side rails.

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February 7, 2013

FTW MBX7 carbon fibre option parts

US company For The Win introduce new carbon fibre option parts for Mugen’s MBX7 buggy. Available are an upper steering plate as well as a front and rear shock tower. Starting with the steering plate, the part is machined from 3mm fibre material and replaces the stock plastic upper plate with a beefy graphite version. It comes with all needed hardware for easy installation. Also new are the 4mm front and rear shock towers. Precision CNC-cut in the USA from genuine quasi-isotropic carbon fiber, the towers maintains all factory mounting and adjustment holes with the rear shock stay sporting a second vertical row of camber link holes located 5mm outboard from the stock positions for more tuning options.

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February 7, 2013

Kyosho RB6 alloy steering plate

Kyosho introduce the alloy steering plate for the RB6 2WD buggy. Designed to replace the plastic kit part with a much stronger CNC-machined aluminium item the parts comes brown anodised and is a direct replacement. Offering a much higher strength the parts makes for a rock solid steering assembly.

Source: Kyosho [kyosho.de]

February 7, 2013

Savöx waterproof servos

Savöx introduce two new waterproof standard-size servos in the form of the SW-0230MG and SW-1210SG. Starting with the SW-0230MG (0.13s/8.0kg-cm) the high-voltage compatible item sports an all-plastic case, a single ball bearing and full metal gears. It is ideal for both steering and throttle/brake duties on 1/8th and 1/10th applications and comes with a fully waterproof case. Also new is the SW-1210SG (0.15s/20kg-cm) standard voltage servo. Coming in a fully waterproof aluminium-plastic case and sporting steel gears the duel ball raced servo is ideally suited for 1/8th all many large scale applications.

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February 6, 2013

Exotek RB6 optional shock parts

More new parts for the Kyosho RB6, this time from Exotek Racing, who have focused on the car’s big bore shocks. A number of new red anodized aluminium parts they have introduced a top cap set, threaded collar set with large knurling for easy grip and notched for accurate adjustments, a bottom thread set and finally cap sleeves. All the items use the standard kit o-rings and remaining shock parts.

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February 6, 2013

Yaiba Racing RB6 option parts

Yaiba Racing have released a some new aluminium option parts for the Kyosho RB6. First up is this rear upper bulkhead which allows you to attached 12mm big bore shocks. With this new part you don’t need to add spacers between the shock tower and the pivot ball, giving improved efficiency. A new steering rack gives a more direct steering feel and works best with the aluminium steering bell crank. Both parts significantly improving strength and durability.

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February 6, 2013

Associated Factory Team machined tapered pistons

Associated have released new Factory Team machined pistons for the 12mm big bore shocks to take performance to the next level. Precision CNC machined pistons allow for the best fitment and concentricity with the shock body to improve handling and consistency. The new pistons are also tapered for independent tuning of compression and rebound. For example, a tapered piston with the taper facing down will travel faster in rebound than it will in compression, allowing the user to tune the rebound and compression movement independently. Available in 2 hole (1.5mm, 1.6mm & 1.7mm), 3 hole (1.4mm) and 4 hole (1.3mm) versions.

Source: Associated [teamassociated.com]