STRC introduce new option parts for the Axial Exo Terra Buggy and add also have additional parts for the Wraith rock crawler available. Starting with the Terra Buggy that now can be equipped with STRC’s 4mm heavy duty aluminium chassis. The part greatly improves the durability and rigidity of the vehicle, it comes machined from high-quality material and is available as hard anodised, black, gun metal, green and orange colour.
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The S-Power S5 .21 Pro engine is the latest engine line up from SWorkz produced in Japan. Developed to have the performance of the S-Power S7 but at a lower price, its popular 3 port design delivers both torque and top speed. The S5 also comes standard with a 7.5mm carburetor venturi, a turbo head, black coated crankcase and a balanced crankshaft. Its lightened Blue engine heat sink sports a Dragon logo to mark the year of the Dragon on the Chinese calendar.
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More new items from Pro-Line with the release of these Blockade VTR 4.0” tires. History was made the first time the Blockade touched the race track, winning the 2012 ROAR Fuel Off-Road Nationals in the hands of Pro-Line driver Ty Tessmann. The revolutionary tread design features large lugs for class leading tread life, perfectly balanced tread spacing for maximum forward bite and uniquely blended side tread that reduces the edginess found in other race tires. This tire will give your Truggy qualifying speed with tread life capable of handling hour long A-main events.
Source: Pro-Line [prolineracing.com]
Pro-Line have released the BullDog Body for the TLR22T racing truck. Pro-Line took great care in refining the design for 2012 to create even more stability with enhanced steering to gain an advantage on the track. The windshield is steeper to create more down force over the front wheels and the roof ridges have been raised to channel the air flow over the middle of the body for increased high-speed stability. The rear of the roof has been lowered and fins have been added to achieve stable air flow over the body. The fins also add rigidity to the body to increase aerodynamic efficiency. This is a must have 22T body for the new racing season.
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Revolution Design Racing products have released a whole bunch of new products, including setup tools and option parts for the Durango DEX210. The ultra set-up stand is designed to deliver an even platform to measure the droop setting of 1/10 scale on-road chassis. It incorporates two 7075-T6 aluminium blocks that are connected via an aluminium rod. The chassis will be positioned on the top and you can exactly adjust the droop setting using the RDRP Ultra Ride Height Gauge Road.
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Phat Bodies have released their ‘Smoothee’ body shell for the Durango DEX210. The body features a smoothed out clean design and includes a front wing for improved downforce at high speeds. Made from quality 0.75mm thick polycarbonate it comes supplied with overspray film and ‘Phat’ stickers.
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Avid have introduced this series of delrin 1mm offset insert bushings allowing for a new range of tuning on your RC8.2 using your kit supplied suspension mounts. After hours of testing, the Avid team is offering up this simple solution to allow racers to customize their suspension to get lower rear roll centers and adjust rear toe-in to 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 degrees as well as being able to move all of the other pivots on the chassis. Available in 1 dot (4), 2 dot (4) and 3 dot (4) or as a complete set of 12.
Source: Avid [avidrc.com]
Further expanding their line of Finnisher bodies, JConcepts have made their popular body shell available for the Xray XB9. Increased windshield angle provides a steady force upfront during mid-flight wind gusts on large jumps while the forward cab placement changes performance / visible bias which helps steering rotation in low traction corners. The side-pods have a strong and chiseled look, including a recessed area in the rear which allows another option for air-escape. The chassis side-guard to body fit has been tightened up which helps eliminate large empty voids that contribute to mid-flight directional changes. The area behind the cab has been greatly lowered exposing more of the engine heat-sink allowing more heat-escape while the V-stepped feature which is a highlighted styling cue of the Finnisher buggy bodies has been incorporated toward the rear and allows an additional area that can be trimmed to allow air-flow through the body.
Source: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
