Shepherd have announced the release of their new low-friction drive belts for the Velox V8 1/8th on-road kits. Available as 210mm front, 435mm centre, and 201mm rear belt, the parts will significantly lower the drivetrain drag for improved acceleration, top speed and mileage. The super-soft belts are available from now on.
Source: Shepherd [team-shepherd.com]
Coming from Xray and made for their RX8 line of 1/8th on-road cars is the graphite low-friction pulley set. The transmission belt pulleys are moulded from a specially-formulated graphite composite mix for reduced friction and increased performance and durability. The lightweight parts stand out due to their bright orange colour and they are available as complete set, as complete pulley cover set and also as separate items for the front, centre and rear areas of the car.
Source: Xray [teamxray.com]
In order to further fine-tune the handling characteristics of their Velox V8 on-road car, Shepherd have introduced two new swaybar thicknesses. Adding to the already available 2.2mm, 2.6mm and 3.0mm variants are 2.4mm and 2.8mm wires. They are usable on both the front and rear end of the car and are available separately from now on.
Hiro Seiko have announced the addition of two new anodising colours to their range, making it ten different colour shades in total. New and available from now on are pink and green surface coatings for their popular aluminium hex screws that allow users to further personalise their gear – be it chassis, radios, tools and more.
Source: Hiro Seiko [hiro-seiko.com]
RC-Mission have introduced their new bulkhead alignment tool for the Xray T4 touring car and similar kits with 19mm bulkhead spacing. The alloy jig will be inserted between the left and right bulkhead with the included steel shafts further adding support to the assembly. With the block and pins in place the owner can now loosen and retighten both the lower bulkhead mounting screws and also the upper bulkhead and shock tower fasteners for perfect alignment of all parts involved. When all parts are straightened up, the pins and block will be removed, the diff or spool installed and the bulkhead covers attached. The tool is usable for all T4 platforms.
Coming from Twister RC and made for Tamiya’s popular T3-01 Dancing Rider trike are three new option parts. The range includes carbon fibre optionals such as the Graphite Steering Parts kit and the Graphite Support Arms set as well as an aluminium battery mount post. All sets include suitable hardware and they are direct replacements for the standard kit items.
BMT have introduced a new Nickel-plated aluminium clutch bell for the 016GT on-road car. The bell weighs in at only 7.2g, sparing a more than 10g over the original part for reduced rotational mass, which equals faster acceleration and thus improved on-track performance.
Source: BMT [bmt-team.com]
Coming from Zen Racing are two specific Sanwa SRG mini servo mounts for Zen Racing’s 1/12th pan cars. The cradle holds the Sanwa SRG servo so it may be mounted directly to the chassis in a more traditional fashion. Using the brace to raise the servo off the chassis allows the servo saver to stay above the bottom of the chassis, adding servo support while the brace placed over the servo creates a floating mount to lower the servo. The mount has also been given an offset to get the servo spline in a more traditional position. The mount is available as a GT version with 9mm off-set from chassis mounting hole to servo mounting face and as LMP variant with 7.75mm off-set.
View the LMP-specific mount here
