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July 24, 2025

2025 Asian Buggy Championships Rd 3, Australia – Chassis Focus Index

Last weekend Australia played host to the third round of the Cayote backed Asian Buggy Championships, with the Pine Pills Dirt Racing club in Brisbane welcoming its biggest international entry yet. The third year the oil treated dirt track has been a stop on the Asian Buggy Championship calendar, the race would see Infinity’s Kouki Kato make his eBuggy debut with the Japanese manufacturer’s new prototype electric buggy and win, while in a rain shortened Nitro Buggy final Alex Bernadzik took his Team Associated to victory. Unfortunately we were unable to photograph the winning Electric and Nitro Buggies – Kato’s eBuggy still at prototype stage and Bernadzik’s RC8 B4.1 featuring special rear hubs that the US manufacturer was not yet ready to show to the public. Red RC’s first time to visit the highly praised Pine Pills Dirt Racing track, which is locate in very nice setting of the James Drysdale Sporting Complex, during our coverage of the race we did still get the opportunity to photograph 8 buggies from 6 different manufacturers. In case you missed any of the Chassis Focus’ during our coverage ‘Down Under’, we have compiled them all here in our latest Chassis Focus index.

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July 24, 2025

Schumacher ‘Rebel’ MTC body

Having launch their Neon Mini Touring Car at the end of the last year, Schumacher has released a new body for the car called the Rebel MTC. With a proven shape and design matching modern Touring Car body trends, it is 170mm in width and weighs 76-grams painted & ready to race. Suitable for 210 to 225mm wheelbase cars, the Rebel is supplied clear with overspray film, wing, mounting hardware and window and light masks although no light or grill decals are included.

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July 24, 2025

Raceform 1:10 Buggy | Truck Electric Tyre Gluing Jig

With 2025 a World Championship year for 1:10 Buggy, Singapore’s Raceform has released this brand-new Electric Tire Gluing Jig that is designed from the ground up to offer unparalleled ease of use, consistency, and efficiency for all 1:10 buggy and stadium truck classes. Straight out of the box, this jig is already calibrated and tested to work with official tyres for the 2025 IFMAR 1:10 Buggy World Championships which will get underway in Sydney, Australia, at the end of September. Suitable for gluing both 2WD and 4WD tyres, it is guaranteed to work with all dirt compounds. Raceform has completely reimagined the gluing process with this jig working seamlessly across all 1:10 buggy tyre types, including carpet, dirt, slim front wheels, and all front and rear tyres. Plus, it handles 1:10 stadium truck tyres without the need for any adapters. The latest gluing jig from Raceform gets an innovative Adjustable Slider Stem, a complete redesign ensuring this jig is incredibly simple to use for various wheel widths.

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July 24, 2025

Mikimodel CF Aero Wing Side Plates

Italy’s Mikimodel has released these Aero Wing Side Plates for Electric Touring Car use which are cut from 1mm Carbon Fibre. They have been aerodynamically designed to offer maximum stability and increased ease of use on all commercially available spoilers. They are perfectly sized to meet international regulations and are easily applied to the side of the spoilers using double-sided tape.

Source: Mikimodel [mikimodel.net]

July 24, 2025

Ielasi Tuned ‘Pista’ .21 Onroad Engine

Having announced their new 2025 engine range earlier this weekend, Ielasi Tuned has unveiled specific details about the new ‘Pista’ .21 Onroad engine. This engine is the result of over a years work with their entire team, and which culminated with victory on its debut, securing P1 and P2 in qualifying, and P1 and P2 again in the final at the recent ENS race with team drivers Simon Kurzbuch and Toni Gruber. Starting with the name, Ielasi Tuned decided to discontinue the “GP9” series that existed since the beginning of this collaboration with O.S. Engines to send a strong signal of a new beginning. Produced entirely by O.S. Engines but now 90% from Daniele Ielasi’s designs and directives, only the crankcase and the carburetor body are in common with O.S. – everything else about the engine is exclusive to Ielasi Tuned. The new Pista engine differs from the previous GP9R24 in many details. The top needle/holder on the carburetor is entirely produced by in-house, no longer by O.S., as they have decided to go their own way, focusing heavily on ease and precision in engine carburetion. A new bottom needle produced by O.S. greatly optimises acceleration at low revs. The Pista gets a new exclusive Ielasi Tuned underhead by O.S. as well as a crankshaft optimised with Ielasi Tuned timing. New 2025 version piston and cylinder gets a new inhouse finishing process using a new technique that has improved ease of break-in, almost minimising the problem of scratches while maintaining a coupling and compression hardness that lasts over time which is a major improvement on the past. In addition option parts include a new Ielasi Tuned connecting rod and a Swiss made WIB Ceramic Bearing.

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July 23, 2025

1up Racing TC8 Vertical Rear Body Mount Plate

New from American RC accessories brand 1up Racing comes this Carbon Fibre Vertical Rear Body Mount Plate for the Team Associated TC8 electric touring car. If you have a body that doesn’t fit the horizontal rear kit posts, or you just prefer the ease of mounting bodies with traditional rear body posts 1up has you covered with the new mount plate that attaches to the rear bulkhead. Then, install the tall body posts that are included in your kit with the included 3×10 LowPro Titanium Screws. Spaced at 100mm apart to fit virtually any 190mm body, this option part will also provide more rear grip and stability for low grip conditions or high-speed modified class racing since it better supports the rear wing area. Mounting VTA or LMH bodies is also super easy with Vertical Rear Mounts.

Source: 1up Racing [1upracing.com]

July 23, 2025

XC-ESC 2250 & 2500KV Sensored Motors

Shenzhen based electronics manufacturer XC Technology has, under its XC-ESC brand, released two new sensored motors in 2250KV and 2500Kv options. The 2250EV E4268 motor has a maximum RPM of 43500 while the E4278 can rev to 60000 RPM and is perfectly match for their E8 ESC. Designed to provide millisecond-level response and precision control smooth linear acceleration, the high efficiency motor produces low temperature rise. Outstanding magnetic circuit and ultra-thin silicon steel stacking, the motors use ultra high temperature resistant enamelled wire. This means low temperature under long time high-load operation, significantly improving motor operation efficiency. IP67 rated for all weather conditions, external sealing and internal buffering protects core components of motor with a waterproof design at shaft drive end and terminals.

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July 23, 2025

Power HD Large Scale WB Series servos

Power HD has released a new series of Large Scale servos with the new WB range offered in 100KG, 120KG, 150KG rated options. With maximum supported voltage of 25.2V, the range can be used in Axial 1:6 SCX6, Losi 1:6 Super Baja Rey, Losi Super Rock Rey, Arrma 1:5 Kraton RTR, Arrma 1:5 Kraton EXB, Arrma 1:5 Outcast RTR, Arrma 1:5 Outcast. They can also be used for drones. All featuring steel gears, the WB-100KG produces 100KG-cm at 8.4-volts, WB-120KG producing its top torque at 16.8V, while the WB-150KG hitting its max torque at 25.2 volts and at a maximum draw of 6 amps.

View each servo Spec here