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Exotek Racing EX14 Chassis Info
……THIS JUST IN…… Exotek Racing has just released for sale their EX14 chassis upgrade for the Sportworks Recoil Pro. It has been re-designed so that you can mod the lower front and rear arms to be able to use droop screws. It is sure to be a great step up in helping chassis tweak by having the one peice [...]
The Slash Report – Intro
The Traxxas Slash is by far the biggest hit in the RC industry right now. Companies, tracks, racing organizations, and the media are all scrambling to get parts, hop-ups, classes, and articles out as fast as possible involving the Slash and its nitro brother the Slayer. (Can’t leave him out…. 😉 The Slash is nothing really that [...]
Where’s “MICROMAN” – Vol.#1 Article 12
East Coast Trans-Am Shootout Vintage Trans-Am racing is alive and spreading across the country like a wind driven Santa Anna fire storm. This class is popping up at local club races everywhere bringing both old and new drivers back into our sport and hobby. With being able to use any TC 4wd chassis, hobbiest [...]
RC Drag Racing – Lynwood Follow up – Growing Pains
First of all I’d like to thank Jerry (Lynnwood Dragway) for hosting the Midwest series race 2. Also a big thanks to John(NitroRage) setting up the ladder and keeping an open mind when suggestions were made. The Onstat Crew did a great job of prepping the track as well. A huge thank you to Blair K.and Richard P. from [...]
RC4WD – Punisher Drive Shaft for Axial Scorpion Mini Review
Those of us that drive AXIAL Scorpions know that a good bind, or a powerful motor, can pop or snap our drive shafts. Well, RC4WD (RC4WD.com) has come up with a solution for this weak spot in the Scorpion driveline. The Punisher Shaft is a stainless steel shaft that is a direct replacement for the stock Axial plastic [...]
Montana Scale Design “Top Gun” Aluminum 2.2 Beadlocks Mi…
Montana Scale Design (www.montanascaledesigns.com) makes an incredible aluminum beadlock 2.2 crawler wheel. The picture is a shot of their “Top Gun” model on my test Axial Scorpion. The machining on these wheels is just perfect. The rings are machined in such a way that they really clamp down on the beads of the tires. [...]
RC4WD – R2D Transmission Mini Review
Thanks to RC4WD(.com) the days of having to build your own drive shaft based dig system are over. This unit features a compact size that will fit in most 2.2 chassis, but can also be used in a SUPER class truck as well. The heat treated steel gears offer strength and reliability, while the machined [...]
Freak Stuff Racing – Stainless Steel Lockers (mini review)
Who is not a bit frustrated by the drive line slop that most Axial AX10 trucks develop as the hard steel axle shafts grind away at the soft aluminum differential lockers? Well, Freak Stuff Racing(.com) has developed a solution for the problem shown in the example below. The people at Freak Stuff have developed a Stainless [...]
Big Squid Introduction of New Writer – “Josh”
I am Josh, and will be writing “mini-reviews” of new or interesting products and news in the crawling area of RC. Compared to many that have been involved in this hobby for many years, I am a relative noob. I have been really only involved at a hobbyist level for a little over a year, but I have [...]
A Midwest RC Drag Race Scene Update
Hello everyone. Hopefully everyones holidays were good, with them (X-Mas-New Years and my B-Day ) over now I’m going to try to write a little…bear with me. Well a few of us have been getting together at Underground the last few weeks on Saturday’s. For those of you who don’t know what The Underground is let me try to describe it [...]
The History of “StangRey”
There I was sitting in my man-cave(the basement) staring at my dragster trying to figure out how to get that 1.4 that has eluded me……….the phone rings …….its Brian(Big Squid). We talk for a while and he explained that he needed little help and if I would be interested in contributing a small column on the website that would [...]
