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Did you think your days of taking apart motors was over when you switched to brushless? Well, you were wrong! WRONG! Taking motors apart will always be a part of this hobby, whether you like it or not. Along those lines, Novak has a few new pieces for you to put back in your motors. The epoxy dipped stators for the [...]
JConcepts has jumped into the WABAC machine to bring their latest Lexan release. The officially licensed 1979 Ford F-250 Ranger SCT body has all the smooth body lines that the 70s were known for. It’s made to fit the Slash, Slash 4×4, SC10, and most other 1/10 scale short course trucks. As with all JConcepts bodies it’ll come clear, and [...]
DE Racing is jumping on the XXX-SCT bandwagon with a compatible set of their Trinidad style wheels. They are made in the standard and ROAR legal widths and 2.2″/3″ diameter. The Trinidads also feature a ribbed design for better strength and durability and have realistic molded in details such as lug nuts and a faux beadlock ring with bolt heads. [...]
[Update: This contest is now closed.] It’s time for another Big Squid giveaway! Actually TWO giveaways to be exact! This time we have a whole load of bright and shiny hop-ups for the Traxxas Slash 4×4 from those masters of metal machining at GH Racing. GH Racing has been awesome enough to throw a bunch of their great looking and awesomely durable [...]
For you Cougar SV owners in the audience Schumacher has a couple new pieces to make your buggy a bit more competitive. Their new Chassis +8mm is exactly what it sounds like: a chassis with 8mm of length added to it. The additional length changes the weight balance of the Cougar, shifting more weight to the rear of the buggy. [...]
Have you been snapping the front shock tower on your SC10 or T4 with shocking regularity? Then you might want to invest in RPM‘s latest product, a drop-in replacement front shock tower that will also fit the RC10GT2. Being made out of the Basher Approved RPM material makes this new part tough enough to survive crashes that would break the [...]
The Losi XXX-SCT may be new to the scene but ST Racing Concepts is already on their way to producing big time hop-ups for it. They sent along a bunch of CAD renderings for us to gaze at while we wait for them to hit the market around the third week of this month. If it’s a part on the [...]
The Stampede 4×4 is, by all accounts, a pretty awesome truck. You know what would make it more awesome though? RPM products all over it. And wouldn’t you know it, just today we received a press release from the guys at RPM with a whole list of already existing RPM products that will fit the Stampede 4×4 just fine. So [...]
He’s at it again. Chris at Rogue Element Components is firing up his CNC machine to turn out another limited availability product. This time owners of the Tamiya Blackfoot (or Blackfoot bodies used on scaler rigs) are the recipients of his craftsmanship. His new styrene and wood bed kit goes a long way to replicating the look and classic signature [...]
DarkSoul still has the Christmas spirit. Until January 1st, the Chino competition crawler chassis kit for the Losi Mini Rock Crawler is available directly for only $50. This kit includes an all new chassis with plenty of tuning options that is formed out of one piece of aluminum. You’ll also get a new set of titanium links, new rod ends, [...]
In all the flurry and hubbub of the holiday weekend we kind of missed this bit of news from the Twitterverse that GH Racing is extending their holiday sale through New Year’s Eve. Until then everything in the GH Racing online shop is marked down 15%. So if you just got a brand new Traxxas Slash 4×4 or maybe a [...]
If you’re looking for ways to get an edge on your opponents in some short course racing action, then you might want to turn your gaze to these new turnbuckle sets for the HPI Blitz and Traxxas Slash 2wd from ST Racing Concepts. The CNC Machined Pro-Light Turnbuckle Kits are made out of lightweight 7075-T6 aluminum. A complete set of [...]
The guys at HPI Racing have a thing for real on road cars. Nearly their entire on road setup consists of officially licensed body styles from most all of the big name auto companies. So it only makes sense that they would introduce a new 200mm sedan body based on one of the most well known modern muscle cars. The [...]
RC Pro Products wants you to throw your old engine in the trash and buy one of their new engines designed for your RTR 1/8 scale buggy or truggy. The new Alpha Plus RTR line of engines starts with a .21 size for the buggy drivers and a .28 size for truggies. Both feature a smartly designed pull-start mechanism that [...]
In what is surely just a coincidence, JConcepts has also decided today to announce their own take on the ribbed front tire for short course trucks. The Short Course Carver features angular, directional ribs that provide more predictable handling on all kinds of surfaces from loamy to hard packed blue groove. These tires will come with JConcepts closed-cell inserts and [...]
