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So let’s say you bought a HPI MT2 a while back, you thought you were the cool kid on the block. But then all your friends decided to up and buy Slashes, Blitzes, and SC10s. Now you’re left looking kind of like a tool. So what could you do to save face? How about buying yourself a CKRC MT2SC Conversion [...]
Remember those Hole Shot SC tires that Pro-Line let us sneak a peek of a little while ago? Well they finally decided to let loose with the info. These tires are going to be available in the soft M3 and super soft M4 compounds and have a highly reinforced carcass. The Hole Shot SCs will come with durable closed cell [...]
The Pro-Line blog is hosting up a picture of a new short course truck racing tire based on their well known Hole Shot tread. They aren’t giving up any details yet, like compounds, price, or ship date. All they are saying is “Coming soon…” Normally here is where I’d say “click on over to the Pro-Line blog for more info,” but [...]
Kyosho is taking their Ultima SC RTR and turning it into a full blown race kit called the Ultima SC-R. Not a lot of info is available right now, but they do say that it’s going to be loaded with high performance parts from the other Ultima race kits like velvet coated shocks, a ball differential, and teflon shielded [...]
Pro-Line‘s got a new pair of shoes for your short course truck. The Suburb SCs feature the same tread design that’s won national championships in 1/8 scale, but now they are appropriately scale looking for short course trucks. They also feature reinforcing ribs and webbing to keep the tire in the right shape during cornering and acceleration. You can get [...]
The SC10 RTR is finally brushless. Team Associated has taken it’s popular short course truck and dropped in a XP/Reedy 3300kV brushless system, giving everybody a chance to experience the FUTURE. And the future is good. Nothing else is changed, it’s still got the officially licensed bodies, the XP3-SS 2.4 GHz radio, and all that other [...]
Calandra Racing Concepts, a company known more for their pan car carpet racers (seriously, they even have their own brand of carpet), has decided to branch out a little bit. They’ve put together a new short course truck conversion kit for Losi‘s XXX-T based stadium trucks. The conversion comes with all the necessary extension plates, body mounts, and [...]
Here’s a quick and easy way to add a bit of scale realism to your 1/10 or 1/8 scale cars and trucks. LunaTik Engineering’s Scale Window Nets can be installed easily on pretty much any vehicle, attach it to a roll cage with screws or zip ties, or you can glue it to the body with some Shoe-Goo or [...]
Novak has a new addition to their huge line of brushless ESCs. The new Havoc Pro SC speed control is specifically designed for all you short course racers. One of the few things Novak is touting about this new ESC is a redesigned brake system. But it also features electronic timing and 14 adjustable parameters. The Havoc Pro SC will [...]
Hot Bodies has a bunch of new tires for the various short course trucks out there. All of these tires are molded in Hot Bodies’ soft Pink compound for use on ultra-low traction surfaces. Check out the tread patterns to see which one might work for you. Clockwise from top left you got the Beams, Megabite, Megagrid, and Rodeoo treads. The [...]
OFNA has taken their Hyper 10SC and given it a shot of nitro to make the (cleverly named) Hyper 10SC Nitro. Just like it’s electric brother it’s a 1/10 scale, 4wd, short course truck. The front and rear suspension were pretty much brought straight over from the electric version and there is a lot of parts compatibility between the two. The [...]
Novak has released the new Ballistic 550 Brushless Motor for short course trucks! The 550’s have a extra long stator and rotor magnet that gives them twice the torque of an equivalent 540 motor. The larger motors run cooler and more efficient then the 540’s as well. They are ready to install into the Ofna Hyper 10 SC [...]
The Pro-Line blog is showing off a new set of wheels that they’re currently testing. The only info they give is that the new V2 Split Six wheels for 1/8 scale buggies are extremely light and are going to be the ‘Hot’ setup for buggies and short course trucks with the proper adapters. Looks like they’re going to [...]
The guys in blue have taken their popular SC10 and given it the Factory Team treatment finally. Team Associated‘s new SC10 Factory Team kit has all the typical factory team stuff: blue aluminum and titanium all over, carbon fiber pieces and parts, hard-anodized shocks, after-market tires, and a bunch more. And of course it’s in kit form for all of [...]
The compound that has been known about since February is finally going retail. New to Pro-Line‘s site are a bunch of old treads avialable in the new M4 “Super Soft” compound. For you 1/8 scale buggy drivers the Recoil, Hole Shot, and Caliber tread patterns are available in the new stuff. Short course drivers are also getting some love as [...]
