Chassis – Xray NT1 2016
Engine – Max Power
Fuel – Runner Time
Tires (handout) – Contact
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Body – Protoform SRS
Remarks – Top Qualifier for the event here in Bologna, top Xray driver Bruno Coelho is running a standard 2016 version of the NT1 from the Slovakian company. Fitted with a set of titanium screws, the car’s also sports a lightweight 2-speed axle.
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New from ENS Round 1 tyre supplier, Contact Tyres presented their all new soon-to-be-released rims. With a 5-spoke design replacing the current 6 spoke version, the new wheel is lighter despite being slightly wider and incorporates a hole inside each spoke to allow for the fine tuning of the wheel’s balance using set screws.
New from Gi-mar is a new 1/10th clutch system, manufactured by Novarossi – hence the purple coloured flywheel – and sold exclusively by the Italian company. Gi-mar also showed us their new belt tensioner for the Xray NT1 platform designed by David Loppini, which uses a double point floating design so that the tension is always applied where needed.
Finally Marco Rossi from Reds Racing gave us a first look at their latest 1/8th Onroad engine called the M7 WCS. It features new, lightweight cooling head and backplate, a newly designed crankshaft with a new crank bell as well as a new venturi that is taller with a reshaped cone.
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Chassis – BMT 948
Engine – XRD F.T. Line
Fuel – Runner Time
Tires (handout) – Contact
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Body – Protoform R18
Remarks – Dutch ace Rick V. is debuting his new BMT 984 here in Bologna. Equipped with an F.T. Line clutch, his car also features a new “Flex” chassis with a bigger rear cut and milled sides, a 30T front pulley and a prototype ackermann plate.
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Chassis – Mugen MRX-6
Engine – Picco “Otto”
Fuel – Maxima
Tires (handout) – Contact
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Body – Xtreme Aerodynamics R18
Remarks – Mugen Onroad designer Robert Pietsch is running the latest 1/8th scale release from the Japanese manufacturer. His car sports a set of new low-friction pulleys and a new nickel treated clutch bell and pinions with both options available soon on the market.
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Chassis – Serpent 748 Natrix TQ
Engine – Novarossi MiTo Ceramic
Fuel – Runner Time
Tires (handout) – Contact
Radio/Servo – Futaba
Body – SRC Spark
Remarks – Runner-up last season, Dominic Greiner is running an updated version of the 748 “TQ”. His car features a prototype transmission, complete with new smaller differentials, new shock towers and the same big bore shocks that equip Serpent’s electric touring car.
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Chassis – Mugen MTX-6
Engine – Orcan “Cesare Rossi” edition
Fuel – Maxima
Tires (handout) – Contact
Radio/Servo – Sanwa
Body – Protoform SRS
Remarks – 2014 ENS Champion Eric Dankel is debuting with Mugen here in Bologna, racing an MTX-6 prepared by the Japanese factory designer Robert Pietsch. The car sports a new chassis that features a smaller cut in the rear end and allows the use of a more simple weight system, and is equipped with hard suspension plastics, a new shock tower and new rear bulkheads with a different camber link geometry.
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