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Some bashers run the cheapest gear possible, but many get the best they can buy. If you are a “best you can buy” kind of person then Durango is what you want. Today Durango announced their new 2wd Short Course Truck, the DESC210R Kit. Needless to say the list of goodies it comes with is [...]

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Remember how exotic the pipes on factory motocross bikes looked back in the day? The new Baja exhaust pipe from BZM-Micro looks like an ultra-trick one-off factory part all the way. This uber new BZM pipe was designed to give slam’n low end torque without sacrificing top end power on today’s high end 5th scale [...]

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First off, I’d like to thank this kid, whoever he is in the picture. Tim spotted him at the TORC Series event we all attended in Joliet last week. We didn’t give him this shirt, none of us know who he is, but it was just cool to spot someone walking around with a Big [...]

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THE Axial EXO Terra Buggy Hop Ups Review The Axial EXO Terra Buggy is a very competent bash-mobile, but who can resist hopping it up? This week we’ll be taking a look Axial’s full line-up of hop-up parts for their EXO Terra Buggy. Are they just for bling, or do they toughen it up to [...]

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Bashers often times mount up bodies that were never intended to go on their trucks. For example, one of the members of our BigSquidRC Bash Crew is known for running car bodies on his Savage to get a custom look. Dynamite has introduced a product that makes it easy to mark body holes for those [...]

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As we Reported a couple of weeks ago, Atomik RC now has a new Metal Mulisha, Brian Deegan, 18th scale, officially licensed Ford Raptor 150 RTR short course truck. The new Atomik truck features full time 4wd, waterproof electronics, oil filled shocks, a 370 size brushed motor, and comes with a 6 cell Ni-mh battery. [...]

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A while back we did the unboxing of the ARRMA RC Granite, and we are currently working on the review of the truck. ARRMA just released a short video of the Granite in action.. check it out: Looking for more ARRMA NEWS?

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The folks over at Atomik RC keep putting smiles on our faces as they announced another Brian Deegan / Metal Mulisah vehicle. This time it’s in the form of a 1/18th scale rally car! Some of the details… 4wd, Official Licensed Ford Fiesta Rally Body, it’s a scale replica of Brian’s X-Games rally Cross car. [...]

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Have you noticed that it seems like everyone owns an Axial Wraith? Have you also noticed that the first thing most Wraith owners do is trick it out? ST Racing Concepts announced today their new Version 2 machined aluminum diff cases for the Axial Wraith. The new Verion 2 diff cases are not only stronger [...]

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Team Associated has released a new RTR version of their popular SC8.2e truck, this time with Rockstar/Makita livery. The new Rockstar/Makita SC8.2e comes with 16mm composite big bore shocks, a 2000kv brushless motor, waterproof speed controller, a full roll cage, hard anodized 7075 chassis, new Method race wheels, steel turnbuckles, and a 2.4GHz radio system. [...]

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The HPI Racing Ken Block WR8 FLUX finally gets official! We have been posting news about the Ken Block vehicle for a while now as bits and pieces were leaked out, but the official PR is finally here. We finally get to see under the body as well. When we saw it in person we [...]

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ST Racing Concepts has been working hard on a new motor mount and bulkhead combo for the Axial EXO Terra Buggy. The new STRC EXO motor mount has easy motor installation and gear mesh adjustments, and it uses two threaded motor screws to securely anchor the motor cam in place. As you can see above, [...]

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New from the guys over at ST Racing Concepts is a heavy duty, 4mm thick, aluminum chassis, for the Axial EXO Terra Buggy. This CNC machined chassis is thicker than stock to provide a stronger backbone on your EXO, yet has been strategically lightened to reduce weight. The new STRC chassis is available in hard [...]

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