Duratrax has a new take on the full scale truck styling that’s been made popular by short course trucks. The new Evader DT prerunner style truck is just too awesome for words has a great scale look based on the super-trucks that pre-run the off-road endurance races that we all love so much. Sporting a [...]
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Hard Body’sz USA has a cool new aftermarket part for the HPI Blitz. Their new full roll cage not only adds to the realistic looks of HPI’s popular short course truck, but should probably add to the overall strength and durability of the Blitz. It’s available in in chrome and flat black for a list [...]
In the ‘better late than never’ category, we finally got our hands on the HPI Blitz ESE! Many of us in the office are huge fans of the original HPI Blitz, so we have been looking forward to this for a while. Whenever I see the UPS guy walking in the door with a box [...]
Another day, another short course conversion for the XXX-T. This one is from the good guys of EXOTEK and they are calling it the SCX-T. The various chassis parts are made with G10 glass/epoxy material to match the flex of the stock XXX-T chassis. Also included is a special set of shortened front axles to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]