Vanquish Products has a new Transmission Case for the Axial XR10. The transmission case are made from aluminum and comes in two colors: Black (part#VPS02320) and Silver (part#VPS02321). The transmission case come with one gear case housing and gear case housing cover, one peekie cover, ball bearings and hardware. 
Vanquish Products has just released a new Gear Guard for the Axial AX10 and SCX10. The gear guard is designed to keep out wires and other things that might get caught in the gears. The guard come in two colors: Black (part#VPS02200) and Silver (part#VPS02201).
Vanquish Products has released new CNC aluminum shock hoops for the Axial SCX10. The top picture is the front shock hoops and the bottom picture is the rear shock hoops. The shock hoops are very durable and will not break like the stock plastic hoops. They are sold in pairs and in three different colors: Black, Retro Gold, and Raw/Silver.VPS01850B Vanquish Incision Front Hoops Black MSRP $24.99
VPS01850RG Vanquish Incision Front Hoops Retro Gold MSRP $24.99
VPS01850R Vanquish Incision Front Hoops Raw/Silver MSRP $22.99
VPS01851B Vanquish Incision Rear Hoops Black MSRP $24.99
VPS01851RG Vanquish Incision Rear Hoops Retro Gold MSRP $24.99
VPS01851R Vanquish Incision Rear Hoops Raw/Silver MRSP $22.99
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STRC has a new LCG (Low Center of Gravity) Conversion Kit (part#ST5822) for the Traxxas Slash 2wd. The conversion kit lowers the chassis and makes the Slash very competitive with the other 2wd short course trucks (SC10, Blitz, and Ultima SC). The kit comes with everything you see in the bottom picture, but you still need to buy three more parts from Traxxas to complete the conversion. The three Traxxas parts needed are: TRA3722A, TRA3723A, and TRA3727A. The conversion kit comes in four colors: blue, gun metal, red, and silver.
Hot Bodies has released new spur gears for their new TCX touring car (68700). The spur gears are 64 pitch and range from 110t to 116t. The new design of the spur gear allows you to access the motor screw behind the spur gear through the large openings. This means, no more taking out the spur gear to tighten the motor. The spur gears will not only work for the Hot Bodies TCX, but they will work for other touring cars like the Robitronic Avid V2 (RA39101).
Holmes Hobbies has a Torque Master Sport (part#HH-SP45) 45 turn machined wound motor designed for rock crawling. The motor includes ball bearings. The 45 turn motor has plenty of torque to get you crawler out of some tough situations, but still has enough speed when a rock crawling course requires that too.
The TorqueMaster BR-XL (part#HH-TMBRXL) is a whole new ESC for crawlers. It has been designed from the ground up to meet the rigorous demands of low speed control and high speed power. 5 amp 6 volt on board switchmode BEC delivers unbelievable servo power at any input voltage. Huge 80 amp continuous rating. Most impressive is the 6s lipo maximum input voltage, giving even the most power hungry drivers what they want.
The stock settings following the instructions for the Robitronic Avid V2 is a very good base setup. There are more setups on petitrc.com for different types of tracks and track conditions, that may help improve the cars handling. Here is the link for these setups:
Robitronic has an affordable Lap Counting System (part#RS160). The lap counting system comes with 3 transponders, 4 receivers, interface module, receiver module cable, computer interface cable, and software for the PC. The only thing needed for the system to work it a bridge needs to be constructed to hold the receivers about two feet off the ground. Most people build the bridge with either PVC pipes or 2x2 or 2x4 pieces of wood.
