TIRES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR CAR, but even a perfect set of tires will do you no good if they can’t stay firmly planted on the ground. That’s where your shocks come into play; they fulfill many roles, including...
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A few years back a documentary called “Carpet Racers” made the circuit in the RC World. If you haven’t seen it yet, and get The Documentary Channel (Dish and Directv have it) you can set your DVR to record on ...
Today was a good day. Not a need for an AK, but there was a need to grab some throttle and do some testing on Losi’s sick new 1/5-scale the 5IVE-T. I met up at Revelations Raceway where the track was setup like an Excite ...
MIP has been releasing innovative products within this hobby for decades; the racing vets will remember their 3-gear RC10 transmission that was a must-have back in the Associated 6-gear days, and the old RC10 4WD conversion is ...
“Over the course of Cody’s racing career thus far, we have had a few experiences that removed all doubt about how important a body shell can be.” Many opinions exist about body shells and their effect on an RC...
I’ll be honest, I haven’t really built a kit in a long time. So when I sat down today to start the build of the Tamiya F104v2, I got pretty excited. Tamiya F1 bodies are insanely detailed and I started with the body...
Like’em real big and juicy? The 1/5 scale race scene has been growing every year and the 2012 West Coast Large Scale Nationals (We’ll ignore the oxymoron of being West Coast and National) is set to go down on Novemb...