Serpent is pleased to introduce the Serpent East Civic 1/10th 200mm body. This new Serpent East Civic body sports 2 ribs on either side of the car to increase stiffness to this area while at the same time allowing the shell to be made from very lightweight materials. Other details include ribs on the bonnet that channel the air over the lowered windscreen and back to the rear wing. The Serpent East Civic, which has been extensively tested by Central RC, provides the user with very responsive, high grip and well-balanced handling characteristics.

Part #: 170111 - Serpent East Civic Body 200mm

The complete carbon conversion chassis set for the Serpent S400 electric touring car has just been released by Serpent Model Racing Cars. The S400 carbon conversion is made from a 3.4mm carbon fiber stiff 6-cell chassis plate. The new carbon fiber chassis also features recessed mounting points as well as the battery cell slots have been pre-machined to help lower the center of gravity.

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Serpent Racing has just created two new brass battery holders for the Serpent 720 and Serpent 960 chassis’. The new Serpent brass battery holders are a direct replacement for the original stock plastic battery holders, the Serpent brass battery holders have been machined from a single piece of brass. The advantage of using the new Serpent 720 and Serpent 960 brass battery holders brings more weight to the lowest part of the car and thus helps prevent the car from grip rolling in high traction condition which then allows your Serpent car to corner as higher speeds.

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Serpent has released a spur gear set designed for the Centax-II clutch found on the Serpent 950, Serpent 950-R, and Serpent 960. This handy but also very useful spur gear set of all 1/8th scale spur gears that act as a complete spares set but of course also gives you all the available gear ratio tuning options to set your Serpent car for any given track.

Spur gear set contains: 1 x 44T, 1 x 45T, 1 x 46T, 1 x 47T, 1 x 48T, 1 x 49T & 1 x 50T

Part #: 903223

Serpent will be releasing the new F180 (#300000) in two versionsAvailable in 2 versions: a kit which you will build the F180 from the ground up. The Serpent F180 kit will include the body, tuned pipe, and tires. The only required parts that doesn’t come included will be an engine (the Serpent F180 will accept .21 - .28 engines), radio gear, fuel and a starter.

The second version of the Serpent F180 will be a Ready to Race (RTR) version which will come factory assembled and include a Futaba radio, Mega FT-28 engine, as well as a starter system and pre-cut body and a larger Serpent F180 wheeled pit bag!
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Christophe De Vocht has developed a Drive Calculator program to work out drive ratios for all of Serpents current, and some older, models. The user can input all the pulley sizes as well as the tire diameters for it to work out the ratio, it will also suggest a tire size to get a user determined front to rear drive ratio too.

The Serpent drive calculator will display ratios for the following models:

• Serpent 710
• Serpent 720
• Serpent 835
• Serpent 950R
• Serpent 960

Download the Serpent Drive Calculator now or discuss the serpent calculator and other Serpent products in our On-Road Touring forum.

To commemorate Fabio Domanins commanding win at this years 1/8th scale European Championships in Sweden, Serpent have released this FD edition of the title winning Serpent 960. The Serpent 960FD is a feature-laden kit that comes complete with harder rear wishbones and front bearing blocks for better impact resistance and a number or optional parts as standard.

Serpent 960 FD Features:

Side plate T2 with alu insert set: Featuring a revised carbon plate design, it now works in conjunction with the supplied aluminium insert to eliminate flex in the gearbox shaft. The aluminium insert fits in the space where the original larger 2-speed shaft bearing sits and becomes the mount for the now smaller supplied bearing. This insert is in turn kept in place by the carbon side plate which, as well as performing its primary function, now works to prevent any flex from occurring in the 2-speed shaft too.
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Serpent has released teflon brake pads for your serpent chassis! Coming in a set of that includes 2 left and 2 right teflon brake pads. The Serpent teflon brake pads are attached to the steel brake plates (#901365) that come with the latest Serpent chassis’ as standard.

The benefit of these Teflon pads over the original version brake pads is that teflon brake pads provide better and smoother braking power without locking up the brake shaft. This all ensures more consistent braking and allows the racer to be able to brake later and deeper into a corner.

*IMPORTANT* Mounting Information
Due to the material used, mounting the Serpent teflon brake pads require more care and different techniques.

1. Degrease and then roughen the appropriate side of the steel brake plates using sand paper or similar.
2. Apply Impact adhesive (preferable heat resistant) to both pads (darker side) and plates on the correct sides.
3. Wait the required amount of time for the glue to harden (read the instructions of the glue)
4. Introduce the pads and plates to each other and press together as hard as possible (use of a bench vice is recommended).

After use be sure to check regularly to see if the pads and plates are still together.

Discuss the new Serpent teflon brake pads in our On-Road Touring Talk forum!

Just last month we posted the announcement that the guys from Serpent was going to be releasing the new Serpent 720. At the time there wasn’t much info to be had about the Serpent 720, that was until now. Here are some more exciting details about the new Serpent 720.

The new Serpent Seven 20 continues to improve upon the long line of championship-winning, ultra-successful, and highly-competitive 1/10th scale cars from Serpent, setting new standards in quality, ease of assembly, ease of use, and outright performance.

The Serpent 720 features the following major enhancements:

• Wider sweet spot makes for easier setup
• Easier assembly
• Front & rear factory assembled gear differentials
• Optimised geometry
• Pre-assembled RCC shock absorbers
• Improved features throughout

The new rear end of the Serpent 720 features new 1-piece lower wishbones and fully adjustable uprights. As with all the wishbones on the Serpent 720, the lower wishbones can be used on both the left and right sides, minimizing the number of spare parts needed to bring to the track. The rear upright features robust pivotball mounting points on the bottom and two upper camber link mounting holes for fine-tuning rear roll center. The all new rear anti-roll bar for the Serpent 720 is now ball-raced for extra precision. Stiffness is quickly and easily adjustable by changing the linkage mounting points on the lower wishbones or alternatively by changing the position of the ball joint pivot point on the roll bar itself. To further stiffen the rear end of the Serpent 720, Serpent has created a distinctive S-shaped carbon brace which spans the two rear bearing blocks.
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Serpent is pleased to announce their all-new 200mm race chassis, the Serpent 720. Based on the ultra successful Serpent 710, the new Serpent 720 has been extensively tested on many different track conditions to ensure the best overall performance.

The debut race for the new Serpent 720 will take place on two separate continents on the same weekend, June 16-18. In Europe the Serpent 720 will be seen in action at the EFRA GP in the Netherlands whilst in North America the Serpent 720 will be competing at the US Nationals in Crystal Park Raceway, California.

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