Second batch of Team Associated B6.1 teasers bolster existing rumors

0 Feb. 8, 2018, 9:59 a.m.

By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com

At 2 PM yesterday afternoon, team manager Brent Thielke posted a picture to his Facebook Like page showing a differential and a stopwatch screenshot with the caption “#QuickChange #WeAreAE” - indicating a transmission change in just over four minutes. Judging by the comments, I wasn’t the only one who took that as support for the idea that the new car will have a split diff case for easier maintenance.

Around 9:30 AM this morning, the official Team Associated social media accounts published a studio shot of a buggy with SLA-printed rear-end parts that weren’t visible in the head-on shot from yesterday’s batch of teaser images (that you can see by clicking here). While the front shock tower guard - which I assume will be a standard piece, considering it has been shown twice now - is clearly visible, the fact that the rear end is still out of focus suggests that’s where most of the changes will be: like new rear arms, hubs and transmission. There are also rumors of a shorter chassis, which may have been used at the Reedy Race, though that detail could be difficult to discern in these detail shots.