T-Work’s TO-354: steel suspension mounts for the Kyosho MP11 and MP11E

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T-Work’s is expanding its option range for the Kyosho MP11 1/8 buggy with two suspension mounts machined from steel: the TO-354-D-S, known as the A mount, and the TO-354-E-S, the B mount. Both parts fit the MP11 and the MP11E, the platform’s electric version.

Two part numbers that directly replace the stock pieces

The TO-354-D-S takes the place of the stock IF706 mount, while the TO-354-E-S replaces the IF707. No modification is required: both bolt onto the chassis’s existing fixings. They are listed at $23.79 and $21.70 respectively on the manufacturer’s official store.

Steel for durability… and for ballast

By switching to steel, T-Work’s targets resistance to deformation and wear on parts that take suspension loads head-on in a nitro 1/8. The argument is a familiar one in racing: a mount that does not flex keeps the arm geometry set in the pits, run after run.

Weight becomes a second tuning lever here. The A mount weighs 22.4g and the B mount 15.77g each, noticeably more than the stock composite parts. T-Work’s owns that mass and presents it as useful ballast: fitting one, the other or both shifts the front-to-rear balance and changes how the buggy behaves depending on track grip.