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February 22, 2007

THS Racing TempDriver

I was looking briefly through this months RC Driver magazine and stumbled accross an advert for this, the TempDriver from THS Racing, and i thought it was interesting enough to have a closer look at. What is it? Well its a merging of two very essential tools, your temp gun and your long neck tuning screw driver. The handle is made from aluminium and contains the temperature gauge and its display whilst the other end is the screwdriver, simply point the handle at the motor as per normal, check the reading and adjust accordingly using the same tool. Is it better than two seperate tools, i dont know, it really depends on the quality of the product but its certainly thinking outside the box, and i like that.

Source: THS Racing [thsracing.com]

February 19, 2007

Yokomo camber gauge

This new camber gauge from Yokomo is trick, its so simple, looks so cool and just works. This blue anodised gauge looks like the flights on an arrow, but actually is a simple camber gauge where the fins represent different angles in relation to its flat base. Each camber angle is represented by little dots on the fins and a simple rotation of the gauge ensures you obtain the correct measurement or you can set the correct measurement.

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February 16, 2007

Mugen releases for February

Mugen Ride Height Gauge

Mugen have released loads of new products, specifically for their 1/10th 200mm MTX4, off road 1/8th scale MBX5 and MBX5-T as well as this nice ride height gauge above for all their on road cars. For the MTX4, they have released an adjustable rear anti roll bar as well as a new rear upper camber link mount with a number of mounting holes to allow you to adjust the cars roll center. Whilst for the Mugen off road guys there is a new teflon coated servo saver tower as well as new wheels in white and yellow to fit Proline rubber, new rear spoiler and 3 new complete sets of shock springs in blue grey and white.

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February 1, 2007

RC Atomic Mini-Z setup tools

RC Atomic, who we have written about before, have released these great setup tools for those Mini-Z racers who really take their racing seriously. First off there is this rather wicked looking carbon fiber setup board which has been mounted onto a very nice anodised aluminium base which comes in 4 different colours. They have also released a set of droop blocks, droop gauge and a ride height gauge to check the settings of your car.

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January 25, 2007

Robitronic Sniper tool series

Robitronic have extended their rather cool looking Sniper tool series with the addition of a philips screw driver, a metric set of nut spinners and an imperial set of nut spinners. The tools feature hardened tips for guaranteed longer life and sweet looking ergonomic handles and all the sizes are engraved in the handle so there is no confusion.

Source: Robitronic [robitronic.eu]

January 13, 2007

H.A.R.D. Pin Tower for 3mm pins

H.A.R.D. Pin Tower

H.A.R.D. Racing have released this new heavy duty pin tower tool to aid the easy replacement of the pins in your cars driveshafts. Made to press out 3mm pins, this real money saver enables you to replace the worn pins in your driveshaft and replace them with new ones, thus saving you the cost of whole new driveshafts.

Both joint cups and drive shafts get worn out very fast. However, it is expensive to replace a new set of drive shafts when only the pins are worn. To make pin replacement easier, H.A.R.D. releases this new heavy duty Pin Tower.

Source: CML Distribution [cmldistribution.co.uk]

January 1, 2007

Team Tamale touring car setup wheels

Team Tamale have released these great new setup wheels for electric touring cars running foam tyres. Made from aluminium they are five sided with each side representing a different tyre diameter to check your setup on. They are anodised black, but may come in other colours, and have a chamfered edge and feature the tyre diameter engraved in the side.

Here are set-up wheels for your touring cars running foam tires. These have 5 sides on them for 5 different sizes of foam tires. We all know how suspension settings change as foam tires wear. These set-up wheels give you the ability to set your suspension settings for tire sizes ranging from 58mm down to 56mm in .5mm increments.

Source: Team Tamale [teamtamale.com]

December 24, 2006

Pro 2 cooling maintenance stand

More product news out of Japan today with this rather nifty maintenance stand from Pro 2 that features a cooling fan to cool your car down as you work on it after bringing it off the track. The stand features perforations to allow the fan to cool the car and has a non slip surface to keep your car secure.

Source: Pro 2 [pro2.jp]