Power Tyres – Foamies!

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    • October 4, 2004 at 2:09 am #12366
      Avatar photoAaron
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      Well I know that a few of the Sydney guys saw just how good these are today with dgs73 finally being able to make his lead-tipped-arrow rocket sled take the curves with style!

      I will be placing and order for stock of these tyres mid next week and they will be available when I get back from Queensland after the 20th of October!

      We ve been running these tyres on the ausmicro.com cars in-house for close to a year on all sorts of surfaces (timber, concrete, tile, carpet) but had to hand them to a trusted outside tester to be sure they d really be the goods .

      Expect the price to be about $15 a set plus $2 for delivery.

      They will be available in “Standard” width and “Wide” in both “Soft” and “Medium” compound. We will be stocking all variants.

      A.

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    • October 4, 2004 at 2:39 am #55905
      icebreaka
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      wow sumfin i need…

      what are the ausmicro.com cars?

    • October 4, 2004 at 3:19 am #55906
      Avatar photoAaron
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      We run a few lightly modded (suspension and FETs with stock and X-Speeds) cars for testing of stuff and for enjoyment.

      Pics of our ‘new’ Skyline shell will be up eventually, once it’s back from it’s little ‘trip’.

      They’re basically just cars we test fit patrs to, test drive stuff and all that.

      A.

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    • October 4, 2004 at 4:21 pm #55911
      kevsta
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      Will the wide set have the front wheels offsetted by the usual 2.5mm ?

    • October 4, 2004 at 9:23 pm #55915
      betty.k
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      kev, it’s the wheel that does the offsetting, the only thing you need to worry about is if they’re wide, semi wide or narrow:8ball:

    • October 4, 2004 at 9:24 pm #55916
      Roe
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      Yep, I can vouch for em’

      How can someone like myself place an order (say 3 or 4 sets:) for these?

    • October 4, 2004 at 9:39 pm #55918
      Avatar photoAaron
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      *NOTE* Power Tyres Foamies come pre-bonded to Chrome Rims. The Wide and Standard width rims are exactly the same offsets as Kyosho wheels of the same width.

      Roe I’ll be working out final pricing etc tomorrow and will post details then.

      Essentially they will become a stock item (like bearings, nuts, heatsinks for motor and batteries) but the first order will probably have a lot of pre-order space.

      A.

      Edited by – Aaron on 04 October 2004 19:19:36

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    • October 4, 2004 at 11:03 pm #55920
      peteWah
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      Are there any other style of rim, Or are they mostly a porsche style:smiley2:

      As dave said to you last night Aaron, There looked to be no tyre wear whatsoever front or back which is a good sign being that its a rubberised concrete surface…

      The compound that you gave him were soft which is even more suprising that they held up

      :smiley2::smiley2::D

    • October 4, 2004 at 11:16 pm #55921
      betty.k
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      *NOTE* Power Tyres Foamies come pre-bonded to Chrome Rims. The Wide and Standard width rims are exactly the same offsets as Kyosho standard wheels.

      oops! i didn’t know that. kev, forget everything i posted before!:8ball:

    • October 4, 2004 at 11:18 pm #55922
      Avatar photoAaron
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      No other ‘style’ choices. They’re not there for looks 😉

      Yeah I took a guess that ‘soft’ would do the trick – I’ve tried mediums on everythign and still got bugger all wear. But they do need to get warm to grip. I belive ‘Soft’ will work right up into summer then you guys may want to try ‘Medium’

      A.

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    • October 4, 2004 at 11:42 pm #55923
      peteWah
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      Thats just it, The temp down at meadowbank on sunday was that of a summers day 30+… So i was thinking they would not stand up but they did, Better than expected…
      It was realy HOT:smiley2::evil::smiley2:

      Maybe i will Get a porsche to compliment them ASStage:smiley2:
      Buthey complimented Daves GTR well :p

    • October 5, 2004 at 8:17 pm #55942
      TallduDe
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      hey dave did those tires wear oout qik or they still good?

      btw were they just on the turbo car or did u try them on ur regular Z aswell?

    • October 5, 2004 at 10:41 pm #55944
      peteWah
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      Did you not see what i wrote DUDE!!!!
      No Wear:smiley2:

    • October 6, 2004 at 1:51 am #55946
      Jay-Z
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      gimme gimme gimme!! now i`ve got more stuff on my shopping list..

    • October 6, 2004 at 3:31 am #55949
      peteWah
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      Me too, I would like a set at some stage:approve::p

    • October 6, 2004 at 3:33 am #55950
      Avatar photoAaron
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      Talldude gets a set as part of his prize, the rest of you guys startsaving becuase after the 20th of this month I’ll be placing the order!

      A.

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    • October 6, 2004 at 4:45 am #55951
      TallduDe
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      cant wait! 😀

    • October 6, 2004 at 2:02 pm #55957
      kevsta
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      Hi,

      I’d like a wide set in medium hardness when they become available.

      :p

    • October 8, 2004 at 2:35 pm #55993
      jamiekulhanek
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      There must be something special about these tyres, as my GPM foams didn’t last 2 laps at TFTR before they were completely stuffed…

    • October 8, 2004 at 9:37 pm #56003
      peteWah
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      Our suface is smoother than that of the TFTR track in melb, tis probally why…

    • October 9, 2004 at 7:14 pm #56019
      dgs73
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      i’m very keen to get quite a few sets of these things, they grip like s**t and the car rolls as silent as… two sets of narrow soft and a set of wide soft, thanks.

    • October 9, 2004 at 7:16 pm #56020
      dgs73
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      oh, Aaron, now that the GTR’s back at home lets see the pics!! (pushy, eh?:p)

    • October 9, 2004 at 9:27 pm #56025
      icebreaka
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      is a wide set – 2 wides and 2 narrows.. ?

      or is it just a pair of wides?

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