Monday, January 20, 2014

New short shocks for TA06 (maybe others)

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Just finished building the new TRF Short Damper #42273. From Tamiya: “These TRF Short Dampers are fitted as standard equipment in Item 84339 TB-04 PRO Chassis Kit. They are now available as a separate Hop-Up-Option for any Tamiya touring or M-chassis car. Users will find them particularly beneficial on high-grip, twisty circuits, as they give exceptionally fast response when cornering.”

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Above on left #42102 (TRF Works Damper), middle #42273 (TRF short) and right #54000 (M Chassis Alum Damper). The spring on the right is overly compressed from me trying to get more ride height on my m-four before switching to (full length) TRF works (I should have returned the collar to top before taking the picture). I’ll have to take #84318 (TRF Works M-Chassis) off one of these days and compare all four.

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From the back of the box it shows that these shocks are 4mm shorter than the regular works edition. Car has not been on track yet so I can’t yet say how it changes the car for me.