New Products for 2009-2010 from Maximum Velocity

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New Products for 2009-2010 from Maximum Velocity

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To kick off the 2009-10 racing season, we have introduced several new products to help you reach maximum velocity. You can see all of our new products by clicking on this link:
http://www.maximum-velocity.com/newproducts.htm

Here are a few highlights:

Tungsten Canopy - A slick way to weight your car and make it look sharp at the same time. This 3.5 ounce tungsten canopy has a touch of nickel to give it a nice chrome-like appearance. A 1/2 inch stud on the bottom of the canopy makes it easy to mount it on your car.

Car Plans 6 - A new booklet of car plans to help you build
a great car.

New Car Kits - The Predator, Exterminator, Raptor, and Coupe
are all available to give you speed and style.

Pinstriping and Wheel Covers - Pinstriping is now available
to give your car a fast look. Also, the popular Aluminum Wheel
Covers have returned.

New Tools - A Digital Pocket Scale, a handy Pin Vise, and
a Wheel Accuracy Gauge are all available to help you build
that special car.

Upgraded Propeller Car - Its back, and faster than ever.

We have several other new products as well. Please take a look at:
http://www.maximum-velocity.com/newproducts.htm

Inventory Clearance

We also are clearing inventory on several items including Official BSA Speed Wheels. Click here to find our clearance items:
http://www.maximum-velocity.com/inventory.htm
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MaxV wrote:Tungsten Canopy - A slick way to weight your car and make it look sharp at the same time. This 3.5 ounce tungsten canopy has a touch of nickel to give it a nice chrome-like appearance. A 1/2 inch stud on the bottom of the canopy makes it easy to mount it on your car.
This is pretty cool. :thumbup: The specs say "just over 1-3/4 inches long and just under 1-3/16 inches wide." Does this mean that long dimension will not fit across a standard BSA block? (If so, why would that be?)
MaxV wrote:New Tools - A Digital Pocket Scale, a handy Pin Vise, and a Wheel Accuracy Gauge are all available to help you build that special car.
Might it be eventually possible to get a Wheel Accuracy Gauge without a dial indicator for those who might already have that (presumably most expensive) component? :thinking:

It might also be nice to be able to swap out the wheel shaft with a holder for axle nails, so one could use this gauge to measure the amount of bend in an axle.

Neat stuff! :drool:
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This is pretty cool. The specs say "just over 1-3/4 inches long and just under 1-3/16 inches wide." Does this mean that long dimension will not fit across a standard BSA block? (If so, why would that be?)
You can turn it sideways, but the tips of the canopy will hang over the edge between 1/64 and 1/32 of an inch. This wasn't the intended mounting orientation, but maybe we can adjust that in version 2.

The intended mounting method is like this:
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FatSebastian wrote:Might it be eventually possible to get a Wheel Accuracy Gauge without a dial indicator for those who might already have that (presumably most expensive) component? :thinking:

It might also be nice to be able to swap out the wheel shaft with a holder for axle nails, so one could use this gauge to measure the amount of bend in an axle.

Neat stuff! :drool:
Yep, I like the wheel accuracy gauge idea as well :thumbup: and I am thinking along these lines also. I would prefer to be able to use a precise pin gauge (matched to the particular wheel's bore) to hold the wheel.
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