New Compound Indy Grips
Tires
We
are pleased to announce the launch of the new compound Indy Grip "Super"
Tires.
For
detailed product reviews please click on these links :
These
tires are made using a new compound of silicone & other
rubbers and a
new high temperature,
high pressure molding process using all-new tooling.
Some of the benefits
of this new technology in tires are - extreme toughness :
This
toughness comes from the lack of voids and imperfections in the rubber.
The
big benefit of this is robustness for the installation process. While it
is
common
to tear or chunk the hand poured silicone tires during installation
and
special precautions such as warming & installing wet are needed, no
such
care is needed with these new tires making these a much more
"consumer
friendly" commodity.
"New
Compound" Indy Grips are made from "High Resiliency" rubber -
this rubber is
designed
to work well even on abrasive track surfaces such as Ninco. Most
ordinary
silicones
are torn, chunked or pock-marked when
running on Ninco track surfaces.
Another
benefit of this new tooling - improved appearance. All of these new tires
have
nicely rounded sidewalls and realistic appearance just like the
OEM
(original equipment) tire.
More
traction can also be expected - in our testing with a veteran driver these
tires
easily out-performed cars with conventional silicone tires. This same
advantage
was found on plastic home set track as well as the painted surfaces
of
routed commercial type tracks.
The
new process to manufacture this product also produces a rubber
that
is fully cured and will not deposit silicone oils or other
contaminants
on the track surface as will the conventional tires.
Another
feature worth noting is the tire ID code or part number that is molded
on the
back
surface. This helps to solve confusion that can happen
after
similar pairs of tires are removed from the original packaging.
Caveat
- The toughness of the
rubber that makes these tires friendly to install
also makes the rubber
difficult to sand using ordinary sand paper methods.
To
grind these tires - glue the tires to the rims (Permatex 65A recommended)
and
spin the axle / wheel / tire assembly in a lathe (preferably) using a counter
rotating
high speed grinding stone mounted in a die grinder or Dremel flex shaft.
Currently
Available Indy Grips "Super Tire" Product Offerings :
New
Releases / Applications Highlighted
IG1001
- Scalextric Older F1, F-3000 & Older Indy Car
IG1003
- Scalextric NASCAR Inline or Sidewinder
IG1005
- Scalextric VW, Older TVR & Older Mercedes CLK
IG1006
- Scalextric Lotus 7 Caterham
IG1007
- Scalextric Cadillac Northstar LMP / MG Lola / New TVR / Ford GT /
Nissan Skyline
IG1008
- Scalextric F-1 2002+ & IRL (Indy Racing League)
IG1009
- Scalextric Corvette L88 / Trans-Am Camaro / Camaro SS350
IG1010
- Scalextric Ford GT40
IG1011
- Scalextric Opel Vectra GTS V8 DTM / Subaru / Mitsubishi / Mercedes DTM /
Ford Focus / Maserati Cambiocorsa Coupe,
Carrera 350Z "Fast &
Furious"
IG1012
- Scalextric Mini Cooper
IG1013
- Scalextric Opal V8 Coupe / Porsche 911 GT3R / Honda NSX JGTC /
Toyota
Supra JGTC / Nissan 350Z JGTC
IG1014
- Scalextric Lister Storm LMP 900
IG1015
- Scalextric Audi TT / Porsche Boxter
IG1016
- Scalextric Trans-Am Mustang / Boss 302 Mustang / Gran Torino
IG1017
- Scalextric Maserati / Vanwall / Ferrari "Shark Nose" Vintage F1,
Cooper
Climax Vintage F1 (glue on)
IG1018
- Scalextric Nissan 350Z "Drifter", Škoda Fabia WRC 4WD (fronts or rears),
Peugeot 307 WRC 4WD (fronts or rears)
IG1303
- Monogram Cobra Daytona Coupe
IG1304
- Monogram Corvette Grand Sport
IG1305
- Monogram Greenwood Corvette
IG1308
- Monogram March 83G
IG2001
- Ninco Standard (Touring / Rally & GT Cars)
IG2002
- Ninco Classics (Ferrari Barchetta & Testa Rosa, Jag XK120,
Porsche Speedster, Austin
Healey, '56 Corvette)
IG2003
- Ninco Formula 1
IG2005
- Ninco Go Cart
IG2006
- Scalextric Batman Begins "Tumbler" (2 pairs required), Ninco Mitsubishi
Pajero, Ranger Pro Truck & BMW X-5
IG2007
- Ninco Mini Cooper & Renault Clio
IG2008
- Ninco VW Golf, Porsche 911 GT3R
IG2009
- Ninco AC Cobra
IG2010
- Ninco Porsche 934 (Non "ProRace") / Porsche 911 Turbo
IG2011
- Ninco BMW M3 Anglewinder & Porsche 934 "ProRace"
IG2082
- SCX Chaparral 2E & Ford GT40
IG2083
- MRRC Chaparral / Cobra
IG2085
- Lola Ford, Lola Toyota & Reynard Ford CART (Championship Auto Racing Team)
Cars
IG2086
- Slot.It Audi R8C / Porsche 956/962 / Sauber Mercedes
C9 / Jaguar XJR9
SCX NASCAR & SRS2 Chassis (Standard O.D.)
IG2201
- Racer Ferrari 412P, 330 P4
IG2301
- Vanquish MG McLaren / Lola / Shadow Can AM
IG3001
- Fly Viper & Panoz
IG3002
- Fly Marcos / Joest Porsche WSC / Venturi / Lister / Saleen / Corvette / BMW M3 GTR /
Fly
Porsche 911 GT1 Evo,
Ninco Porsche GT1, Mercedes CLK, Callaway Corvette,
McLaren F1 GTR &
BMW V12, Honda NSX, Toyota Supra, Audi TT-R, Mosler MT900, Renault Megane Trophy
IG3003
- Fly Classics - Porsche 908 / GT1 / 917, Lola T70 & Ferrari 512, GB
Track Chevron, Spirit Lola / Ferrari 512
IG3004
- Fly Capri / Lancia, GB Track Lancia
IG3005
- Fly GB Track Racing Trucks
IG3006
- Fly Porsche 917/10 Turbo (alt. For Fly Classics IG3003)
IG3007
- Fly Ford GT40 Mark I / Ferrari 365 GTB/4
IG3008
- Fly BMW 3.5 CSL, Porsche 934 (trim back edge drivers side),
BMW M1 (trim back
edge passenger side)
IG3009
- Fly Ford GT40 Mark II, Porsche Carrera 6
IG3010
- Fly "Racing" Lola B98/10, "Racing" Porsche GT1,
"Racing" Capri
IG3011
- Fly Viper GTS-R (Newer Version)
IG3100
- TSRF 1/32 RTR or Chassis Kit, Spirit Lola B2K/10 / Ferrari 512 / Reynard 2KQ
IG3101
- TSRF 1/24 or Chassis Kit
IG3201
- Spirit Reynard 2KQ Sport, Oreca Dallara, Dallara Sport
IG4003
- SCX NASCAR & SRS2 Chassis Cars (Oversize),
Pro Slot GT2 Porsche & GT3 with BBS
wheels
IG4005
- SCX Ferrari 333SP / Audi R8 / Cadillac LMP
IG4006
- SCX Minardi / Williams / McLaren / Arrows F1
IG4008
- SCX Opal Astra V8, Carrera Mercedes C-Klasse & Audi A4 DTM
IG4009
- Slot.it Nissan R390, SCX Audi TT-R / Peugeot 206 / Citroen Xsara /
Hyundai Accent / Mitsubishi Lancer, Fly Alfa Romeo 156 GTA
IG4010
- Scalextric Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, SCX Dome Judd
IG4101
- Artin Porsche & Mercedes DTM, Ninco Subaru 4WD WRC (fronts & rears)
IG4102
- Artin NASCAR
IG4103
- Artin Lamborghini, Lola, Saleen
IG4201
- Auto Art Mitsubishi / Subaru WRC
IG4202
- Auto Art Lamborghini Murciélago / Lamborghini Gallardo (rears) (4WD)
IG4203
- Auto Art Lamborghini Murciélago / Lamborghini Gallardo (fronts) (4WD)
IG4500
- HSRR McLaren M8D
IG5006
- MRRC Toyota Celica
IG6001
- Pro Slot Formula 1
IG6002
- Pro Slot Toyota GT1, Alpha 156, Ferrari F360 Modena, Porsche 911 GT3 w/ 5 spoke white wheels
IG6003
- Policar (Pro Slot) Cooper, BRM, Ferrari, ATS, Lotus Vintage F-1
IG7001
- Carrera Hemi Cuda
IG7002
- Carrera Mercedes 300 SLR, Aston Martin DB3
IG7003
- Carrera Audi R8R / BMW V12 / Bentley / Cadillac LMP/ Panoz Roadster, Proteus Pregunta / Lamborghini
IG7004
- Carrera Williams / McLaren / Toyota / Sauber F1
IG7005
- Carrera Ferrari 166/212, Corvette Sting Ray, '69 Camaro, Maserati A6GCS,
Aston
Martin Vanquish, Aston Martin DB5, Ford Mustang, '56 TBird & Pontiac GTO / Cartrix Mercedes W-196
IG7006
- Carrera D Jaguar
IG7007
- Carrera Cuda Custom & GTO with flames
IG7009
- Carrera Roadrunner / Superbird / Charger / Daytona / '73 Camaro SCCA SS396
IG7010
- Carrera Ferrari Enzo / Maserati MC12 /
Camaro Super Stocker / GTO Bracket Racer
IG7011
- Carrera Porsche Carrera 6
IG7012
- Carrera Torino Talladega
IG7013
- Carrera Subaru WRC
IG7014
- Carrera Ferrari 512
IG7015
- Carrera 1/24 Exclusive Ferrari 330 P4
One
thing to notice here - all the new compound "super tires" will be marketed
with the
"IG"
series of part numbers and the older style hand poured tires will be
sold
with "PMTR" numbers associated with them by Professor Motor.
For
a cross reference between the two part number systems,
click
on one of these links : HTML
or PDF
(file formats)
For
tires that fit BWA Rims please check here : link
For
tires that fit Slot.it Rims please check here : link
For
tires that fit Racer Rims please check here : link
Comments
& input are welcome - please contact Professor
Motor
if questions or feedback