HPI Pro4 One-way Gear Brace (Aluminum/Purple)

[StevePond]

New for the Pro 4 electric touring car from HPI Racing is a One-way Gear Brace for the #75140 Front One-Way Differential. The purple anodized machined aluminum brace adds support for the 39T bevel gear, providing extra durability that helps protect the drivertrain from crash damage.

#75190 One-way Gear Brace (Aluminum/Purple) $10.00

http://www.rccaraction.com/pics/hpi/p75190.jpg

[TRF Drive Hard]

Why not make a carbon brace instead? who's gonna see the purple? :p

[HauntedMyst]

Must you nay say everything? :D

[TRF Drive Hard]

Yes i must! im lookin out for Jason whom you know has a pro 4... :D

[TRF Drive Hard]

First off, they should have made that piece integral to the kit already... why bother making it an addition? the tamiya kits such as the evo3 come with such a brace for their one-way units... to me thats a perfect 10 bucks useless added to the car...

[KTRTS]

The brace on that picture looks scratched quite badly... :confused:

[DaFF]

http://www.hpiracing.co.jp/contents/scu3_diary/scu3_diary/59_1.jpg

There is as well a new 1.1 version of the gears. I guess it will be implemented on all kits...

Watch the new gears on left side against the old on right side:

http://www.rctech.net/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=944278

http://www.rctech.net/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=944285

DFF

[DrDiff]

Hmm... Seems that HPI can't get out of its rut. Design something new, rush it out to get market share back and then use the wrong plastics. I have heard this song from HPI before. NO THANKS!

Good to see some familiar names from the past though!

[Frank McKinney]

First off, they should have made that piece integral to the kit already... why bother making it an addition? the tamiya kits such as the evo3 come with such a brace for their one-way units... to me thats a perfect 10 bucks useless added to the car...
IIRC the brace and new version gears are included in the latest runs of Pro 4 kits.

[DaFF]

Yes, good to see Dr Diff and Franck are still here and alive !

I am sure some remember me as being the old HPI truck forum moderator ( Nitro MT was HPI latest car )

Since then, I had a Savage and now a Brushless Pro 4...

Cheers !

DFF

[TRF Drive Hard]

Well my friend ditched the pro 4...

[Frank McKinney]

Hi DFF, good to 'see' you again :D

TRF - your friend could have waited a little longer before selling his car, but oh well.

[TRF Drive Hard]

Well he didnt feel the need to spend more money to fix it... its his first high-end racing kit... with the money spent he could have saved a bit more... had he not got the pro4 he would have gotten the 415 instead...