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Old 01-23-2013 | 04:09 PM
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Slobalt7
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Originally Posted by Marv
[COLOR="Blue"]It may or may not work for drifting -

I don't know how precise a chassis has to be tuned to go sideways on purpose.
Believe it or not out of the box it was pretty good for drift(of course with drift tires), with the open rear diff and stock camber settings it is still prone to understeer and refuses to initiate a drift near top speed(even when trying to do a "brake drift", a bit of tuning camber and toe and it is very predictable and can initiate closer to top speed but a locked rear diff will most likely seal the deal. As soon as I got done with my first "drift session" I cambered the front in ~4* the rear ~6.5, relocated the suspension mounting points to " high grip surface" settings that are in the manual, made sure toe was at 0, and waited for a few more minutes for the battery to charge. Took it back out and it slides much better aside from high speed. Low speed it is a little squirrely but no more than your average lightly countersteered car. Decent steering angle stock... Overall it is a good slideway chassis. The last drift meet I went to there were atleast 5-7 other sprint 2 owners(out of maybe 20 of us), most of them stock aside from bodies, batteries, and tires. Soon I plan on locking the diff because it should take care of the "brake drift" issues but otherwise it is a great platform.
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