Drifting around the parking lot is easy.
But drifting on the track is a totally different animal.
Also Making it look good is even harder.
1. No Just Slapping drift tires on ur car will not make a drift car.
-Reason it will handle like *Bleep*
-You weight transfer is wrong from a race setup
-You want a controlled slide not bunch of donuts
2. PVC = SLOOOOOW Drift, Type T HPI Drifts = Slow, Type A HPI = More realistic drifts, Type D = Speed Drifts
-Different Tires are used on different Surfaces.
-Depending on what the rest of the people run, u wanna match them so u can have some dual drifts going on (Easier said than done)
3. Instead wanting to have ur rear dig in, u want the front to dig in.
-No you dont want Stiff springs all around
-Try Soft front and, Medium Rear
4. 2 types of drifts
-Weight shift Smooth throttle (More elegant)
-Power to the tires to break them loose (Very agressive looking)
5. Dont do the nitro jank trigger drift.
-Smooth trigger pull right at the edge of more power and use ur weight to break it loose.
-once loose Maintain the throttle right at the edge, if you about to get traction feed it lil more throttle.
-If using ur weight its alot easier to chain ur drifts
6. Not all cars need Locked rear diff.
-Using a Team Magic E4FS/RS u can get away with tight rear diff.
-Some cars need a locked diff like TC4 or TC3.
-Depending on ur car and setup if locked diff is needed.
7. Motor wise 4.5t is over kill for this application.
-You kind of want to have ur whole throttle play.
-Unless you able to gear that motor way down.
-Drifters normally stay in the 5000kv ish range.
-You want ur torque to be on ur midband and top end.
-Personally using a 8.5 or 10.5
-Reason for slower motors is you loose ur throttle controll at midrange rpm,
its harder to get ur right RPM with a hotter motor, its like trying to stop a Formula 1 car from shifting when you reving.
8. Eletronics your ESC should be just fine, i used to use that one.
-Though keep an eye out on over heating.
-Since you free spinning alot keep an eye out on ur temps.
Go out there with an open mind, dont even think its easy. Alot of decent racers thought that it was easy, some just gave up some endured the learning curve and now relax drifting with us. You will see if you drift around a track. Its not about speed its really about grace and elegance. Have fun PM if you have problems...
Last edited by iPearl; 10-02-2010 at 07:28 PM.