drift settings

[scooby_wrx]

what makes a good drift car, been looking into this and as i understand it soft front end for grip and hard back end for stepping out....apart from that im in the dark

tuned motor or stock 540 ?

drift tyres or pvc rings ?

Gearing/Pinion ?

any help much appreciated

[Madmat]

i hear that brushless motors are good for drifting, but for normal motors i would say a tuned motor with lots of turns so you have plenty of power to break traction, just my 2 cents

[sploader]

You actually don't need a high powered motor in r/c drifting. That's the big appeal if it. you don't need expensive equipment. First and foremost, you need drift tires. Weather it's the ring type, or your own home made ones, either will get the job done. Then you'll probably want to lock the diffs. More importantly is the rear for obvious reasons. Then that's all you really need. A stock motor will allow you to control your drifts a bit better than a high powered one, which just spins you around.

[scooby_wrx]

makes sense....i have a 15D and a 12D and they are both way too powerful, it just spins the car around

[hf integrale]

ive got 3 tamiya drift cars and the only thing i have found is you need a rear ball diff or some very thick grease in the rear gear diff.and if you try a drift set up with a front one way it makes the car change direction better.i use yokomo dr1 drift tyres and a 27 turn pro stock motor and my cars are a tt01.ta03r trf.and a new built ta03fs with every hop up and all 3 work great

[BiggusDitchus]

I use a TB01 with ABS tyres but find only work well on carpet dont give enough grip on tarmac. I use a locked gear diff in the rear and a one way up front. Motor wise have tried many things and find a rebuildable stock is more than enough.

[Garry(2)]

I drifted my TT01 with this old Accord body (http://gazdesigns.fpic.co.uk/c263759.html) for a while, my setup was the kit motor with sellotaped tyres. The only option parts the car had was the alloy blue centre driveshaft and ballraces.

Great fun and long lazy controllable slides............

[scooby_wrx]

thanks guys []