Change from touring to drift

[Taylor]

hey if you want to drift can't you essentially get preety much any onroad car and put drift tires on it and it would work???:confused:

[TMAXX JUNKIES]

For the most part yes

[Taylor]

what others parts would you need?

[Fiero_Man_121]

it depends on the car, if its already a solidly built car all you really need is some PVC or fancy pants ABS plastic tires.

[Taylor]

sweet thanks. is the Hpi Sprint 2 drift sport any good im lookin into that. and can someone tell me if it takes tamiya connectors or what?:D

[Fiero_Man_121]

im not big into drifters, i just have a lot of buddies who are, ill ask them, i personaly like the tamiya tt-01D, itsa pretty good outa box drifter, the only problem is that its spur is a pain to get out and its gears strip easy (in comparison to say, an older xl5 rusty or pede) its fun as heck though and fairly cheap, it even comes with low traction (hard) tires that you can drift on.

[OldSchoolRC]

i just modded my new TB02 with drift tires, works pretty good. Needs some tweaking on the set-up though, drift cars work a little differently and the shock set-up from a normal touring car will need an adjustment for better drifting (seems i need to stiffen up the rear a bit, it is still hard to break loose.)

Also, It has ball diffs, and i don't want to lock them. I'd say that the only other mod that would be helpful - especially in the rear. I'm trying to source a gear diff so i can JB weld it.

[Taylor]

ive heard about locking the diffs. some people say that it helps others hate it. it just depends on driving style. some people also lock both i couldn't tell you why but some people have them like that. if you ask me i don't see any gain in having both locked.:p

[OldSchoolRC]

I'm pretty new to drifting myself, so believe me, I'm no expert :)

My car seems to not want to drift very well, it has the standard 'out of the box' set-up and once the rear breaks loose the car always wants to strighten back out as soon as i hit the throttle. Great for normal driving, bad for drift. Going to tighten up the rear shocks and take some of the camber out of the back wheels (running 1.5/2.0 f/r) first and see if that makes a difference before i start monkying with the diffs.

So far it's pretty cool - it's like driving on ice.

[Taylor]

ive heard that 0 camber is extremely good for drifting and thats what most people have it at. but from what it sounds your doing pretty good!;)

[Fiero_Man_121]

you dont need to kill your diff to lock them, if you can find a VERY heavy oil, use that, all youd have to do is wash um out to un lock it.

[OldSchoolRC]

Taylor, some pics of my conversion: http://rcdriver.com/forums/showthread.php?p=29712#post29712

[Philderbeast]

I am using a stock TC-4, with a 17 T trinity cammillion pro 2 motor. Stock tires. I am running 1.5 in the front, stiffened the rear shocks, and running 0 camber in the rear. I adjusted the battery weight towards the rear a little. If I get her on a high traction surface, she drifts like Oldshool was saying. But on a lower traction surface, I am getting 35 mph drifts around a 20-70ish center island. If I were to run drift tires, I would probly have to slow down a bit. With the direct drive setup, and the fast motor and gearing, wheel spin is a sinch. I love this car.