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**I want a drift car -** 12.27.2008, 01:06 PM

whats a good car to start with?...anyone got one they want to trade for a crt.5 brushless?

lincpimp · 12.27.2008, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bustitup

whats a good car to start with?...anyone got one they want to trade for a crt.5 brushless?

Most any 10th scale electric is a decent platform for drifting. I have a tamiya tt-01 and that is a popular platform for drifting. My best advise would be to see what your lhs carries parts for, and buy that car. Save you downtime when you "kiss" a curb at speed...

hoovhartid · 12.27.2008, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bustitup

whats a good car to start with?...anyone got one they want to trade for a crt.5 brushless?

I use an AE tc4 for drifting. when I go HERE.
There is a GREAT little on road track there. It used to be a roller hockey ring.

already done with the crt.5? what happened?

06:54 PM

i got 2 drifters! but i need to keep em as my girl wants to drive one, sorry man hehehe I have a yokomo LCG kit, and a HPI Pro-D that i just won in the local rc drift series for the year! =) It's pretty big here where i live... but even bigger in socal area i know... assuming ur in the states... drccentral is a good site for the states, or groovydrift - they have some incredible scale bodies that get built there, although alot of bragging and a bit of a 'status' thing going on there - some hidden attitude about who is the best and all that -lol-

Linc is right tho mate, any tc that is 4wd will do the trick nicely =) I started with thew yokomo mr4tc-sd tub and went to the ssg from there and then onto the lcg, so i guess i'm kinda branded as such -lol- It's wierd tho - i have absolutely ZERO local support for the yokomo, but i tend to not find any problems with it - i mean - i havent broken a part for.... well ever really.... i think i broke an arm when it was on the harder rubber nitro drift tyres... and i have lost a few kingpins over time, but other than that - it's been pretty indestructible... drifting isn't quite as high speed as anything else, and is generally easy enough to bail out of anything too bad... this is assuming you arent running the harder compound drift tyres tho - expect breakages if you run them - they can be unpredictable and grip up all of a sudden on you -lol-

Some tips to start with if you end up trading it... these may or may not work for you - i've found some like their cars setup different to others, just like anything really, but at least there's something here for ya if you have any troubles =)

*Lock the rear diff, keep the front firm, but open
*Soften up ur suspension - keep it slightly harder in the rear... personally i have found that raising the car slightly worked well, as i got more weight transfer through corners...
*Front toe-out - Rear toe-in i have mine set to around 2 degrees up front, and 2.5 in the rear on the yokomo... hpi i havent really played with too much yet...
*go get some hpi t-drifts!!!

that's all i can really think of for now... i just woke up -lol-

Sower · 12.29.2008, 11:36 AM

I used a TT-01r. Great for drifting. In fact, I'm putting mine up for sale if you're REALLY looking

Shoot me a PM if you want more info and pics.

Semi Pro · 12.31.2008, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bustitup

whats a good car to start with?...anyone got one they want to trade for a crt.5 brushless?

how nice of a drift car do you want?

i have a ta05 all silver surface grafite with tamiya and 3 racing aluminum

its set up for hardcore drift on rubber tires, one way in the front, spool in the rear