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Looking at some drifters out there whats a good start for a drifter.HPI or that tamiya.I now a little but like to get info before buying.

Thanks

i was going to get an hpi but the the local hobby store said that they were all discontinued and tamiyas are a pain to get parts for.

Get a Traxxas Ken Block or Boss 302.Any of the rallys by traxxas can be used as a drifter.

The Traxxas are great! I have a merv, that can be transformed into any of the 1/16th products. The great thing about the Traxxas rally is its ready to go and having waterproof electrics is hella fun and also lipo ready is another plus.

If your wanting to build a kit the TT01's are a good start as its easy to put together and cheap enough that if you find that your not crazy about drifting it didn't break the bank. IMO it is the licensed scale body's that make the appearance of a drift car worth getting into the Tamiya product, and also the aftermarket support. I am lucky to have a LHS that caters to the on road crowd so sourcing parts is easy for me.

Watch some youtube and figure whats more important to you, all-around performance or a killer looking car that drifts. How much are you going to be willing to spend, with the right budget you can have the best of both. Either car is going to be fun to slide around, but if it is just going to be a drift car I say try the TT01, I have two of them.

I was told be a hobby shop that this HPI Sprint 2 Sport Drift has been around for a long time.and part are not hard to get.I think performance would be first then body.200.00 to start is cool place to start.

i have done drifting for a while having a arange of car i have had
tc3
3 tt01s
tl01
2 sprints
my favorite are the sprint 2 they are cheap and handle great "thumbsup"

2 sprints
my favorite are the sprint 2 they are cheap and handle great "thumbsup"[/QUOTE]

What kind of set up where you runing in it power wish.

What kind of set up where you runing in it power wish.[/QUOTE]

Dude! I got a drifter recently haha I've been working on it

I ordered a 9t brushless ezrun as well as 2s lipos"thumbsup"

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after some work with the 3m vinyl(needs to be touched up)
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one more thing, tamiya's take a long time before they are discontinued. But as for partsm tamiya is only good for the patient online shopper"thumbsup"

i run a novak gtb esc and speed gems motor 13t on my dx3r with stock servo on 2s lipo

IMO traxxas is crap for a drift chassis..

what kind of drifting are you doing? Carpet or outdoor?

I would suggest a Tamiya TT-01 since their chassis is very good, however, HPI Sprint 2 drift with a front motor conversion is very good too. you cant go wrong with either.


I run a Xray 007 T2 for drifting. its a hardcore touring kit, that i used to run, but now is used for drifting. its great for drifting.

I use my Traxxas outside and with drift tires it drifts pretty good.My friends have HPI sprint 2 and they break alot.But everyone has different opinions.

look around for an old TC3 TC4 Traxxas 4-TEC, HPI RS4

anything can be good for a drifter, tires and gearing are what its all about just like in any class of RC

check your local craigslist or ebay for a cheap roller

Yes, but the Traxxas Mini chassis just makes drifting really awkward, due to its motor mount height off the ground, and the Batteries not having a counter-balance. If you compare this to a TC5 or T2, you will notice the battery is on the opposite side of the Motor, ESC, and servo in order to help counter-balance its weight. On the sprint 2, the battery runs perpedicular to the chassis, which helps alot more when balancing the kit.

I said the traxxas 4 tec not the Mini rally revo boss thing. the
4tec is the 1/10 scale on road

i know, but i was just saying, that "anything can be good for a drifter" is not so true.

the 4-tec is an amazing drift chassis though. but costly, unless you wanna drift nitro :mrgreen:

the electric 4tec is good. and I had a HPI RS4 that would drift just using onroad tires lol, yeah kinda bald but did the trick.

Do you feel under power to other dirfters

MRCCRAWLER1.9 sencse you now more then me about drifting what a good set up for power rember Rookie.

no i dont if anything overpowered

I cant say, any setup is usable for drifting IMO. its just all about how well you can drift around corners, and how fast you want to get around a corner.

but i cant say about that novak setup. but at the moment, i run a 3900kv on 2s. IMO its over powered when i haven't drifted in awhile, but then it is completely underpowered once i get about 10mins of running.

So 5700kv motor on a 3cell would be a great start.One more thing there is a Xray 007 T2 on ebay it not to bad on price right now.