belt vs shaft - more of a personal preference, sure there are some pros cons, like belts wear, and stretch, but they don't wear that fast, can't remember the last time I changed one because it wore out, and I put in huge time drifting.

Shafts can vibrate, especially if you have an aluminum one that you may have slightly bent fooling around in the chassis and likewise belts can flex requiring tension adjustment, no biggee there.

Performance between shaft and belt? Some argue about torque steer on shaft (see this article http://www.rcdriftclub.com/home/archives/34) but really the average guy will not notice this, an experienced touring guy with rubber tires with a super fine tuned chassis will be about the only guy to have issue with this as it affects the way the car pulls unevely. A drifter will never notice this as he has very little traction, we are not interested in getting every bit of even grip out of the chassis.

Personally I like a belt because I like the "insulated feel" nice and quiet transfer of power. Shaft is a solid gear to gear connection and produces a little vib and noice, but to many no big deal. One time shaft cars were cheaper price wise, not so much the case today, some are climbing up there like the TB03.

On your list of chassis, I like the TA05 first, then the TB03D (shares parts with TA05) I had one, ran beautiful for me, now you can get carbon fibre main and upper deck, aluminum parts etc...

This is also a really nice true drift chassis to consider, the Street Jam OTA-R31 comes with a body, it has crazy steer angle and many hop ups available. This car quickly becoming a cult classic, huge following in Japan catchin on here, at a recent comp many guys were rockin this chassis.

http://www.rc-race-and-drift-japan.c...oducts_id=2751