to drift your RC you need a basic setup for drifting, just slapping tape on your touring car will not make it a drifter. First you want a tire that will give you the right amount of slip and grip and you need a motor with very good throttle control. You should be able to "smoothly" accelerate, if you are tuned right you should be able to creep your car very slowly forward without it jerking nervously like it wants to take off. Most guys who are new to drifting have killer motors with massive punch of the line, that's fine for touring but a major no no for drifting. A punchy powerful motor is a recipe for donuts (spin outs) especially if you are new to drifting. Not that you can't drift with power, it's just harder to control for new guys.
Get rid of the "poor man's drift tire" the tape on tires. Get decent tires, even ABS which is the hardest and slips the most will give you enough grip for forward momentum, if you can't get your car going forward without a spinout you most likely you have a drive line problem, check that all wheels have even power on throttle, if one wheel has no power to it will cause the automatic spin out. Give your car throttle and check each wheel one at a time by trying to hold it while it's spinning. If one wheel can be held from spininng check your cvd pins, or outdrives also check your diff pressure settings if its a ball diff, tighten up or lock your rear diff. If its a spyder diff (with gears inside like an HPI diff) check for broken gears.
If you want a good tire that will last long go to
www.raikoudrifttires.com and get a set of DXPE they slide really smooth and have good grip where needed and tone down your throttle on your radio and start with a small figure eight layout.
Here is a video of some guys that where new to drifting, after some basic tuning and the right tire and good layout and with some pointers from raikou guys they were sliding really nice pretty quick and with a lot of practice these guys got really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CH1Qzqsr0s