Its belt drive unless you plan to make sure the place you are running is clean (like take a broom and sweep the parking lot) go shaft drive. Cause if a pebble gets knocked up it will snap the belt.
Here are 2 of them for $239
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXBLWF&P=ML
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXBKFJ&P=ML
Could just buy your own body, and paint it for an additional $25, and still have the original one to trash while driving for when it flips.
Also drift cars you don't want BL in from my understanding as it makes them almost impossible to control
Honestly if you like speed I'd just get a Touring car as a drift car won't quench that thirst.
If I was buying another on-road I'd personally get
http://www.ofnawarehouse.com/product...964tdm2j6e0dl5 and buy a brushless setup. Honestly I've almost pulled the trigger on it a few times, but every time I do I think about how little I use my on-road I own due to streets, and parking lots around me being in crap shape.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-e...print-2-a.html few people talk about the jl10e vs the spirit 2 here just note the last post in it was about a year ago
