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Old 06-19-2007 | 12:05 AM
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Default Drifting with Locked Diff in a TC4 (It was okay)

Okay,
So I followed the hype about tightening/locking the Diff to make better drifts.

My current setup is pretty stock, with a few shock adjustments.

Initially, I was like wow, I can snap the rear end out pretty well, especially at lower speeds it made it that much easier to snap out, but then after several minutes I quickly realized that holding a faster drift was a little bit harder as the car slowed down quicker and would almost come to a stop in the middle of the drift.. Okay, well not a stop but you know it would just do one of those 360's which is annoying.

I have to spacers (1 thick, 1 thin) in the rear shocks, and the front shocks I adjusted the rebound rate, I moved them in 2 holes to keep it hard up front also.

What I drifted with the above setup with an open diff I could hold a drift much longer at speeds, but now with the locked diff, it almost prefers to drift very slowly.


PRO: I can drive very slowly
Con: Holding longer drift is a little hard and the Diff made a buzzing noise that I'm not really comfortable with.

I will try to play with some of the shock settings to see if I can change it a wee bit, but so far I'm not a BIG fan of it, It was cool, but I still prefer the open diff setup.

What are some of your experiences with a TC4 drifting with locked / tightened Diffs?