ORIGINAL: Casper06
I'm no drift expert by any means but I had no idea you needed a soft suspension setup. Could you explain why that is the preferred route. Thx
When our cars are setup as touring cars they use very sticky tyres and have very high corner speeds.
This means that you need fairly stiff springs fitted otherwise the car just bottoms out.
On drifting we put no where near the amount of forces on the suspension as racing, but we still need our cars to absorb bumps and the car to roll slightly to give us smoother transitions and different camber depending on the load.
So softer springs give much more consistent drifts and really helps through transitions.
ORIGINAL: MaddMatt
Where do you get your drift springs from?
I bought mine from Ebay, just do a search for HPI drift springs.
They do a few different sets, the bigger the N/mm the harder the springs:
#6555 TITANIUM DRIFT SPRING 14x27x1.6mm 7.5coils (Orange/2pcs) 1.6N/mm
#6556 TITANIUM DRIFT SPRING 14x27x1.6mm 7coils (Yellow/2pcs) 1.76N/mm
#6557 TITANIUM DRIFT SPRING 14x27x1.8mm 9coils (Red/2pcs) 1.94N/mm
#6558 TITANIUM DRIFT SPRING 14x27x1.8mm 8.5coils (Green/2pcs) 2.1N/mm
#6559 TITANIUM DRIFT SPRING 14x27x1.8mm 8coils (Blue/2pcs) 2.3N/mm
ORIGINAL: MaddMatt
Do you run the same rate springs front and rear or softer up front or rear?
Nope i tend to run softer springs on the front as when yo accelerate (which you normally are) a lot of the weight shifts to the rear.
Cheers
Mark