People have been asking alot recently of what motors they should Get for Drift.
Well the Answer isn't that easy as there are Hundreds of Motors to choose from and All Will Depend on your Budget, Chassis , Type of Drift You want to do and ESC You Use.

So lets Get a few Simple Basics out of the Road...
1. There is no Ideal Motor for RC Drift..
Each motor has its Strengths and its Weaknesses..
Some offer Awesome Torque with power straight off the line with a sacrifice in top speed..
Some offer pretty poor Acceleration but will hit some impressive speeds for those Broad High Speed drifts..
It is dependant on How Your Car is Set up as to How wel a Motor will perform..
So Using a TT-01 with Stock Gearing and a HPI Sprint 2 with Stock Gearing here is a few Motor Suggestions for those looking to upgrade their Cars.. We will go from Budget to Moderate..
I wont mention Brushless motors due to the fact that most drifters will never be able to afford a Brushless set up and keep their car running., as we all know in Drift, Things always Break or wear out..

So Here is a Quick Run Down... Remember there are Hundreds of Possibilities these are Just a few I have Tried and Tested.

Whilst over the developement of RC Drifting it has been discovered that Motors between 27 Turn and 15x2T are acceptable for the Art of RC Drift..
The Market is Full of those motors marked with Drift" and "Stage-D" You do not have to necessarily buy one that has these labels on them. The Market is Open..
Most Fresh Drifters will have bought a TT-01 with a 27T Johnson Silver can Motor.. These Motors are fine for Drift on Polypipe Tyres and a Smooth Surface.. Its How I started to Drift.. Stock..
I found that with the Silvercan I was able to Master the Art of the Slide with ease and Not worry about Hitting anything to Fast..
Then It came time to Upgrade..
I Upgraded my ESC to a No limit With Reverse so Any motor I chose would be run by the ESC..

My First Budget Motor

LRP GT3 Turbo 19x2T and LRP GT3 17x2T



This is the LRP GT3 Series of Motors..
They Start at a 23x2T Windage to a Low 12x2T
For Drift, The 23Tx2 down to the 17x2T are Great
They offer Replaceable Brushes, Great performance for the Money and look pretty neat too
Down side is they are not rebuildable..
To give you an Idea of Performance, the 19x2T revs out to 25.300rpm with the 17x2T Revs to 28.100rpm.
The 17x2T some HPI Sprint2 owners wil recognise as it is the Same Motor HPI use in the RTR Version of the Sprint 2.


Mid Spec
My Friends and I Started a RC Drift Team in our Area and we travelled to several other small Drift Clubs to offer our selves as competition, so they didnt have to drift against members of there own club..
We Wanted to Have a Set Setup in order to keep parts and Costs Down we all had the same Setup.
It was Decided that the HPI Sprint 2 was the Way to go as it offered a low cost Easy to race and Drift chassis.
But we Needed a Motor in order to accomplish both Tasks.
Enter the Tamiya RZ and TZ.

TZ Super Stock
23 turn motor
Usable voltage: 7.2V
R.P.M. at best efficiency: 26,500rpm (7.2V)
Torque at best efficiency: 500g-cm (7.2V)

The TZ offered Torque Straight off the Line.. It was a Great Motor for track Drift.. It offered Plenty of Punch out of the Corners with its Torque Curve set down nice and low and enough Speed to get ahead of your opponent down the Main Straight to take the Final Corner for the win..
In a Drag Race, with Two Identical Cars on Polypipe Tyres, the TZ was good enough to Launch Harder and Stay ahead of a Car powered by a Reputable 17x2T motor..Remembering, the TZ is a 23T motor and is Well built.


RZ
23 turn motor
Usable voltage: 7.2V
R.P.M. at best efficiency: 27,500rpm (7.2V)
Torque at best efficiency: 500g-cm (7.2V)
The RZ, Although the same windage as the TZ offers Torque Higher in its Rev Range and although , 1000RPM is hardly anything the Difference is Huge..
The RZ is all about Speed..
While its Not as Quick off the line as the TZ it Beats the TZ in Top End speed. The RZ offers Punch and High Speed for those Broad High speed Slides with enough Torque for Technical Drift and is Ultra responsive.
In testing the RZ. We had Two Identical Cars.. One with a 16x2T Atlas motor and the Other with the RZ.
On Launch the RZ was Able to Get a full car Length on Take off and Ended up with a full Two car Lead in the End...

Upper End Budget
We Had one Goal in mind..
20-30Ft Slides and as Fast as Possible..
Motor Of Choice: Team Orion Method R 15x2T


Team Orion Method R 15x2T
Features

Angled "V" brush orientation
Cylindrical brushes
Intelligent anti-vibration spring system
Low resistance brush control hoods
Pre-installed capacitors
Dual ball bearings
Adjustable timing
Max RPM: 31,635

The Method R's Performance in a HPI Sprint 2 is nothing Short of Incredible..
Even on Polypipe Tyres it had enough speed to pass a TT-01 on Rubbers with a Tamiya Sports Tuned.
For High Speed Slides with Responsiveness this motor is the Key.
Its Performance on HPI X Radial Tyres was Mind blowingly quick from Launch to Max Running..
The Adjustable timing allowed us to use this motor for both drift and race.. Advance the Can for Top end, retard for More Torque.

This is the Team Orion 15T in a Drift Race.. (The Black Doriftang is mine)

Doriftang = Black Mustang I use for Drift
The Other People Featured in this Vid come from another Club when We Held a Free- Style meet in Wollongong, NSW Australia.
http://media.putfile.com/bezerklymeet01
Last off the Line But Watch for the Broad Drift on the Return home..

Dont forget the p2k2, or the c027. i know plenty of guys who run them.

Great write up.

As I said there Are HUNDREDs of Motors..
The ones I have Used are to help those who are looking for Motors that do the Dorifto and want to feel assured that they have been reviewed by someone who drifts and not some Hobby store who gets paid to review and push a product.

wow magnat thats helped me a lot and I knew a lil somethin bout motors, but Im goin towards a playmate chassis for my tt01 so the motor thang is on hold

magnat for admin!!!!!!!

Nice post about motors.

Now I know why my car doesn't move,








no motor.....

lol


Either that or Your Pinion isnt Tight enough, ESC is Blown or Like most of us.... still waiting for Batteries to charge

someone should sticky this. magnat you should really be put up for mod status. your contributions to the forum are very much appreciated.

Sticky dat



4 sure

i was looking up these motors as i read threw your post. the rz and tz ran about $35. The method r 13 and 17 are $20. Just wondering how big of a difference is there to make the 15 so much more than its close counterparts.


edited - i listed the the price for 13 and 17 because i couldn't find the 15

why is this not stickied well to the top with it

wats da diff between brushed n brushless motors????

what about brushless?

great post, will save alot of space on the forum..