Helow fellow rc'ers! I played with a buddys super juiced up drifter the other day, & BOOM!, i'm hooked! So, i picked up a well seasoned sprint 2. Needs a few things, esc, rx/tx-the usual. But hey, got it for 30bucks! I know there arealot better & newer machines, but this oughta serve my needs just fine. Anyway, i have a bunch of 3s 11.1v packs i use for my xr10. Have plenty of 2s packs as well. But they're too big. So, what would you recommend for an esc that can handle 3s lipo? Dont wanna stick a goat 3s in it. Just cuz. Also, can i run a suspension setupthat would let me slide well, then when i occasionally wanna run on real tires, will let me do that without completely changing the setup? & pllease spareme the "your car sux cuz its old" stuff. I know that already. Don't care either. It'll be sufficient 4 my needs. Also, want 2 keep cost down as well. Thanks in advance!

no one will tell you your car sucks cos its old. if its a sprint 2 and its not too badly used up, then its a spritn 2. and it does not suck. esecially in drifting. the only thing i do not agree on is using the car for grip and drift. they are very different setups and if it is set up for drift then it will never be nice running it on grip and vice versa. there are a lot of people who tell you all you need to do is slap on some pvc tyres and ur good to go but to going deeper you will need to understand what the car is doing for you to drift precisely and the set up between drift and grip is enormous.  i tried driving grip with my car set up for drift and all it wants to do is spin wildly or understeer. its no fun at all. so if u can find another 30buck car, get it and set up each one for its designed style. as for the stuff it takes. u can find stuff with good reviews that doesnt cost much. on my first car i had<div>
</div><div>motor:http://www.ehirobo.com/shop/product_...oducts_id=9758</div><div>its a very nice motor and ive never had any problems with it till now.</div><div>
</div><div>tx/rx: http://www.r2hobbies.com/eng/proddet...od=rcps2805004</div><div>has all the setting up you will need. not the best setup but it works if u just want to have some fun.</div><div>
</div><div>servo: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=9442</div><div>very fast and reliable. it has never failed and i have two of them on different chassis</div><div>
</div><div>battery: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idProduct=8357</div><div>i know you said you have already but for 19$ might as well get a new one. they even got the roar approval this year</div><div>
</div><div>and tyres:http://www.raikoudrifttires.com/tires.html</div><div>i got myself the triple combo pack the first time. they are all great tyres, just different materials for different terrains. check them out. oh btw, and they last forever!!! lol</div><div>
</div><div>the rest like bodies and rims and so on you can find for cheap on r2hobbies.com. </div>

go with a brushless system..for example EZRun or Hobbywing and stay under 5000Kv...the one suggested by icedude is perfect at 4500Kv. Too much power and all you will do is spin out. I have to agree as well keep one car setup for drifting one for grip...drifting is not just about swapping tires. Sprint 2 is not a bad slider, it's a little butt whippy so it needs a little weight up front to balance it. Sprints are notorious for shredding rear belts because small rocks get jammed in between the rear diff and lower deck... the easy fix is to cut out a piece of the lower deck right under the rear diff so rocks can fall out instead of getting wedge and eating your belt.

I ran a sprint for a while, here is a picture of it...

to be honest my setup is even a bit overpowered sometimes!! u rarely ever use full throttle and on my vdf im using about 40%throttle at max. all it does after that is go bonkers. lol. so yeah. if ur considering in T's (turns) between 9 and 12 should be fine. anything less than 9 is too fast and anything more that 12 is borderline too punchy.

Yup, a common mistake for new drifters, POWER. Power is for grip racing, remember the wheels are spinning and loosing tractions in order to slide but if you spin them at wild rpm's you will loose "all" traction...you want to regain traction to control the car.

You want your motor/esc to smoothy climb up and down the rpm scale so you can "control" your drift and keep your car in the intended line. Many of the videos you see of guys sliding on tight layouts and sliding door to door with another car are all with low powered motors, the slicker the surface (like very polished concrete) the more control you need of your rpm's in order to keep the car in check.

I was running a Mamba Max Pro 5700kv in a VDF on polished concrete...it required a lot of effort to keep it in control...turning down the rpm's on the remote will not give you a smooth throttle curveI replaced it with a Novak Slyder with much lower rpm's and great drag and it was totally night and day, it was so easy to control...it was like totally a different chassis. The 5700kv Mamba Max was great for large asphalt tracks, but this is not what I drift the most...so I needed to tune to the track.

Always remember you need to tune to what you are sliding on...

Thanks folks. I kinda figured grip &amp; drift should be kept seperate. But when ya don't know-better to ask.