Same can be said about Nitro's. For drifting, Electric is better because the torque is there on demand. With nitro you have to pretty much stay in a certain RPM range, To keep the torque up, To break traction.

About the runtime situation.. Your running outta 1 pack, While your buddy waisted a certain percent of his fuel. Your battery is rechargable, And will last MUCH MUCH longer then a gallon of nitro. If you wanna be able to play all day, Consider 2-3 x 3300 - 4800 NIMH battery's, as well as a GOOD peak charger. I dont know what kinda charger you have, But i could charge 5-7 battery's, in 4-6 hours. My 3000 nimh takes aprox 45 minutes, And it's peaked. Few minutes to chill, And it's ready to run. While im running, I can have another battery on the charger, getting ready. You can get chargers that will charge 2 pack's at a time as well.

Nitro you have to tune as well. Which for me, Takes all the fun outta the game with an old worn out engine.

With elec, It's charge, plug, Play, And spray. Keeps the neighbors happy as well.

ok since nobody has figured it out yet, all you have to do is put a set of rims on your car without tires

are you an idiot?...that will last you about 10 seconds and cost you 40$ to replace with another set, plus would look totally stupid and would handle like crap....nice try though

When the abs gets worn out, how do you take it off the rim

If you didn't glue them on, they'll just slip off. Otherwise, just scour the hell out of it with a knife until it snaps.

haha that was classic

I know how to get the pvc onto the rims but how do you get it of later when they wear out?

never mind i didnt read the above answer for that, i just read the begining of the forum.

how to make good abs drift tyres, refer to the link
http://www.drccentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3980

but just wondering, i have never heard of the abs ever b4 in australia...

i feelbad for you like J D said "practice makes perfest[sm=lol.gif]

I made y own Abs Tires too
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check out my "how to make"

Spanish tutorial :
http://www.drift-rc.com/index.php?in...ry_view&iden=1

French tutorial :
http://www.rcdrift-fr.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=794

(sorry no english one)

i think i got a sucky miter box, my hack saw cut right into the miter box, i think the problem was the pipe was taller then the box, i think i might just go to homedepot and rent a compound miter elctrical saw for 30 bucks and cut up my 5 ft 2 inch ABS into a bunch of drift tires, so i wont have to deal with cutting poly pipe, not sure might try to find a taller miter box first

LOL let it charge for 4-6 hours? you must be usin a crap charger cause my batteries only take bout 30 mins to charge up...

just asking..does putting electric tape around the rim the best way to make pvc tires snug when it is inserted? xD

I tryed that, but tape seems to difficult to push under the pvc/abs when installing the tire and never gets tight enough.

If your pvc/abs tire is a tiny bit larger then the rim, or is snug but still tends to slip off during use, try some silicone! You can dab a few globs, or paste the hole inner side of the rim and then slip your pvc tire on. Now place it face up on a piece of wax paper so the excess silicone wont stick to anything and try and free hand it straight as you can. Then I have an axle stub mounted on my drill so that now I have a generic laith to true the surface and sidewalls for balance and looks. Holding the drill is another story, lol. If you clamp the drill into a vice, use impact foam or wood and hollow out where the drill body will sit so you dont crush the drill.

I did however use vinyl tape on the outside of my rubber tires for my nitro drifter and they lasted a nice while, you need to make sure the tape end is pointing forward so the spinning action doenst rip it off in 2 seconds, lol. And my tape was as wide as the tire, bout 1 1/2" wide so it might have been special. I got it from a body shop supply store, its used for covering things that you dont want damaged if your sandblasting a window frame or whatever...

im gonna put pvc on my rc10gt rims, will they fit it stock? or will i need to machine it? its a 2.2" rim.

I got some PVC tires today in the mail that are so snug I wonder if I even need to glue them

Ok here is my issue I made up some drift tires out of PVCand cannot get any traction what so ever to take off. My car will only move slow to build up speed. So I went today and bought some ABS and will make them tonight. Will this solve the problem? Or is there something else I need to do to get better traction from the stopped position. I just got the O.S. .18 and I really want to drift this baby with some decent speed

silly thought

what about sticking rubber bands over the tyres or something? glued on? just a stupid thought i had

they would be just as grippy as rubber tyres lol.

not if it only had one thin rubber band, less surface area? i don't mean cover the whole tyre lol

it would just squish down and the normal tyre woould hit the ground

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LOL let it charge for 4-6 hours? you must be usin a crap charger cause my batteries only take bout 30 mins to charge up...

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and how much did you pay for the batteries and charger? having the capability to tuning and tweaking an engine is what keep me interested in this hobby, i'd have to go and throw away money to get more performance out of the initial electric set up where as with nitro it's a simple turn on the needles with may only cost me a second or two. it seems like a better deal to me.

LOL let it charge for 4-6 hours? you must be usin a crap charger cause my batteries only take bout 30 mins to charge up...

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and how much did you pay for the batteries and charger? having the capability to tuning and tweaking an engine is what keep me interested in this hobby, i'd have to go and throw away money to get more performance out of the initial electric set up where as with nitro it's a simple turn on the needles with may only cost me a second or two. it seems like a better deal to me.
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i belive this is a drift tyre thread not a ep vs gp battle

hey don't gripe at me i didn't start this.