is the TB02R a good drift car, or does the parts like the TRF Damper Special make it harder for drifting?

TB-02 R will do fine...
With the TRF-Shocks, just get some Medium soft 35-40 Weight Oil and Some Soft Springs and all will be good
They will actually help you slide..

thx for the info, beacuse i am planning to upgrade my TB02 with TB02R parts.

Er, well that won't make too much difference. The TB02R parts are all hard to find replacements for. Unless you have a new TB02R kit then you'll struggle to find all the parts.

You need quite a stiff setup for drifting, and usually that lies in the spring. The damper oil makes little difference, because anyone with any sense would just use a different piston ring with less holes in! The medium weight oil you get with Tamiya shock sets is perfect for all applications. You only want soft springs at the front, a stiffer rear end induces slides.

Chris.

C.A.R. , doesn't the stiffness in the suspension required differ if you're running hard rubber or ABS/Yok Rings? I read somewhere that with E-tape, you needed a stiff setup to break traction, but with ABS you needed as soft as possible, to get as much grip as possible.

Yeah with ABs you need to run a really soft suspension. Alsmost all guys startoff with 20W all around, and soft springs (i use tamiya Red soft's), and then you can modify from there.

Lol, teaches me to use 2 forums at the same time. Ignore this lol.

how about stabilizers? becaue right now im using the yellow(medium) ones for both front and rear. Should i switch front to soft(red) and rear to hard(blue)?

Well in drifting stabilizers = nice touch to the chassis. They make little if no difference unless you're going round corners looking for maximum grip on rubber tires.

As for supsnesion settings in relation to tire choice then yes; I can see why a different setup may be needed.

If you run with ABS you get little traction at all; great for a stock car or any car with any type of suspension setup - even really soft.

If you have a different tire - especially the Tamiya drift tires - you'll wnat a stiffer setup; because it is harder to break the traction.

You also have to consider weight distribution on the chassis. I found this with my TA03F, that because I wanted a soft setup (maximum control) the engine and the whole front of the car dragged along the floor. And because I had to make that stiffer to support the weight of the motor, I had to stiffen the rear to counter-balance.

Basically; you always want to have a stiffer setup on the back than on the front, because this helps turn-in.

Chris.

looking for a 52 spur gear and tb-02r parts anybody got some