danketchpel

I'm addicted to Nitro and have been drifting my AE NTC3 and I'm wondering if anybody else is drifting their Nitro cars?

Post up what you're drifting and how you've modded it to drift better.

Doonagoowin

I am.

I've only got stock GReddy RS4 Evo+ with ABS.
The only major modification on it are the plastic shock things. I put in the medium sized ones to make it really stiff.

Any hop-ups/mods for you?

Fatalety

I do too

well did before i messed up my Kyosho Fw-05t+'s engine[sm=angry_smile.gif]

Doonagoowin

Haha working to save up for a new one?

Fatalety

Yes but i got my eye on this engine on http://www.hpiracing.com/kitinfo/10071/ the Nitro star 3.0 or something like that

Fatalety

Or just trade my AE NTC3 for the car ^

Doonagoowin

Ooh, I've got that engine... The only downside is the gasket. The stock ones are horrible.
Plus, I've heard that they are quickly going out of style and the round plastic gaskets are becoming more popular.
However, if you do decide on getting one, try buying some Associated gaskets. That way, you won't have to keep running to the hobby shop

Car-Tune

My 9yr old son loves to drift with his Stage-D kit on the RS4 18ss, look at the pics on my file.

Doonagoowin

How much is it like 200 bucks?

NitroTherapist

The kit to convert your existing RS4 into a Stage-D is 200 bux. an RS4 3 Drift is 300 bux.

Doonagoowin

Wow, it would just be a better idea to grab a whole nother car.
What does that even do?
By moving the stuff around on the car and adding weights where needed, you would effectively balance out the car, no need for the kit.

danketchpel

That's the direction I'm headed. I've been messing with the chassis setup (mostly shocks, stiffening the front) to alter the handling for drifting. I'm running the HPI treaded drift tires/wheels. I've got the higher speed drifting characteristics where I want it but I need to work on the very low speed aspect. I think I need to mess with the overall balance, probably moving/adding more weight to the front, not sure. I'm going to hit the local on-road track tomorrow and muck around with as much as I can to get it where I want. I need to find a place with a slicker surface such as very smooth concrete like that used in some parking garages etc.

What chassis mods have most of you found to work best?

I've also lowered the gearing to make it the most responsive at low speeds.

Motox_3

Im drifting my revo im using the stock rims with pvc pipe drifts like hell

rotor head33

i use a street force gp 2 with custom rear exhaust and abs some times type t's or a's

Car-Tune

When you dont get a real drifting kit your car will move realy slow, Ive seen videos of people putting on pvc pipe on the tires and the tires spin too much. If you use some hard ruber tires with the sage d kit you will drift like the real thing, with speed and style. Look at the video that hpi has on their site...

http://hpiracing.com/videoplayer/3/


that is what I have and it drifts like a CHAMP!!

nighttalk

me me
i have a kyosho v one s ...with skyline GTR body
have that car for like 6 years.
all stock...stock shock...stock engine....
well...i did put 2 speed there...but u dunt need that for drifting

now i am using pvc tires to do the drifting...
so much fun with it...
only drift twice...but no so bad..haha

but gota be careful with the engine temp...
cuz not much air moving around ur engine...
temp got pretty high...gota richen ur hsn

rotor head33

dont use pvc that kills engine abs allows bite and moves the car without all the spin

danketchpel

I'm running the HPI rubber drift tires and they do work well. I like the combination of traction and slip.

What does the stage D kit consist of? I know it won't apply to my NTC3 but I'm curious to know what they change. I'm still playing with overall chassis balance on my car changing shock settings and adding weights in different places.

That video is good, they've got that car dialed in very well. I've got my car so it will drift at speed very well but I'm having a harder time with the slower/tighter stuff. I think Nitro drifting just needs more space/larger track then electric. I think that's the case with Nitro period. Our local track is just too small to be fun. Running on foams, I hit second gear about 75% of the way down the main straight and that's with really short gearing. I can never use the potential of either of my cars on that track.

I tried some drifting on our local on-road track and it was OK, a bit tight in the corners to allow for nice broad drifts. It's not the ideal size. I later went to a larger parking lot was able to do some really excellent drifting. I'd like to find a parking garage with that slippery concrete to try out. I need to get some small cones to setup a course in a suitably sized area.

cmerritt

another MT drifter i didn't think there were any others. how does your revo do??
im using the black PVC pipe.

Motox_3

the Revo Does fine it drifts well anuff for me and i have the same pipe white pvc gets dirty 2 fast

NitroTherapist

danketchpel, The stage-D kit includes a new chassis plate to mount the engine near the center of the car, a special header, drift tires with rims, an alloy servo mount, a carbon-fiber upperdeck, and other goodies.

The whole idea is to shift all the weight of the car to the center so its "balanced"

danketchpel

LOL, I was thinking of trying a set of tires like that on my T-Maxx!

I still might do it........

Are you running stiffer springs or just your standard off-road setup?

I was thinking to slam it down as far as I could and put on some stiff springs.

cmerritt

ya im using stiffer springs. now im running low rider springs and lowest shock positions. it drifts very well.

danketchpel

I can understand how it would work better with the motor & tranny close to the center. I see HPI makes a point of saying "most of the weight on the front tires just like full-size drift machines, the rear of the car smoothly rotates around corners for proper drift precision". The NTC3 has the motor way at the back which is not helping me with the balance or polar moment issues.

I wish it was easier to get drift tires in different compounds so you could play with the grip balance easier. I think I still need more grip in the front vs the rear. I was actually thinking to try the rubber HPI X pattern tires in the front and drift tires in the rear but I think the difference might be too much. At least it's easy to try.

eXunforgiven

Picking up a Nitro RS4 3 Drifter later today! Impulse Buy! Im actually exited about this one.