BodyTuner

I am buying MCD car very soon.I want onroad car, so i wanted MCD Rally, but now I see that MCD will make Drift chassis. And maybe I would like to buy that and not the rally. Does anyone have any info about that drift car. Is it same as rally, or other chassis? Are there any pictures of it? When will it be in stock for sale?

I Trust Tyler

If they're making a drift car, that means were gonna see drift car bodies....its gonna be hard for me not to get one. [8D]

BodyTuner

Yes I read also that next year they will relise some new drift bodys.

PAPE

where can I see the drift info at?

PAPE

looked all over the internet about a MCD drift car and I dint find anything

dgav407

The only source of info at the moment is on the King Cobra Racing (the UK Importer/Distributor) website. See http://www.kingcobra.co.uk/news/newsitem.php?id=607 and http://www.kingcobra.co.uk/news/newsitem.php?id=606

The new car is probably based on the blackline chassis to keep the cost down (it is £300.00 cheaper than the rally car). This means plastic friction shocks, no roll-bar and no diffs.

PAPE

thanks for the info

BodyTuner

So what do you suggest? Buy MCD rally now or wait for this drift version?

cyclops1970

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the diffs and shocks alone are a good upgrade that you'll want

dgav407

I have just spoken to King Cobra (actually someone in their retail shop) and they were petty vague on the final specification of the new car. They did say that MCD no longer make the blackline chassis, only the current proline chassis. However, the new car will have a lower specification than the rally car.

Foxy

Logical really, since the ideal RC drift car is 4wd, has no diffs and doesn't really need oil damping. It's amn interesting decision they are asking purchasers to make. Whilst the car may make a good drifter, in this configuration it would be neither cheap nor easy to use it successfully for anything else.

bribeguy

1/5 scale drift would be awsome, but I can only imagine the carnage it could create untill you learned to really handle the car. I can just picture a 30lb MCD sliding sidways across a parking lot at 20mph straight into a concrete curb!

Ouch!

I want one.............lol.................

dgav407

Bribeguy

Check out this video from the 2006 MCD 24 hour race for some serious sideways action:

Low quality (50MB) http://www.rc-xtreme.de/goodies/gale...4mcd_small.wmv
High Quality (121MB) http://www.rc-xtreme.de/goodies/gale...deos/24mcd.wmv

You don't need a large space to get the rally car drifting perflectly and don't worry about hitting a concrete curb - the rally cars will take anything you throw at them. Unless you are really unlucky the worst damage will be a split plastic rose joint and very occasionally a bent shock shaft.

Although it does not produce the fastest lap times, I find myself drifting the car round my local track even during a race! The car can be driven in the same way as a normal 2WD largescale car - slow in and fast out of the corners (turns) but it is just not as much fun.

Clive

TooSlow2Care

awesome video Clive !!!!!!!!!!!!! i love these cars. can't wait to get one and mod it... a little. i'm used to altering small scale - 1/24, 1/10 on and off-road stuff. i can't imagine what i could do with the space available in a 1/5. CF molded shells, CNC suspension... yeah the usual stuff.

Brian

T I G

That is an awesome video Clive. Love the sideways action. MCD makes some bad-a** cars.

Brian, a local guy.
Whats up man. Love the saying, thats great.

RC_chaos

I have an MCD Rally car and it will drift on command as long as you have the "white spot" tires on it. The blue spot tires are made of a better gripping rubber and will not drift. The white spots, which are available at LargeScaleRC.com, are great drifting tires. I have tires for racing and tires for playing. If drifting is your thing, give the MCD rally car a try.