LeeMutz Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Just picked this up as my first drifter. Has drift tyres, locked rear diff (I assume that's not standard?) and loads of spare wheels etc... Is it a sprint? Don't know a lot about them to be fair... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurcyP Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Looks like an older hpi sprint will be fine for some fun drifting. unless you want to be going mad with setup and taking the whole thing mega then to be honest find some wheels that you like with tyres and make a shell that you like, i do the shell first then can work out what offset wheels will work best. N go have some fun! Edited December 12, 2015 by PurcyP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b3nchy Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Couldnt say what chassis it us but looks ok. Good adjustablity of camber/toe etc which is good for drifting..! What body shell u running? Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMutz Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Got a Porsche 911 shell at moment... Will probably get an old skool shell and some deep dish wheels for it... Yeah it has lots of adjustable bits which is good! But I only have Lipo batteries and it's an older ESC so need to get some batteries to use it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh How Original Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Better off getting a LiPo friendly ESC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMutz Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Yeah good idea will have a look for a cheap one if there is such a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMaxxDave Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Hobbyking, the home of cheap Lipo friendly ESCs Sent from my iPad Air using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMaxxDave Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Pm sent Sent from my iPad Air using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiyacowboy Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 NO if it comes with a nimh battery use that, the more weight your carrying is going to be better for learning drift, dont worry about hi power motors, expenisve esc's and lipo batetrys right now. Car is a HPI sprint early model by looks of it. Mods to help and adjust chassis for drifting and even racing. First off the front end has 4 solid links, two links hold the wheels upright , and the other two are for steering. we want to change these to adjustable turnbuckles, this means we can make our wheels point inwards - outwards and off angle to, we call these toe in and toe out and camber adjustments. on the rear end there are only two of this solid rods we need to change to adjustable turn buckles, again these hold the two rear wheels upright but we need to be able to adjust the camber. having these six parts changed out drasticly improves the cars handling and setting up. Power, its not all about power, in a real car yes but the power is used to break the rear wheels free then keep them spinning. in rc cars we just need to get them spinning. you can drift a car with a 7 winding motor or a 27 wind motor , the key point is keeping the wheels broken free and spinning over. this means your never beyond 75% throttle and your always feathering it, blipping the power to keep the rear unhooked. Steering takes some learning, at first your going to overcook your steering, to much and to hard and agressive learn to feather the steering adding a little in or out when you think its needed, over time you will learn where the car bites and snaps away, where the rear wheels slide and spin up, you can either flick the steering to start a slide or back off and pump the throttle hard to break the rear grip, then slide in a bit of steering to carry the weight of the car and start sliding. In time you learn to powerslide with 4x4 , then you will want to move on and have a full drift chassis designed just for drift , this is a differnet machine and tends to be very rear wheel drive bias so its another step in the learning curve, but you already have the basics from your previous model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurcyP Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 A voice of experience in regards to 50/50 (4wd) CS (countersteer) and RWD pick one and stick with it, all the skills you learn with 50/50 and counter steer will not help you in any shape or form for RWD drifting, so if you wanted to do RWD start now not later. RWD in particular really is a different ball game that requires dedication, so many have had a go on my chassis and give up after 30 seconds. I went RWD because its more realistic in how to break loose, the dynamics of it all, very similar to what i was doing in my real car. RWD and CS are games for those who enjoy to tinker and forever tinker, RWD more so. But anyway this isnt really being helpful. in regards to your ESC etc if you have nimhs just use them, if you want to invest a little more then you can buy a Trackstar ESC and motor combo for around £40 from hobbyking, hard case 7.4v lipos are had cheap from em too. But for now, wack a battery in, put a shell on have some fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMutz Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Thanks guys. I'm not looking at getting into RWD or hardcore drifting, just some fun in a car park or local sports centre or something... Done enough of the real life drifting before in my old Z car after I realised I was good at it in an old e36 I had will play with some adjustable bits and have a play... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurcyP Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 There we go, thought as much, so yea wack some batteries in, make your car look cool and off you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMutz Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Indeed that's what I'll do I reckon drifting a 1/1 car will be easier lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenyboy Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Get the hobbywing 1060 brushed esc, it's around £15 and can be used with nimh and lipo batteries. Lipos win hands down, nobody wants to be changing batteries every 10 mins. If weight is an issue then add weights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenyboy Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Here you go, it's cheaper if you want to wait for it to come from China. But £17 is still pretty good http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOBBYWING-Quicrun-Waterproof-1060-Brushed-Motor-60A-ESC-for-1-10-RC-Car-Models-/371391962636?hash=item5678af9e0c:m:mvWGahtEuRRCaO-bnt-5LDQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMutz Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 Great idea! Ordered thanks for that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish6634 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 got two of these they are spot on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeMutz Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Better than tamiya stuff? Was thinking of looking at a TA04... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurcyP Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 you wont find much difference in going from a sprint to a tamiya to be honest. They are not "drift" chassis so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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