Possible to drift with the d4?

[Edd]

hey guys,

I've recently gotten my d4 but I have also been really interested in drift racing. When deciding what I wanted to get, drift cars did make a good part. With my D4 i'm getting a brushless motor, 11.5T the Egile sport tuned Junior with esc. The sheer power of the brushless motor should make the car drift if i use pvc or proper drift tyres. However, i want to take it a little further. Obviously in order to drift, suspension needs to be tight how do i do that?, wheel traction to a compfortable minimum and we must have power and 4wd. I have all these (except one) but do you guys think there is anything more I could do to help my d4 drift?

Also what size tyres would I need to fit the d4's wheels?

I hope this works and in a couple weeks maybe I'l review it hopefully this might work!

Help would be really appreciated

Edd

[Southwell]

Y not just put bald tyres on the car? Wether an 11.5 will be enough to make it drift properly is another question though.

[Chris Green]

I think an 11.5 would be enough power to spin the wheels, but I wouldn't expect LOADS of power. Be careful, don't assume that all brushless motors are powerful.
I run a 10.5 in my B4 on carpet, and it is very much underpowered.

Regarding the suspension, I would fit hard shock oil, and the hardest springs available.

I'm not sure if you will be drifting on carpet, or tarmac? I personally don't get this drifting lark, especially with buggies! but hey, whatever floats your boat!

[JCJC]

Try touring car parts, heavy weight shock oil and with a big slice of luck Yokomo wheels will fit the hex's and off set (or try the TC clyclone wheels), we have an old MR4TC with loads of electricians tape over the rubber, slides all over the place on smooth tarmac, I think the motor is a cheap 15.

[Edd]

What shock oil do you think I should use. Does the difference matter in "Wt". I'm not sure about how to lock the rear differentials do you think you could point out what to do in a picture?

Edd

[PaulRotheram]

I had pleanty of drifting fun yesterday in an empty dusty gym hall on wooden flooring.. running a 6.5 on minipins it was great! really showed how good the balance of the car is

[Edd]

OK so, so far there are 4 things that I can do to get my d4 drifting:

1. Drift tyres or PVC
2. Lock Differentials rear and front
3. Use heavy shock oil do you think 100wt will do?
4.Hardest springs I can find (any recommendations?)

The surface that I will be drifting on will be normal cement in a carpark or possibly on tarmac. For the differentials I am a little confused. Here is a picture from the d4 manual of the differentials.



So I just put blu tac on all the parts where the gears meet?

This is the spring I will be replacing



any suggestions which one I should use?

Here is the shock oil



For the d4 in the manual they say 30wt what do you think I should use? the hardest I can or should I buy a set so I can tune it properly?

Wheels I'm going to sort out soon but that should'nt be hard.

Is there anything else you guys think I could do?

Edd

[mole2k]

I took my zx5 out on a dusty polished wood floor with a sinterted 4.5 once, it was fun

As for drifting on tarmac a 10.5 with some bald tyres would probably slide a little but I dont think you would have the insane power needed to hold really big drifts, If you put PVC tape on the wheels thats a different matter as the absolute lack of grip would mean you'll slide quite easily at low speeds so the 10.5 should be enough power.

Set the suspension low and fairly solid. The diagram you have shown is for a locked diff already, usually instead of the screws there you get small balls which is what gives the differential the action, if you could rebuild the diffs with the screws like that they would be locked. Alternatively you could tighten the screw thats normally used to adjust the diff in fully, that would also lock it.

Shock oil just buy the thickest stuff you can and similar with the springs, if you cant get stiff enough springs get some fuel tubing and use it inside the shocks underneath the pistol to limit shock travel and set ride height via that method then stack two smaller stiff springs ontop of each other (TC springs would deffinately work for this, you might get buggy ones fitted on)

Thats just a few idea's off the top of my head, the easiest way to do some drifting in a buggy would be just buy a 3.5/4.5 brushless and run it on bald tyres and be prepared to melt some diffs

[craigosh]

Dont need to lock the diffs, i found it easier to drift the tourer with standard diffs in front and rear.

Set the shocks hard and stiff or even just heavy oil. I ran the tourer with i think 80wt oil in but the kit springs, if the springs are to hard then it makes it really unstable.

old bald tires with pvc electrical tape on is the easiest way i found, easily replaced and tuned!! would do some sweet drifts with just a 19turn in! just remember to wrap it so that the end of the tape is trailing from the direction the tires spin not leading! or it will un wrap itself!

oh and that diff in the pic is a oneway which i found makes it super hard to change direction, the car will just hook.