Rc Drift Cars

[32brother]

Hi Guys or Ladies.

Just wondering if you guys could shed any light on the remote control drift car scene.

First of all there are a few clips floating around, and I must tell you they look awsome, with a bit of honing on the skills. What I want to know is, are they drifting these things out of the box or have they upgraded the motors and so forth.

They are the electric ones not nitro, Aparantly the nitro ones don't last very long on full throttle.

The manufacurer I am refering to is Yokomo. ( model - Eg. BLITZ ER34 D1 Spec).

Secondly, can you readily buy shells for these Eg. r32, rx7 etc.

Thirdly, what sort of prices do they fetch in Japan?

Here is a link to a site with them:

http://www.rcmodels.com/yokdprkos15.html

There are a 4 clips you can download, check them out.

I am trying to research these localy, but any help would be apppreciated.

Edited September 8, 2005 by 32brother

[Adam_RSX]

Err... dude you can buy them in Australia. basically a MR4TC kit with different tyres and a few different bits plus the D1 shells

[32brother]

Yes, thank you Adam.

I have seen the rx7VII in a shop in Melbourne. I f you read over my question, I ask if these drift like on the videos out of the box, how much they are in japan and if you can buy all differant shells already kitted up.

I have seen various assorted shells but they are bare, and I am sure the average Jo hobby place down the road would not stock D1 sticker kits.

Edited September 8, 2005 by 32brother

[Adam_RSX]

You can get the main kit shells with the decals and stuff. Otherwise you can do your own paint job on a normal shell and you can buy decal sets.

Yeah, they pretty much work ok out of the box, even a normal MR4TC with tape on the wheels works pretty well

[totoro]

i heard of people just cutting out plastic piping to swap with the rubber/tyres to make them more driftable or slide in this case really...

i also dont think why they shouldnt drift straight out of the box...