SE Drifting

[Racer9]

My SE drifts when I am at full throttle with the 28,000 rpm motor with factory tires on. It works best with my Trueno. What a coincidence! They also drift when you are at full throttle and you slam in reverse. It is kainda hard to pull out of but it is a cool way to show off stopping skills!

[93civicdx]

Where did you get a trueno.I heard from my source that the only place that recieved those shipments were shelbyville.

[cj1267]

yo 93civicdx where in Tennessee are you?

[ZipRC]

in my area (ny) trueno kits were released in every radioshack i know of.

[mcojoc]

ditto... The inital D tuner kit is in my area. Local RS only got two of them in. I got one....

As for the starter set, I've not seen the Tureno yet...

[Racer9]

I got the Initial D street tuner upgrade set. I got it in Pheonixville, PA. They got six cars at six and by the next day they were gone by 1. he he he! I got the last of cars and upgrade set. BTW please keep this on the topic of drifting.

[racemini89]

i was doing huge drifts after my mom mopped the kitchen

[Racer9]

I get mine on an extremely dusty kitchen floor

[Racer9]

I like the NX motor for it just it doesn't work as well

[93civicdx]

I live in chattanooga what about you

[Yugo DSC Maxxer]

My RadioShat had about 10-15 SE's on the counter, plus another box full!
Wow, I love the Mira Mesa RadioShat.
No tuneup kits, though.
BUT! They did have an Initial D DVD set...
:eek: :eek:
EDIT: Of course I bought one!
They are better than Bits, and I'm a hardcore Bit Fan!
:eek:

[Jtskty]

We need to have a sticky like in the bit forum about drifting setups/surfaces/techniques. Or maybe If I start one and it does good... Hmm. What do you think guys? I'll check back tonight and if you guys like the idea I will make the thread.

[ron6]

can someone make a video clip of se's drifting that wood be cool:cool:

[Racer9]

I have a Digi cam but It's my mom's and she hasn't opened it yet. Her birthday was in June!

[hadoken]

Originally posted by Racer9
I like the NX motor for it just it doesn't work as well
Do you mean the NX motor that comes in the Initial D tuner set doesn't work good for drifting or it just isn't a good motor?

[Jtskty]

I could drift a lil bit with the stock setup on terrazzle. You go full speed, jerk one way then jerk back the other and hold. Wait a minute, that was w/ nx motor my bad.

[Yugo DSC Maxxer]

HOLY CRAP!!!
I just put on hard Bit Racer tyres on the back, and softs in the front.
WOW! This thing drifts soooo easily with that set-up, including stock everything else.
:eek: :eek:
Its also easy t pull out of them with propo.
I love this car!

[Racer9]

The NX doesn't work well for drifting too much speed!

[Jtskty]

Originally posted by Racer9
The NX doesn't work well for drifting too much speed!

So dont hit the gas all the way. Remember we have propo.

[Racer9]

not enough torque I mean it works better with bred gears!. Otherwise it is too fast. It doesn't have enought torque to got full speed with red gears I guess

[Jtskty]

Lets not let this thread go away. Anyone who drifts write your setup, surface, and technique. Also, you can put video's if you have them. If you need to edit your vids you can get a free editor a microsofts website for xp. Anyway, I'll start.

Setup
Nx motor
blue gears
old style body w/ no lights
stock tires

Surface
terrazzle
wood floors
coffee table

Technique
Umm, go about 3/4's speed. Turn the way you wanna drift and hold it. Now if your back end isn't getting out(it shouldn't be, if it is start the procedure over and go slower)start feathering the throtle between 3/4 and full speed. The faster you feather the more slippage you get. When you wanna get out of the drift go down to about 1/2 throttle and center the steering.

[skklown]

here is my drift setup and how i do it.

orange 28k motor
green gears
slicks on the back
factory tires up front
mazda savannah body.

i go full speed...then i brake check (tap reverse very quickly). once the rear end starts to swing out i feather the trottle while steering the other way....creating a mad drift.

i do this on a dust wooden kitchen floor.

u can also drift if u hit a bump in the middle of a turn that causes the car to go sideways....then feather the throttle and reverse steer!

hope these help!

[Yugo DSC Maxxer]

My setup:
Stock 'Preformance' motor, Bit Char-G hards in the rear, and stock 'Factory' tyres up front.
I just drift...I can't describe it.

[Racer9]

My new setup is

NX motor
almost any dusty tires
almost any gears
Efini Body


Almost any means speed and surface wise

BTW Green and blue gears normally cause my car to traction roll with even slightly dusty tires. So try really dusty tires.

[Jtskty]

I'm trying to drift with stock setup except I have a fandf body and it is almost impossible on my pergo track(very clean). I think I'm gonna have to buy myself a microsizer tire set knowing they are notoriously hard.

[dugrant153]

Just wanted to bring this thread back to life! :D

Anyways, so the general consensus I'm getting is that you can stick with stock by putting Bit Char G hard rear racing tires in the back and stock Zip Zap tires in the front, correct?

And are we talking power slide? or actually sideways drifting?

[Racer9]

I can do drifts with my setup. Hard MS fronts and soft rears works great for drifting.

[SHIFT_DRIFT]

I don't think you can actully hold a slide with these SE's...
But anyway, I developed a catagory for micro drifting.
It's called "Bit Drift." Since these things can't really drift, you can just Bit Drift! I also have the rules and regulations.
I gotta go dig them up in the other forum.


Anyway, heres my set.
Hard Bit racer tires on all fours.
2.8 motor
Lightened rear axle
weight up front
slick surface
and lowered AE86 Levin body.
:D

[dugrant153]

Well, I tried using tape, but this car just harsh snap oversteers and understeers. That's on linoleum kitchen flooring.

I think I'll try the hard in the rears and soft in the back.

Actually, I was looking at the Radioshack website for upgrades and there's soooo many different tires to use.

Anyone know which tires are the hardest? Is it the "sport" tires?

[sick]

Heres my drifting setup:

orange motor
blue gears
street tires in front
extra wide sport tires in back
Hemi Cuda Body w/o lights plugged in

tile sprayed lightly with water

[dugrant153]

Originally posted by sick
Heres my drifting setup:

orange motor
blue gears
street tires in front
extra wide sport tires in back
Hemi Cuda Body w/o lights plugged in

tile sprayed lightly with water

spray with water, huh?
interesting...

[sick]

carefull, if you soak the tile , water will splash up into the car and fry it. i use one of those spray bottles to put the water on because it puts a very light coat of water on the floor.