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Check out these amazing drift videos available in our Videos section!   That sounds awesome! What RC car kit should I use for drifting? HPI offers several kits that are great for drifting, and even specific drifting kits that are designed from the ground up for drifting fun! HPI drifting kits feature special hard-compound drift tyres, replica wheels from actual Japanese racing companies, Japanese drift style bodyshells and wild graphics that fit right in with the drifting look. These HPI cars that are set up for drifting right out of the box: E10 Drift Micro Drift Sprint 2 Sport Drift RTR Sprint 2 Drift kit Sprint 2 Drift RTR Nitro RS4 3 Drift Nitro 3 Drift Conversion Set In addition to getting a drift-specific kit, Nitro 3 car owners who want to get sideways could also use our #33432 Stage D Conversion Kit handy, as it contains everything necessary to fully convert your car into an all-out drift attack car! The conversion kit shifts the engine forward and moves the exhaust system and fuel tank to the rear, all to provide a more satisfying drift experience with optimized weight balance and handling. Check it out here! Drift Options for your car You don’t need to buy a specific kit just for drifting, though – that’s just the easiest way to get into it! It’s simple to convert any car into a drift machine, using HPI bodies, wheels and tyres. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve got a Nitro or electric car, we’ll show you how to get started drifting! You can easily convert several HPI or Hot Bodies cars into pure drift monsters! RTR Nitro 3 + Nitro 3 18SS+ kit Micro Sport RTR Sprint 2 E10 Touring Cyclone S Cyclone ...and any older touring car too! Remember, ANY touring or micro car can be turned into a real drift machine! To show you how, we’ll walk you through the huge selection of HPI options that will allow you to get your car to look the part! BODIES What type of body is the best fit for drifting? Because the sport of drifting originally came from mountain racers in Japan, the most famous drivers and types of cars are Japanese, however a wide range of European and American drivers and cars are making their name on the professional drifting competition circuit. For scale realism purposes, bodyshells representing rear-wheel drive cars work best, but bodyshells of any type can be used.   Listed below is a selection of HPI bodyshells that are perfect for drifting. In addition to these, American models such as the Viper, Mustang and more have been making quite an impression on the drifting scene, while in Europe and the UK cars such as the BMW M3 and Japanese imports such as the Nissan 180Z, 350Z, Skyline and others are quite popular. Drift Bodies for Electric Cars 190mm #17214 - TOYOTA LEVIN AE86 BODY (190mm) #17218 - NISSAN 350Z GREDDY TWIN TURBO BODY (190mm) #17209 - TOYOTA TRUENO AE86 BODY (190mm) #7382 - MAZDA RX-7 FD3S BODY (190mm / WB255mm) #7385 - NISSAN 350Z NISMO GT RACE BODY (190mm) #7388 - MAZDA RX-8 MAZDASPEED A SPEC BODY (190mm / WB255mm) #7314 - HONDA S2000 BODY (190mm) #7327 - NISSAN SKYLINE R34 GT-R BODY (190mm) #7348 - MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION VI WRC BODY (190mm) Drift Bodies for Nitro or Electric Cars 200mm #17515 - NISSAN SKYLINE R32 GT-R BODY (200mm / WB255mm) #17525 - PROVA HPI IMPREZA CLEAR BODY (200mm) #17518 - NISSAN 350Z GREDDY TWIN TURBO BODY (200mm) #17506 - 2004 HONDA S2000 BODY (200mm / WB255mm) #17505 - SUBARU IMPREZA WRC / 2004 Monte Carlo Rally Edition BODY(200mm / WB255mm) #7486 - TOYOTA SUPRA GT BODY (AU CERUMO / 200mm / WB25 5mm) #7488 - MAZDA RX-8 MAZDASPEED A SPEC BODY (200mm / WB255mm) #7485 - NISSAN 350Z NISMO GT RACE BODY (200mm) #7482 - MAZDA RX-7 FD3S BODY (200mm) #7479 - NISSAN SILVIA GT BODY (200mm) Micro #7612 - MAZDA RX-7 FD3S BODY (WB140mm) #7611 - TOYOTA SPRINTER TRUENO AE86 BODY (WB140mm) #7616 - TOYOTA SUPRA GT BODY (WB140mm) #7617 - NISSAN SILVIA GT BODY (WB140mm) |
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DECALS Naturally, you’ll want to customize the look of your bodyshell – that’s what our own Art Factory decals are perfect for! Based on full-size car decals available in Japan made by the real Art Factory design studio, HPI/HB decals are a fast and easy way to get the head-turning looks every drift racer craves!  Art Factory Sha_do 'Flower' #HB66451 Art Factory Sha_do 'Blue/White Thrust' #HB66452 Art Factory Sha_do 'Purple/White Thrust' #HB66453 #38602 Art Factory Skull #38603 Art Factory Geometric WHEELS Any petrolhead worthy of the name will agree that the first option you get for a real car is a set of alloy wheels, and for scale drifting it’s no different. HPI’s line of touring and drifting wheels are a great match for any drifting bodyshell, and fit the slick and treaded drift tyres perfectly. For ultimate scale realism, check out the amazing Volk Racing TE37 wheels in a range of colours – or put your own style forward and choose from the full range of HPI wheels like the famous Super Star, Mesh, Corsa and other designs!  #3827 - DEEP RIM 5 SPOKE WHEEL 26mm CHROME #3835 - TE37 WHEEL 26mm WHITE (0mm OFFSET) #3841 - TE37 WHEEL 26mm BLACK (3mm OFFSET) #3847 - TE37 WHEEL 26mm CHROME (6mm OFFSET) #3712 - MESH WHEEL 26mm CHROME (1mm OFFSET) #3770 - 10 SPOKE MOTOR SPORT WHEEL 26mm WHITE #3798 - SPLIT 6 WHEEL 26mm GOLD #3804 - 12 SPOKE CORSA WHEEL GOLD 26mm (3mm OFFSET) Micro Wheels #73410 - WHEEL SET (WHITE / MICRO RS4) #73412 - WHEEL SET (CHROME / MICRO RS4) #73415 - WHEEL SET (GOLD / MICRO RS4) #73460 - WHEEL SET TYPE 2 (WHITE / MICRO RS4) #73462 - WHEEL SET TYPE 2 (CHROME / MICRO RS4) #73465 - WHEEL SET TYPE 2 (GOLD / MICRO RS4) Wheel offset guide (for 1/10 scale cars) HPI offers a variety of wheel designs in different offsets. Using wider offset wheels (more than 0mm offset) effectively widens the width of the car (measured at outer edges of tyres, where they touch the ground). This allows you, in many cases, to fit a ‘wide’ or 200mm wide bodyshell on a ‘narrow’ or 190mm wide chassis. See below for a general guideline on how to match up bodyshells, car chassis and different offset wheels. Keep in mind that body widths will vary, a ‘narrow’ bodyshell can be from 185-195mm, for example! For 190mm wide bodyshells on 190mm wide cars: • Use 0mm offset wheels on the front and rear for a ‘normal’ street look. • Try 3mm offset wheels to widen the stance of the car and bring the wheels closer to the edges of the body wheel openings. For 200mm wide bodyshells on 190mm wide cars: • Use 3mm offset wheels on the front and rear for a ‘normal’ street look. • Try 6mm offset wheels to widen the stance of the car and bring the wheels closer to the edges body wheel openings. For 190mm wide bodyshells on 200mm wide cars: • Use 0mm offset wheels on the front and rear, anything with more offset may force the tyres to rub on the bodyshell (1mm offset wheels will probably be fine). For 200mm wide bodyshells on 200mm wide cars: • Use 0mm offset wheels on the front and rear for a ‘normal’ look. • Try 3mm offset wheels to widen the stance of the car and bring the wheels closer to the edges of the body wheel openings. For bodyshells that are noted as having 210mm rear width, use 6mm offset wheels. Customize your Look! Don’t forget you can also customize your wheels with clothing dyes and painting! Make unique statements with contrasting lip colours, custom inner wheel colours, decal placement and more! Check out the possibilities below!     |
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TYRES Of course, one thing you’ll definitely need to start drifting are some truly cool kicks. We’re talking about some new shoes, stylish treads: tyres, of course! A new set of wheels deserves a new set of tyres to get you started down the road to drifting glory. Hard compound drifting tyres are available from HPI in a variety of widths and styles, so you can go for the gold and get your slideways action started. Choose from HPI’s original racing-style drift slicks or treaded street performance tyres to wrap your wheels with. No special wheels are needed, and they look like the real thing up close!  #4406 – T-Drift Tyre 26mm #4402 - SUPER DRIFT TIRE 26mm RADIAL (A TYPE) #34501 - STAGE-D 04S-26 TYRE You can also get the trick drifter look the easy way, using a pre-mounted pair of wheels and tyres! #4739 - T-DRIFT TIRE 26mm RAYS 57S-PRO WHEEL CHROME #4704 - MOUNTED SUPER DRIFT TIRE (A TYPE) ON TE37 WHEEL CHROME Micro Wheels #73416 - MICRO DRIFT TIRE SET (FRONT / REAR) #4713 - FRONT TIRE 36x14.5mm (M COMPOUND) caption: use these front tyres as a tuning option to give you different levels of front-end grip The hard plastic drift tyres like the Stage-D 04S-26 or the T-Drift tyre are the easiest to learn with because they have a very low grip characteristic, enabling a car with a standard motor or engine to easily break traction and get sideways. When you have some experience with a hard compound tyre, more advanced drifters can achieve amazingly graceful and long drifts with the treaded rubber drift compounds like the Super Drift A Type tyre. POWER Alright, now you’re fully kitted out! You’ve got the ‘show’ with bodyshell, decals, wheels and tyres - now you need the ‘go’! What do you need to do after you get your car looking and driving like the ultimate drift bandit? You need to make sure it’s got the power to give it the proper street cred – in most cases this is a very simple matter. Nitro cars: Just about any Nitro car will have plenty of power to spare for drifting. Because you are using low-grip tyres to slide the car through corners, you don’t need loads of power and you definitely don’t need top speed! Even full-size drift cars don’t need loads of horsepower. Keep the two speed installed, but lock it out by tightening the shifter clutch adjustment all the way down. Use the standard gearing, or if you can, use a clutch bell that is one or two teeth smaller than standard. This will give you a little extra acceleration as you go from turn to turn. Electric cars: Like Nitro drift cars, you don’t need high-horsepower motors for drifting. In many cases the standard motor that comes with an RTR electric kit is fine, although as you gain experience try a mild modified motor like a 17-turn or 15-turn. Make sure you use the right gearing for the motor you use (check your car’s manual), and if you can change your pinion gear for one that is two to four teeth smaller than standard, you will be able to get a little extra acceleration as you go from corner to corner in 'chase' drift mode. Options With either Nitro or electric cars, the tuning options for drifting are roughly the same. Rear sway bars and stiffer tuning springs are the basic suspension upgrades you should look at. Leave the shock oil standard until you get used to really tuning the car for drifting. Don’t use a front one-way diff, but if you can, adjust the gear or ball diffs you have in the car for firmer action – tighten them up well if you’re able to. If you have a locked diff or 'spool', try it in the front after you’ve had some practice with the standard diff. As always when trying drivetrain or suspension options, try drifting with the standard setup first, then change one thing at a time and note the way the car changes behaviour as you try different pieces of equipment. For detailed driving tips, check out the HPI Stage-D Drift Driving Technique tips sheet (PDF), and check out the official HPI Drift Tuning video with HPI's resident drift experts! DRIFT LIKE A PRO! ...with assistance The HPI D-Box Drift Assist System (#80588) is the ultimate piece of drifting kit. You can make your car look the business, but sometimes it’s just too hard to get it to gracefully drift exactly the way you want. The solution to this is the D-Box! This amazing piece of technology plugs in between your receiver and the steering servo of any Nitro or electric car to act as an electronic driving aid!  It precisely detects the speed, steering angle and drift angle of the car as it enters a corner, and corrects your steering input to the exact amount of steering needed to get the car around a corner with maximum drift angle and minimum fuss! You can even tune how much steering angle you want to get from the car as it goes around a bend, making this the must-have piece of kit for any drifter! It’s the ultimate drive-by-wire system!  |
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