Nitro Rs3 Drift car

[dreyreese91]

Ok so I got this car from a friend.I want to turn it into a touring car.It has a G3.0 engine in it and all I should have to do is change the tires and it should go pretty fast correct?Any other mods u guys think I should make on it??Bot a huge drift fan.Sick car though.

 

[MustangMan]

The drift model of the RS4, IIRC, uses a different chassis plate and a central mounted engine to move the weight forward for drifting. You'll most likely never get it to handle as good as a regular touring car, but if you're just bashing you can probably tune the chassis a bit with shock oils, springs, tire compounds, et al.

HPI even had a conversion kit for regular nitro RS4 Evos, but that had a different header to reuse the stock plastic pipe. Note your RS4 3 Drift is also single speed. The conversion kit kept the stock two-speed.

You might be able to get a new chassis plate online somewhere (even here in the classifieds) and transfer most of your gear and then you can upgrade whatever you need to go back to a normal TC layout.

HTH...
Mark

 

[dreyreese91]

Ok thanks.So all in all I'm looking at around 80-120 together this car where I want.Can I slap a 2-speed tranny on it aswell?

 

[HPI-Killer]

If that doesn't work for you in the long haul I have a barely used Traxxas Nitro 4-tec 3.3 up for sale

 

[MustangMan]

Taking a peek on eBay it appears the deck will run you $15-$20 and the two-speed about $60. Then you've got dog bones and some plastic parts so I'd say closer to the top of your estimate, but still doable...

Mark

 

[dreyreese91]

Ya.That's in my price range.Thanks for checking that out for me.

 

[Metalhead Matt]

You could always keep your eyes open for a t/c roller, and plop yer electronics and engine in it if the drifter doesn't end up doing what you want. You may be able to find a decent roller for around the price of converting.