zipzap drifting

[TeamSLIPdrifter]

Anybody ever try to drift their zip zap if anybody even has one? ive never seen any of them sideways on the internet, everyone just drag races them and thats boring as hell when its that small. Im just curious to see if its actually possible and if that means me wasting 20 bucks to try it... then sure, why not...

[CFran55]

yea i want to know this to i have heard they dont and that bit chargers do i saw a 86 bit charger for $45 i was going to buy it but i dont think i understand how to assemble it was japanese i dont know also does anyone know if the mircosizers or the ones from fastlane they had a r34 and a rx-7 fd body for both of those

[Munch]

well, i have a bit char-g, which is pretty similiar to a zipzap, and ive tried drifting it, but it doesnt work too well. its too small and the tires have too much grip. without the tires it has too little grip and it spins out very easily.

i think they have special plastic tired or something u can put onto these cars that u can use for drifting, but i dont have em and have never seen vids of someone drifting with em.


oh, and cfran..im not quite sure what u mean, but if microsizers dont come with FD or R34 bodies, u could always buy one off the internet or something.

[Nemesis]

what about xmods?? anybody drift those?

[BeanTownBoy]

i 've drifted mine. i'd take off the tires and put it on a smooth flat surface but its hard they spin out alot but possible
yes i have seen plastic tires around but forget where

[Munch]

Xmods can be drifted, ive seen vids of them drifting. ide get one, but i have a severe lack of fundage.

[Rteam123]

ive read somewhere, i cant recall were tho, but if you put regular clear scotch tape on the tires of ur x mod that it slides really good on hard wood floor and other types of floors that are smooth like tile and stuff like that......hope that helped....

[TeamSLIPdrifter]

wonder if i could ghetto fab up some tires if i get a zipzap and see if i could drift it on my hardwood floors... scotch tape seems kinda grippy though... but maybe, i can see it working. If it doesnt slide then im just gonna make a small touge course down my driveway somday and just mess around on that since im probably gonna by one of the initial d series. also maybe the nos motor will work since its the fastest motor for them.

[05m0515]

dude, scotch tape is smooth. seriously...

[TeamSLIPdrifter]

but you also gotta think about the lack in power when it comes to zipzaps

[BeanTownBoy]

there are zipzaps with little turbocharged engines but to activate it you have to press a button

[RotaDrift]

i've had the x mod and i spent so much time tryin to fix the thing i never got a chance to drift it


the wires on the inside were suadered crappy and broke so i took it back.



i'm prolly gunna get a zipzap and terrorize my dog and cats with it and try to get it sideways....should be fun

[kimcheekid]

ive drifted a xmod. cover the tires w/ electrical tape works pretty good

[TeamSLIPdrifter]

on the zipzap website they have a nitrous express motor that can hit 34,000 rpm. And the best part about electric motors is that their power band starts at 0 and is optimized through the entire powerband. So if an electric motor has 100 horsepower, on a dyno itll produce 100 horsepower from 0 all the way to redline.

[spinitsidewayz!]

rwd xmod drifting works really. no tape or awd crap

spring: h/h
toe in: 4.5
tire: h/s or m
lsd and steering mod
(lots of other minor stuff)
*dusty garage floor
lots of practice

nice when you have alot of spare time, or have no money for real tires =/

[SilverGhost]

i have done both...with the exmods i could get it to slide a little with medium springs up front and hard ones in the back..but then i was thinking about racing it seriously, so i installed awd (plus i dont think an R34 GT-R should be rwd...) and it doesnt really drift anymore

with the zip zaps, i just removed all the tires, that way the front get slightly more grip than the rear, just making it slide without spining too much. plus i used the high speed gear with the middle motor. the high motor had too much power, which made it squirly. it does take practice though, with lots battery. the charge usually last about 5-6 mins on normal driving, but with drifting it, thats cut in half. and since style is part of drifting, i am currently using the R34 f&f body, but thats only cause the pink s2k is getting a paint job...its going black with blue designs but, yes drifting a zip zap is possible, but remember, its not too comtrolled, but you can do like feint and stuff...im still working on a better way than that, because i cant get it to carry for ffurther than a few inches, but it works for drifting on the desk!

[drift180sx]

electral tape works well also its the gettoman's drift tires haha jkjk just put a strip around the tires and it slides easy

[CFran55]

Originally posted by Munch

oh, and cfran..im not quite sure what u mean, but if microsizers dont come with FD or R34 bodies, u could always buy one off the internet or something.

they do i saw them at toys r us it said rx-7 it was the fd it came in two a colored one and a clear one same with the r34

[SHIFT_drift]

i sometimes can kinda drift my bit char-g, i basically send it in circles, then countersteer on a smooth surface at full charge and i can hold a slide for almost a second, but it's not like the little things will drift for any longer...

[sr ^Drifter]

just take of the tires works good