Very sorry for the long no update.

Yep, I apologise for not being able to update that frequently. Its almost new year and theres no new post...

I'm very sorry. I have just moved house, have not done finish my homework, still have a pretty messy place.

I also can't find my camera for some reason, i'll try to find it by tmrw and hopefully a post will go up.

For those New to RC Drifting.

These are the proper steps to learn drifting. made by our very own Baka drifter, Kido Seishirou.



Brief introduction to what SPRCD is like....

Sorry for the long no update of my blog. New stuff!

TRF Shocks from a TB02D from JK, bought it for $45...... Allows me new tuning, and more precise options. Like them alot. That blue bling too.
This was done weeks ago, so to show how bad a brush motor can get dirty.
Those black stuff are actually dirt and grime from 2 months. There are small goubles in the black stuff which are not very visible unless i swivelled the liquid. they seem to be the wastage of brushes caught in the armature.

My trusty Trinity Motor cleaner!
Last but not least, the most important of my blog. My new Lipo!

Specs:
Acorn Racing
4200Mah
30C (abit of an overkill for drifting, have seen a 40C before)

This Lipo provides a hell lot of power and punch. Sometimes, i can even see the sparks from burning brushes about 4m away. Have to switch down EPA on my transmitter to 80.

ESC gets hot shortly after. Probably because of the 30C...

Lipo beeper needed.(Buzzing is very soft) may need to get a louder one..

SPRCD 2nd camp

It was a camp from 24th to 25th Oct 2009.

Started smoothly at 4pm, where we took about 30 mins moving tire markers up to the Camp room, namely T2266 to T2267.

Then went for seoul garden.

Camp Part 1

Here are the photos.

This is from my friend andy, who took all the photos...

I lazy upload, but i'll find time to do so.

Lets continue, my table consisted of John, reuben and Shiyong aka Hulk.

Took a HUGE AMOUNT of meat, seriously.

imagine about 10cm high of meat on the normal dinner plates....

Which after, we went to the arcade, i went for Maximum Tune 3 DX, renewed my car..

OMG, from undefeated highway dominator to WTF,,,,,, Wangan beginner?

rubbed my eyes, and WOW, its real...

Nvm, at approximately 9.30++ we went back to SP and moved the rest of the stuff to camping room.

then it was time for practise for trial run 1 at the Senior's Myamsterious room.

I scored average for clipping point, but i was engrossed in it, forgot almost all flow.

I then changed setting using shock spacer.

Played till I was satisfied, went to rest.

Then at around 1.13am, We went out..

Came back at 2am...

Watched Tokyo Odaiba D1GP, and was the first time i could fell asleep watching my favourite show.

shows how tired one can be at 4am....

Slept for 4 hrs, when i woke up last. Red eyes and a disoriented head is bad for drifting.

Pack up, then go to basket ball court.... 12.30

Oh my god, the surface was good, but my car wasn't set up for it.

practised till 2.30pm....

Single run: (in my prespective)

Practise run - flow is there, 4 out of 5 clipping point. score average 3 on clipping point.

1st run - clip all 5 on 3, i killed my flow by half. possibly at the dori-dori section.

2nd run - clip 4 outta 5, Improve flow by full throttling into dori dori with no brake. (i grew bigger balls, yay, Jk!)

Followed by Tsuiso:

Vs Jim, Win.

1st run(Me leading) - Advantage

2nd run(Jim leads) - Advantage

2nd round Vs Andy,

1st run(Me leading) - Advantage

2nd run(Andy leads) - Andy wins.

Let me tell the whole story. We started with the first hairpin, which we entered with same speed, shorly after by a huge sweeper. This is when i took the inside line with faster speed.

i thought i would cut him off, guess what?

I was tricked, what i did not realise is that i tuned his car for slight understeer, meaning, he can straighten out easily. ( i tuned that car, ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!)

So just at the end of the sweeper, his car shot up with speed, cut the inside line, i was caught offguard, and had to brake.

understeer occured at end of sweeper and the beginning of the dori section.

That was how i lost. I felt a little shock though.

That even though Tsuiso may seem easy and calm, but it is full of tricks and psychological challenges.

Day ended with this:
SP Competition
Overall:

5th: Jermyn Eng Jie Ming

Top qualifier:

1st: Jermyn =)

Promise to do better!

Heres the rest of the phots:
Camp part 2

Join the fan page too!!!

A Newborn....

Hello, here is the promised update. 2nd can of PS-4 paint.
Urethane Bushings(Most of them have gone black)
And the long-awaited TB03D Direct Coupling(aka Spool, Solid Axle)
I Acquired them all at stargek, then cleaned up my whole TB03, and vacumed the dust off.



Here it is! The Newborn Yokomo Droo-p AE86! Completed!

New PVCs... :P, 3rd set in 5 mths.



Reverse stickers Lol.
Looks good eh? well, of course i had help with it.

Big thanks to Gamble of Team Drift Force for the CF hood and most of the stickers, and Xanda for the reaming of the perfect 4 holes. This shell would not have been possible without them.

(Come claim ur rewards next week! A Drink of any choice)

Next stage, TRF shocks and Light buckets!

See you guys next month!

Got a new shell from Street Revo

Woot. My New shell is here!

Its a yokomo.

and its Droo-p

and an AE86

not Levin, but a Trueno.

Its the Droop AE86 Trueno!
Haven taken it outta the packaging.
Shell, stickers, muffler mount.
This is what it will look like when finished.
Sprayed it with Tamiya PS-4 Blue,
ran out on me at 2nd coat. Devil_grin helped to do a little light coat of PS-1 White.

Turns out to be CMI, which means the white can be seen throught the blue, need another can i guess....
here you go Guys,

This will probably my WIP for the next 2-4 weeks.

My plans for Friday.

I won't be going for CCA, i will be heading down to Street Revo for a new shell,

And maybe a spool, and other accesories.

My stuff is getting a little boring. Such as the black syline shell , that can no longer be repaired anymore.

My shell may take choices from here:

HPI Vertex Mark II Chaser

Tamiya S15

Tamiya R34 Skyline

Tamiya R32

Yokomo Bee*R B324R

Interesting Tutorial...

Wow, i was thinking of crossing a Yokomo PS13 with a S13 to get a sileighty...


Dunno whether i have the balls to cut two yokomo shells away to do this....

maybe ill get a HPI Soarer, or a Tamiya 32....

More Stuff..

Ok, here you go guys... Recognise this? Yep, my New Tamiya Super Stock TZ 23 Turn Motor.
Here it is, mounted on my TB03... I would say its pretty cheap, for a motor that is maintainable, and have much more freedom in cleaning.
time for some maintenance, This is Silicon based oil at 50w, i changed to shock oils, which have turned from yellow to black....feels very diffrent, as the amount of weight on the shocks have decreased, the bouncing effect increased in front, causing less grip in front. but for the rear, i get more drift angle as a result.

Ugh.... because of the rebuildable motor, dust and dirt gets in more easily.... so i used this to clean off the dirt, i found a piece of muck inside just after my first run with the motor...

It sort of eats off the dirt, leaving behind shiny parts, which i am more than happy, to assemble it back together...

Pretty much all, for this month. I'm going to buy a spool next week...

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 !!!!!!!

Piece of VERY GOOD NEWS!

MY DREAM SHELL HAS BEEN RERELEASED!!!!
Credits to Side.fx for the news.

Tamiya GT-R33 (re-released)

by the wind on Aug.16, 2009, under RC News

So, Tamiya has finally re-release the most wanted bodyshell by RC drift community, the Nissan GT-R33 originally from TA01 kit Loctite livery. Even though it is a limited edition spare body set, we are very sure it will be a hit among option project lookers as well as collectors who may not even build or paint it.

Currently only available in Japan market, spotted via Yahoo site, the bodyshell is available as in the original state, that is without light bucket or any other addons. There was before, some tips that ABC Hobby is working on Street type Nissan GT-R33 bodyshell, beefing up their drifting line products. We also have reason to believe that HPI is in the same bandwagon, tuning their mold to release R33 before 2009 ends.

While these hearsay can’t be confirmed by respective parties, most of the time they emerge as true. We hope that bodyshells especially those which are street, which are meant for drifting market, should be accompanied with standard issue accessories as complete setup.

We look forward to reviews, as well as walkthru, howto, and tutorials, following this magnificent beast. Thankyou to sources of news namely from, driftercentral.com user SNPY.

Gives me hope and some dissapointment.... but i'll try my best to get this...

Exams are near.

Guys, I'm sorry. I know this blog hasn't been updated in weeks...

I'm having exams next week... In fact tmrw.

So i may not have time to update,untill wednesday or friday..

Very sorry for this to happen...

Another grandmother story of another trip..

First Problem

Yesterday went to stargek, with the help of my manual. I asked a guy at stargek with a black tamiya shirt... din't ask for his name.... how do i take out the screw of my front ball diff, which couldn't come out.

Guess what? he told me to look horizontally into the nut. the screw was bent on one side. and because of that, he said that the nut got ceased as a result. and the screw had jammed into the nut, without the screw thread threading the diff screw..... I was Recommended a Spool which just went outta stock a week ago...

Will call next month September asking for it....

All i can do was do was rebuild another one... So off i go scavenging for parts.... made sure everything was in place. I left the place. Halfway through MRT, i just remembered i did not buy a bearing......

By that time, i was at Jurong east.... going back will take me another half hour + another bus trip.... Which by the time stargek would have closed by 3pm....

Second Problem

Not only that, i asked why my shocks leak somehow..... he unscrewed it.... Lol, a crack . Explains ALOT. So i was deciding against a Set of TRF Shocks, or i buy back the CVA Mini shocks and rebuild them... So i bought the CVA ones, and go home and try. If it doesn't work? I'm gonna need to save $90++ + $40. I also saw A set of Unusual Silver TRF Shocks, they wrote flourine coated..... Costs $118.... I rather take the normal Blue smexy TRFs.... and save the money for any more repairs...

Next month, a Spool and Maybe TRF if They don't work..... I still don't know how the hell i managed to jam a screw through a nut without gripping the nut threading....

More Problems...

Wow. look at this, found that the copper strips at endbells are pretty much bent till impossible to undo.See this? Happened last week, this is what happens, when u tighten the diffrential till it is like a spool. It will snap rendering a drift car spinning in its own circle. It won't even go straight.
I have replaced this with Andy's spare one.... need to return him. Hope Tmrw JK will bring it...

Bad month or good month u decide...

Some Bad news, some good news...New rechargeable 2050Mah GP recyko+ batts for my Tx.....
Mounted Wing on my 350z, looks smexy now.....

2nd Update

New F2s, they felt great on the garage running track, though. heard T-drifts feel even better... might try them out soon...Finally, i1'll introduce you to my other 2 shells!!!
A Shell i saved from going into the dustbin. I fell in love with Skyline GTRs since young, i found this near the dustbin. I picked it up and repaired the front lip which gone missing. looks good now though.
This was my first shell, came with nothing but the shell, seems like a rare shell.... placed aluminium foils for lights.... Tamiya Evo 7, which i probably had done better.....
See something missing from my TB03 chassis?
Yep, Bad news. Motor died halfway drifting. what happened was that the brush was missing, probably burned off.... and something is stuck inside preventing from moving it one side... this is wrong... i found that the end bell has 2 copper looking strips rubbing on the endbell, somehow, it went bent, probably because of the brush... i1m not sure.

Mourning the motor.... Letter of Thanks: Sport tuned, even though ur life has ended, i would want to thank you for the power u gave me when i needed during training, the fun i had. it has been a good time spending time with you. Good Bye.

Getting A TZ this weekend.... TRF shocks may have to wait longer.....

A Series of Unfortunate Events....

Motor Died...

Screw at front Diff stripped...

Screw at Rear Diff Broke......

Not having a really good day... i'll update tmrw with pics...

I'll Emo further from now.... T.T

Finally, 3/8 of the upgrade plans.

Went to winnie's shop Swan Hobby at Orchard Plaza. Got a few stuffs there.
New Body clips. It is much longer now... providing a MUCH LESS hassle to clip the shell to the chassis...
First thing, i took off the spoiler of the 350Z shell, due to majority of people telling me that it was nicer without a spoiler, largely thanks to Alston of SPRCD. I really like my shell like this.
Did what i promised. i changed the driveshaft, a few scratches though.... Some stones got caught even though the shell is there....
My New Attanae, I took 1 hr to do it... Cut the stock CF stick provided by 1/4.... Twined it about 30 mins.... then took some masking tape and made them less messy.
My new heat sink!! This thing was said to be a waste of money. It wasn't, it really kept the motor cooler than expected.... loved the color too =) oh, and one screw went away for some reason...lol.
Lastly, My exhaust hop up. I did this, to enhance the look of the car... Looks like the HKS Muffler though.... just without the blue flame effect.

As you have realised... Theres some aluminium tape on my shell... That is to reinforce the sturdiness of the shell.. i got it from winnie's for $8?? my memory is not very good.

Recently, i cooked my battery.... I mean it. it Burned for god knows how long before MZ aka wonderlite realised.... it melted the whole shrink wrap..

Now i can't force charge using T15, But possible with wall charger. It still is able to take its full capacity.... but it will Melt now when the T15 completes chargiing...

This is going to cost me a bomb.... to get a New battery, Lipo pack+T15/Hyperion charger...

T.T

OK... I'll do this now, My plans are to Hop up this chassis as far as possible, the next upgrade will probably be the CF Underchassis Swap from 3racing.
http://www.3racing.hk/products.php?products_key=3479
http://www.3racing.hk/products.php?products_key=3480

After, it'll be another new chassis...
No idea which one it'll be... but most likely TA05 with CF/Square Conversion..

Pretty much this is it.... I'll be back next week.

A Pile of Bad News

I did not go for the Sp/NP Combine training....

15-jul-09
I Cooked my Battery.

Sorry, i wasn't able to update this last week.

Minor Issues...

Ok, Today what i basically did was do the Aluminium parts swap i promised. The Aluminium Universal Shaft, Was supposed to be done from front to back. I Improvised from back to front, as i felt that the Back diffrentials will have more stress, Thus i kept the stainless steel part.

As for the back, The diffrentials Fit Nicely without problems, Only thing i found was the bigger Feed hole of each driveshaft..... Just hope they won't eat till like Hulk's TA05 Half-Cup...

1/3 Of my Overhaul Plan+Some things i learned from Seniors

Another pretty Big update this week....
First, I must thank Nov aka Alan for being so kind-hearted to help me get these parts at discounted prices. These are basically: Tamiya Aluminium Universal DriveShaft, And Rear Diffrential joint(TB Evo5)

okok, I know Why Most of you guys will ask why TB Evo 5? Basically, All TB Evo Series Are developed from Basic TB Chassis namely the TB02 and TB03. So the parts will Probably be atleast similar, if not, identical. I'll try it out... Most likely will fit.

Second, I got this speed tuned Motor from Jim for $20... it has pretty nice torque, But not as much as my Sport Tuned... Of course. It Gives me higher entry speed, And slighly faster exit speed... bad Side is that The motor doesn't have a very peaky torque... meaning that When the motor revs and stays at any certain Rpm, It is unable to continue its drift longer. there will be more Steering involved due to this motor. Throttle will be increased. Thus the "Heavy feeling".
Interesting fact: It IS in fact xanda's But through hearsay, it was said to belong to Nov before Xanda....

Ok.... This was done last friday. When i had trouble initiating drifts. JK, Helped me to Lock The Diffrential. It was one of the best configs i did for my kit. Just halfway through locking... Jk broke it.... Lol. So he gave me his Aluminium TB03 spare part.... FOC(Free of Charge) Hehe....

Lesson of The Week: Locking Diffrential, locking the front will give a higher corner entry speed, as according to FF cars, the front tires have majority of the power to pull the car into a corner. this is a tradeoff though.... a slow exit speed, as the Back wheels do not have to power to pull forward to bring it out and the centre of gravity is slow in retaining its original postion.

Locking the rear, will give fast exit speed, which is good, as the tires can power the vehicle inertia forward and shift back its Center of gravity... this allows the wheels to gain grip and thus pull away from the opponent. But Slow entry speed is expected on entry, as the back tires have to move almost the whole car weight forward just after CG change.

Locking Both, (No Idea yet... Only JK knows, so i'll try it and see if it coincides with his knowledge)

This Setting is Very important, as both have its own good points and bad points, it just depends on your choice and playing style. BUT too much setting is bad, it becomes too complicated, making the vehicle worse than normal, if done too much. Thats why settings are done only a few weeks later, Newbies like me need time to get used to the car, know its inside out, then we can initiate the tuning aka "Process Of Perfection"

As what Drifters always say:"The problem lies with not the car, its the driver"

Thats all for this week! (Seniors, help me with the explanation if its wrong. Thanks in advance)

Saturday is the NP-SP Combined Training, i will bring back pics and post them.

Notice for SPRCD members

Dear members,

Please take note that training will resume as per normal on Wednesday, 8/07/2009. Report at 1pm or 3pm respectively at the garage. Attendance will be taken. Hope to see you all drifting again….

Muhammad Zaki B Hosain
(Secretary SPRCD)

YAY!

Yesterday... ENDED MY WHOLE WEEK OF MST!! WOOT!

Now i Can Do And Drift As and when i like till monday..... =.=

better than Nothing....

Tmrw... I might be going to Swan Hobby aat orchard plaza to pickup more Stuff for my kit....

Last MST1 Today....

Today is the last one... ET0169,Electronics....

I am not very like can accept things as it is. i Need Evidence(Visual Pictures)
Then can study... Since electronics have almost only 20% of this.... i am the weakest here....

Just hope i survive 3.30pm later.

Then its Celebration! Time to take out the Drifft kit and Pwn on the track on friday...

If i can, i try to take some club pics.

Minor Hop ups arrived

Sunday, June 28, 2009
New Hop Ups

Hello, recently have been busy with my mid semester test revision thus i couldn't upload much... These are my back springs....Really Hard like A bar of soap.
Here are my front springs... Real Soft Like a cushion.
Re armed my PVCs...

Heres what i promised. rRecently, Burned off my PVC tires till They were hopeless... Super Thin huh? Yea, it cracked as well..

Ok, U guys must be wondering why back hard front soft? Well, When a drift is initiated, a weight transfer is done when u turn it in. This will Shift the Centre of gravity to the front, due to the soft springs...causing The tires at the back to lose its grip on the surface... Then it will slide AND DRIFT. But still throttle skills come in really handy... "The art of drifting is not going sideways, it is pushing your car to its limits."Thats all for this week!