Those in blue are Tamiya 1mm damper retainer whereas the black plastics are the standard damper retainer...

Because springs tend to vary in length, Tamiya offers aluminum damper retainers featuring a spring support surface that is 1mm lower than standard... This provides much more flexibility with both Tamiya and aftermarket spring... Spring plays a very important role in car handling... Some people prefer to have softer spring in the front and harder spring in the rear...

As for RC drifting, most people prefer to have softer spring in front... The reason for this is because when you have softer front, car will have more roll into corner and thus creating more grip... As for rear, most people will prefer harder spring compare to front... The harder the spring the lesser the car roll and this will make the tyre to have lesser traction... So this will allow the rear to throw easier...

When seen from above, if the forward facing part of the front wheels or the rear wheels on an RC point away from the car and away from each other their position is described as toe out... Although less stable than a toe in position on straightaways, front toe out may provide for more responsive steering on turns... Rear toe out is rarely used... Most RC guys be it drifters or tourings prefer to use front toe out...



When seen from above, if the forward facing part of the front wheels or the rear wheels on an RC point in toward the car and toward each other their position is described as toe in... A slight toe in angle is commonly used to provide stability but too much toe in creates friction that slows down the car... Front toe in can help on straightaways while rear toe in slows you down on the straightaways... But rear toe in can help counteract an oversteer condition making it useful on a curvy course...

1.5 Degree Suspension Arm Holder

Most RC cars kit comes with changeable suspension arm holder... I change mine to 1.5 degree for the rear to create more toe in... Before using this setting, my car tend to oversteer a lot making it harder to control... Now setting the rear to 1.5 degree toe in, my car is very balance... No more over or understeer...

Muchmore 25mm x 25mm

Muchmore 30mm x 30mm

There are two sizes to choose from... 25mm x 25mm and 30mm x 30mm... This fan is usually use for ESC... I am using 30mm x 30mm for my ESC because I accidentally broke my original ESC fan... Without a fan, the ESC will definitely overheat... Instead of getting those China brand, I opted for Muchmore cause it is a very reputable brand and the performance is really insane... The fan turns at a very high speed hence the name ultra high RPM... Now my ESC run much cooler and definitely won't overheat...

So whats the benefit of running better fan for my ESC and motor cooler posted in my previous post??? Longer runtime... I don't have to stop drifting halfway just because the ESC and motor is overheating...

My motor use to be very very hot... As you know, it will damage the motor if the temperature is too high... When using this motor cooler there is significant drop in temperature... Before using this motor cooler I tried using others, but they are not as good as this... Besides that, now I am able to run a wider range of gearing for my car... This is indeed a very good product... Now I am not scare of overheating my motor anymore...

Blue Anodized Aluminum Motor Mount For TA05IFS...

The benefit of using aluminum motor mount is you can save as much as 4g weight saving over normal motor mount... This is very important for touring but not so for drifting... Besides that, motor will run cooler due to cooling fin running along the motor mount... Last but not least, it makes your car looks nice... More bling...