Street Jam "Iron Chin" Nostalgic Wheels

Boso fans, rejoice! Available for import on June 15th in 3mm, 6mm, and 10mm offsets, these wheels take standard sized drift tires and give them a high-profile look:

Source: Street Jam

Rainy Days...

It has been like this for the past week:

ABC Hobby Toyota A70 Supra Body

After releasing what felt like an onslaught of mini 1/10th scale bodies, ABC Hobby announced their latest standard 1/10th scale body (the exact dimensions have yet to be revealed), the Toyota A70 Supra:

It should be available for import within the next couple of months.

Source: ABC Hobby

Hot Bodies Cyclone Drift Kit

Hot Bodies showed off their new drift chassis at this year's Shizuoka Hobby Show. Its design follows in the foosteps of the Alex Racing CE-R and StreetJam OTA-R. One noticeable difference, though, is the addition of a second rear belt pulley which allows the spur gear to be positioned lower on the chassis.

Full Option Version:

I'm looking forward to testing it out when it becomes available.

Source: HPI EXPRESS

TA05 Countersteer Practice

TA05 Countersteer Setup

Last year my friend Sunny introduced me to countersteer drifting, but it wasn't until recently that I decided to give it a real try. With a countersteer setup the chassis' rear wheels spin faster than the front wheels, which transforms its handling characteristics to those of a rear-wheel-drive car. This allows for more countersteer to be applied while drifting. To achieve this effect, a smaller diff pulley and larger center pulley is installed for the rear belt, and vice versa for the front belt. So far I've only changed the pulleys for the rear belt:

Tamiya 18T pulley (#53989):
XRAY belt tensioner (#303071):
Tamiya 32T pulley (#50877):

Drift Practice Vol. 2

New Pulleys

A month or two after installing the Square Drift Conversion on my TA05, I noticed the pulleys started turning yellow. It wasn't really a big deal at first, but the yellower they got, the more it annoyed me. I don't think anyone else even noticed them, but to me they stuck out like sore thumbs. After almost a year of this, I couldn't take it anymore. I ordered a set of black "Limited Edition" pulleys, and when I was done installing them, I wondered why I waited so long to replace them.

Old pulleys:
New pulleys installed:

Square Carbon Damper Stays

Thanks to my friend Sunny I was able to get a set of Square carbon damper stays for my TA05. I had been holding out for these in particular because the rear body posts stay in the stock location:They'll be on my car as soon as I get some CA glue to seal the edges.