Background
The following review was submitted to us by a fellow DriftMission.com reader who represents RC Drifting in Italy with his very own TEH-R31 with Eagle Racing R31 Conversion Kit. Here is what Mirko had to say about the conversion kit.
The OTA-R31 or TEH-R31 clone chassis is the entry level CS chassis for excellence, because in experts hands it could become a nice drift car to compete on track. But if you want more by your car, Eagle Racing have the solution! This kit trasforms the nice balance of the R31 in an even better that gives more oversteer with less CS ratio.
Conversion Kit Impression
All of the carbon is of good quality: no splinters or burrs, the only fact is that some counterbores under the chassis are of a few thousandths of a millimeter less deep than it should, and some screws are not exactly flush with the chassis. Then, the frame is 4 mm thick, as well as everything else and yet it remains a little ‘flexibility.
Just take your time and pay attention to the diagrams, good quality chassis builds depend on your attention to detail. The aluminum gives a feeling of being less “solid” than than that by R2H (maybe the quality are in different leagues) but instead is very light and stiff. All the holes are precise and all the screews fix without problems.
Some driving consideration:
The rigid chassis has much less traction so, the drive become more precise even if the car is more nervous and sensible.
I think that worth it if you are expert drivers that want a car most scope for the competition like,if I must do a comparison,VDF (that remains better for the vertical upperdeck)
I would start by saying that the build is quite good (well, not great, as we shall see later, however, for 60USD the price / quality ratio is high)
Overall this is another excellent conversion kit from Eagle Racing, this will be sure to bring the TEH-R31 chassis to another level. DM staff have had experience with many Eagle Racing products in the past, so we are confident that this will be just as good. You are able to find this conversion kit on sale for roughly $60USD from BroadTech HK. With everything that is included in the conversion kit you won’t regret converting your existing clone TEH-R31 into a more balanced and upgraded RC drift machine.
Additional Information:
Eagle Racing R31 GRT Conversion Kit Contents:
- 4mm Carbon main chassis with pre-assembled aluminium battery stand mount and 2 aluminium upperdeck supports
- Carbon battery stand plates with blue clips (4mm)
- Carbon upper deck (4mm)
- Rear carbon damper stay (4mm)
- Front carbon damper stay (4mm)
- Includes fastening hex screws necessary to mount the kit
Countersteer Modifications
- 2.3 CS ratio
- 39T Front one-way
- 13T Centre one-way
- 17T Center front
- 16T Center rear
- 20T Rear center
- 27T Solid axle
Some videos of the chassis in action:
(R31 is Pink Aristo)
Post any questions or comments below!
This product review was brought to you by Mirko Tomassi AKA Er Bestia in Rome, Italy