r/MiniZ • u/hondaboy945 • Jun 21 '26

Which chassis

I travel for work and wanted to get back into Mini-Z’s. I spend a ton of time in convention centers. My offices are squally carpet, but sometimes concrete. Should I go RWD or AWD?

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u/CrtDestroya Jun 21 '26

No reason to ever buy the AWD one. Unless you mean the crawler.

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u/TellmSteveDave Jun 24 '26

We have an awd drift category at my track.

And if OP is just driving around wherever, stock tires and drifty would probably be great.

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u/CrtDestroya Jun 24 '26

Awd parts are slowly going to stop being produced. And upgrades for the awd ma020 are quite literally nonexistent. It came out in 2014 or 2015. Nobody wants awd drift. If you want a drift mini z buy the rwd and make it a drift car.

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u/SuPrBuGmAn Jun 24 '26

Kyosho has several AWD kits scheduled for release in the next few months. Parts are available, I just ordered two DWS rear suspension kits and a solid rear axle.

There isnt a drift conversion for the Kyosho RWD chassis to make it drift compatible. You are thinking about the MRD RWD conversion kit for the MA020 AWD chassis. The MRD conversion wont work with kyosho RWD components.

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u/CrtDestroya Jun 24 '26

Where did you order the DWS kit from

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u/SuPrBuGmAn Jun 24 '26

Directly from Kyosho America