Need help with chassis selection

[awbachellor]

I am just getting into drifing and was looking for some advice on which chassis to go with. All of the following that the local shop carries are electric, and all are belt driven except for the Team Associated TC4.

Well, here are the kits:

Hot Bodies Cyclone
www.hotbodiesonline.net/kit.php?lang=en&partNo=66403

TeamXRAY T2
www.teamxray.com/teamxray/products/proddesc.php?prod_id=1861&kategoria=&catName=XRAY%20T2'007%20US%20Foam-Spec%20Edition

Team Losi JRX-S
www.teamlosi.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=LOSA0255

Team Losi XXX-S
www.teamlosi.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=LOSA0285

Team Associated TC4
www.teamassociated.com/shusting/CatalogHub/kitspecs_tc4/kittc4.htm

If anyone knows much about any of these platforms, or if you have any suggestions about other chassis that I may be able to get fairly reasonably, please let me know (BTW, I live if Florida, and Yokoma and Tamiya are not very common in my area).

[navlem]

get a shaft driven chassis den..

[J]

dun have any info to give u regarding the last 4 kits u listed becos they aren't common over here, ( or at least not common in drift though I've seen one Xray car ( dunno model ) being drifted b4 quite well )
Generally shaft cars are reccommended for drifting instead of belt cars due to various reasons, which you can find in other sections of the forum (sorry rather late already and too tired to go find the links ).
But belt cars have been successfully used for drifting also, so no reason to dismiss them.
If you can find Hotbodies Cyclone, you might be able to find HPI pro4 ( HPI is the parent company of Hotbodies, rather like Subaru and STI subaru technical international ), a pro4 is shaft driven and definitely driftable ( i'm using one currently )
For first hand info of whether the Cyclone S version can drift, if you are willing to wait about one week, my teammate Ximen is in the process of building his Cyclone S (just bought today) and after tuning and adjustments and testing it out, might be able to give you some info on whether it is a good car for drifting.