Good mods for a drift car

[sliintent]

What are some of the key elements in a drift car that are important for drifting? and what are some good mods to do to a drift car that i dont have to buy?

[markeese180sx]

go to a local tire shop and jack some tires from the storage...thats always free lol...start off with new springs...unless u have money for coilovers..get some sway bars to prevent body roll..and like many people have said...the most important element is the driver

[CrazyHawaiian]

Weight Balance
Suspension Balance
Drifting Tires
LSD / Posi
Interior stuff (seat and wheel)

Free stuff ... hmm weld the gears of your stock rearend and it will act like a LSD but probably break within 6 months to a year. Drift tires are usually free because they are other peoples rubbish. Other free stuff ... hmmm cut springs. Thats about all I can think of thats free.

[driftmunky]

My list of some of the first mods....

Suspension:
LSD
Springs (coilovers if your a lucky rich punk...)
Front/Rear Sway Bars
Cage
PRACTICE

Tires:
Decent tires in front, Crap or tire shop extra's in back
PRACTICE

Brakes:
Brake Pads
Rotors
Brake Lines
PRACTICE

Interior:
Seats
Shift Knob
Steering Wheel
Maybe some guages (just be careful no to turn it into rice...)
PRACTICE

Performance:
Muffler (Cat-back if you got the cheese...)
Intake (Filter only if youre low on dough...)
Performance chip type deal
PRACTICE

As you can see, i listed alot, but just pick and chose what you think you need the most....
thats my .02 hope it helps.... (we should make a post similiar to this {above} and make it sticky, who knows how many of these type post there are...)

[prodigy]

The best free thing I can think of is knowledge. Your car should be your best friend. Get to know it.

[quickstyleRPS13]

well if you dont want to spend money cut your springs and put some pantyhose over the intake tube and steal some tires.hahaha j/j dont do any of that well exept for the tire thing. but get a job and save up for some basic mods like shocks and springs.

[abstrakt01]

Hello DAN

[GotPhoRPS13]

Suspension
LSD
TIRES!!!

[Go]

Here's the stuff I have going in the spring (its all sitting
in the basement - except the coils, they should arrive soon):

- Bushings upgrade
- Front/Rear Swaybars
- Coilovers
- Volk wheels (ok they really don't matter but they're VOLK!)

Already installed:
- B&M Shifter

Still need:
- Z32 brake upgrades

I have a Canadian car so VLSD is already there.

Not much more I can think of other then other chasis stiffening
components such as ladder bars and all that fancy sh*t that I
will most likely not get. :|

In summary:
- LSD (if you don't have it already)
- Suspension
- Brake
- Engine

[sliintent]

When i say free i mean like mods i can do at home, and i kno shitty tires are terrible for drifting remeber drifting is about loosing grip around the turns and then regaining it after the drift is over i dont want to be sliding all over the place cuz of no grip

[ACDSupra7]

It's going to be hard for you to jump from stock suspension to a full coilover system. So forget that until you can use a spring/shock setup.

[GS03]

The point of low grip, crap, tires is to be able to drift easily and learn to regain grip. You should also be doing low grip tires in the rear. Having low grip tires in the front is just plain stupid.

"If you can complete drifts say, 1 out of every 3 times, you're ready to move on to high grip, fancy tires."

-Keiichi Tsuchiya (Drift Bible)

[ACDSupra7]

Originally posted by GS03
Having low grip tires in the front is just plain stupid.

AND you'll just plain understeer ^_^

[driftmunky]

Originally posted by ACDSupra7
AND you'll just plain understeer ^_^

and that leads to you just plain DYING!!!




or atleast wrecking your car and causing humongously huge big bad problems.

"start with some grippy tires in the front, and some low grip tires in the back, maybe from a scrapyard(edit by munky: or maybe some extra's that are still good that are thrown out by tire shops!)"

Keiichi Tsuchiya

edit by munky

[JunpoweR]

Well Here is what i would do:

Gut out the cats(remember dosent pass smog)5-15hp
Stripping the interior.100-700 weight savings
Loosing weight(jenny craig)1-100lbs weight savings
(loosing weight improves hp\weight ratio..=)
what you think..

[prodigy]

Loosing weight(jenny craig)1-100lbs weight savings

Don't let Chunky Bai here that one or he will tear you a new one.

[CaliChocolate]

the vital drift set-up: all suspension parts (coil-overs, toe linkage, arms..etc), LSD (2 way recommended..especially for beginners), full exhaust, grip tires in the front; bad traction tires rear, manual transmission, boss kit and boss kit spacers (needed), and a good clutch. double and triple clutch crap not needed...trust me!! Thats basically it....

[driftxtreem]

A traction tires in the front and bad in the rear. Let me explain this again. this aint coketray drifting. you need to be able to regain traction on all four corners at all times. you are building a grip car and overpowering the traction in the rear.

This is not a flame this is correct info.

[driftxtreem]

Originally posted by CaliChocolate
, boss kit and boss kit spacers (needed)...trust me!!

what are these for?

(Scratches head)

two way LSD makes car hard to break traction. NOT recommended for beginners. TWO way also makes car more unstable, more prone to oversteer and spinout under braking.

Steering boss + spacer not needed. Spend money on good holding seat.

[Chas]

Originally posted by prodigy
Don't let Chunky Bai here that one or he will tear you a new one.

Id almost let him.

[CaliChocolate]

First of all, a 2 way is recommended because both wheels are spinning at the same speed rather under heavy acceleration or not. Its not hard to break in. If you have a new LSD, do figure 8s in a parking lot, drive around on it. Thats the only way you will break it in properly. Thats any LSD...
Boss kit is basically the kits you use to replace factory steering wheel hubs. The spacer is needed because you want to drift haveing full control of your car. You cant do that laid back like Snoop doggy dogg. You need the steering wheel closer to you. Plus you need knee clearance for clutch and braking abilities. Its not for a seat.

2 way- locked all times (on and off acceleration)
1.5 way- locked under some acceleration plus heavy acceleration
1 way- locked only when giving gas

[CaliChocolate]

Oh yeah...always have a perfectly round steering wheel with no abnormal configurations!!!

[CaliChocolate]

Drifting is all about oversteering buddy. Thats the whole purpose isn't it?? Oversteer, then counter steer under acceleration. LSDs help you to drift effectively at a much faster speed. You can drift with a stock viscous diff, but they usually don't work effectively. One wheel will turn faster than the other. How will you get good drifting that way???