Guest Anonymous Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 yeah thats right, i've decided to build the 240 to be a drift car. I just ordered coilovers camber plates. BUT if i want this car to be a strictly drift car, what spring rates would be good, and what size sway bars would be good? I want to get sideways! any suggestions would be super. I guess my question is how would YOU tune your suspension if you wanted to be a drift car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalium99 Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 Wrong car my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 You want neutral steer to drift, plenty of power helps if the back is reluctant to come out because basically you steer with the accelerator. After x years I'm still working on it, but we'll get there, if my balls are big enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 neutral? i thought you would want a car with some understeer to get some hachi-cause drifting is all about massive clutch kicks. anyways these guys are all about drifto www.club4ag.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Thurem Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 How bout a massive rear swaybar and some really stiff springs. That ought to induce some oversteer. Maybe even some positive camber. you might end up with an evilhandling Z, but you could get it wide around any streetcorner. Thure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bang847 Posted July 12, 2002 Share Posted July 12, 2002 so you want to breath smog and burnt rubber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QWKDTSN Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 definitely the wrong car... your first mod should be power steering if you're really serious, forget the suspension stuff until later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CU Zcar Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 My school's sports car club has drift days following out autocrosses, and I don't have much trouble going sideways (...or spinning out, depending on how far I push it ). I've just got a mild L28 and the suspension listed below. You would think a massively stiff rearend would ease driftability, but I guess that isn't the case with IRS 'cause I couldn't get it to go sideways at all with the back full-stiff (and neither could my friend who is a real crazy drifter in his Miata). With reduced rear tire pressure and the shocks set to 2 (almost full soft) the car is pretty easy to either clutch-kick or feint sideways. Now, holding it there is the challenge, a LSD would help greatly. Power steering wouldn't be too great an asset I don't think, I usually just initiate the drift and let the steering wheel snap to whatever it needs to hold the drift, then I grasp it and either try to aim the car or come out. It's pretty difficult to describe and I'm not all that good yet, all I can say is DON'T TRY IT ON THE STREET!! Try it out in an empty parking lot at least until you have some idea of how to aim the car and come out from being sideways. If you're anywhere near Clemson, SC come to our next AX/drift day events! You can watch and learn a lot in just a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CU Zcar Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 Case in point. Video: http://people.clemson.edu/~bshaun/pics/vid/zdrift.avi Nah, it ain't that extreme, and my video-taking skills need some brushing up, but it's pretty cool. I thought. (BTW that's my Miata-driving friend at the wheel, second time he's driven the car, first in about a month.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 My mistake, thought you all were talking about high speed four wheel drifting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CU Zcar Posted July 15, 2002 Share Posted July 15, 2002 Hm. Maybe everyone else is. I don't have enough room anywhere to get to "high speeds" so I can't say if a Z is good/bad for that. Basically, you can do the type of low-speed stuff I described in just about any RWD car, or FWD/AWD if you snatch the handbrake (that's almost never worth it for FWD'ers from what I can tell, in an autocross anyway). I'm not crazy enough to do it on a public road. Sorry if I confused anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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