Building my first drift worthy car need help

Well i been searching websites for the right specs and mods i need to enter in a drift competition.Really my biggest ? is what point rollcage do i need, and do i really need any mods for hp and torque or just a good suspension upgrad?:confused:
 
you dont need a cage to run events get coilovers and a good diff and if your sliding a rx7 get knuckles dan chilton makes them cheap.
 
well roll cage is only important is u competitive........and suspension and diff are all u need to drift.......well i never had an rx-7 so i dunno about how those motors put out
 
yea i dont really know about the rx7 going on tha tracks,Im rebuilding a 92 240sx thats tha one im building for track but if it dont get build in time im proubly going to have to use my 2nd gen
 
Well i stay in winter haven,I didnt really mean time but just i dont want to wait to long cause you know how when you rebuild a car from ground up your going to run in to problems and money happins all tha time.
 
'points' i think minimum of a 6 point (6 mounting plates on the body of the car) with a harness bar, diagonal, and a full halo. Specifics in the amount and degree of bends as well as how many bars are allowed to meet at a given point may vary from rule book to rule book. ask the series/event people for the rulebook for that particular group you plan to run with.

My cage was build to 2006 FormulaD specs but is now no longer legal as they have changed it up.
 
if you have to ask, you shouldnt do anything with drifting

serious bro, im 19 years old so i dont know it all just lookin to find the right specs to get into track. So how are you suppose to know it when you first begin, What just act like you do, no you got to get info to know what you are doin. I admit i really dont know any crap about drifting in track but i tell you this i do know how to drift and drive but i never been on a track i always been on tha streets never really had tha money to go to a track every weekend, just lookin to get off the streets and do it safe and your telling me if i dont know about it i shouldnt do it. to not go for my dreams and try to learn more about it i think your wrong buddy sorry. THIS IS A COMMUNITY WE HELP EACH OTHER OUT AND NOT PUT THERE DREAMS DOWN. WE JUST DONT SUDDENLY KNOW IT ALL SORRY BRA IT JUST DONT WORK OUT THAT WAY
 
serious bro, im 19 years old so i dont know it all just lookin to find the right specs to get into track. So how are you suppose to know it when you first begin, What just act like you do, no you got to get info to know what you are doin. I admit i really dont know any crap about drifting in track but i tell you this i do know how to drift and drive but i never been on a track i always been on tha streets never really had tha money to go to a track every weekend, just lookin to get off the streets and do it safe and your telling me if i dont know about it i shouldnt do it. to not go for my dreams and try to learn more about it i think your wrong buddy sorry. THIS IS A COMMUNITY WE HELP EACH OTHER OUT AND NOT PUT THERE DREAMS DOWN. WE JUST DONT SUDDENLY KNOW IT ALL SORRY BRA IT JUST DONT WORK OUT THAT WAY

That's cool that you're young and all, but that's no excuse. Look for info and keep off the street. One day of track sliding is better than 6 months of street drifting in a learning sence. I'm fairly young too bro, I'm only 21, but I don't use that for an excuse.
 
if you have to ask, you shouldnt do anything with drifting

Wrong attitude towards someone that is trying to learn about drifting. I bet you didn't know everything when you first started.

First thing is first. When you start building a drift car (or anything related to motorsports), you need to remember that money makes the world go 'round. Suspension for example, you can buy a $600 set of Nex coilovers on ebay and have the shocks blow within a month, or spend the extra few hundred bucks on a set of Stance coilovers and be happy with them.

Again, the first major modifications would be suspension and a differential. Don't worry about a sweet turbo setup or how much hp you need to drift.

Since you are first starting out, a set of coilovers and a VLSD. If you can afford to get a clutch type LSD such as a 1.5 or 2 way, I would very much rather get one of those. The VLSD would work just fine, though. A welded open diff is another choice, but I would rather get a true LSD since welded diffs usually break and are just not good for traction.

Tires are another thing that a lot of beginners overlook. Look, we are not pros and most of us are not sponsored. So don't worry about getting a set of Falken Azenis RT-615 or Advan Neova AD08 (as if your stock ass motor can spin them anyway). Sure, up front you want something that wont have you plowing the nose of the car into the wall, so spend your money on good front tires, but in the rear, it's cool to be a little cheap, because you are gonna kill the tires anyway. Used tires are good too, but you never know how long they will last.

Once you have master a car with a setp like this, it'll be time to start looking at other aspects of the car (power, grip, weight, and etc.).
 
if you want to get your toes wet with info without asking people just look up the drfit bible im sure 96% of the peopple on here got good pointers from that video. my 2 cents
 
Yeah, as lame or cliche as it sounds, the drift bible helped me see some techniques.

it only sounds cliche because of the crazy exploitation that the fanboi put it thru... i bet if you take a good look at it now you'll probably see shit you never noticed and even still learn from it. :D
 
Wrong attitude towards someone that is trying to learn about drifting. I bet you didn't know everything when you first started.

Imma go out on a limb and say he still doesn't know everything, based on the fact that I don't either. Shit never ends.

to the OP, do some searching and you'll find everything you need to get a good start. being lazy wont work with drifting and i see that PROVEN every event I'm at.

*pro tip: know what you are running. tire size, pressure, suspension numers (if aftermarket). you cant make adjustments to the car if you dont know wtf you started at. Every track is different and every surface is different. There is no magic setting for drifting.
 
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