Hi Guys, im new and can I say what a great forum! finally found a place with the right guys and knowledge..

I have an 85 RX7 with a Rover V8 engine, we are trying to setup the car up purely for drifting fun. Now being new to mechanical work myself, could someone please tell me how to free up more drifing fun? ie can anything be done to the diff? if there is one? How can I set this up to be the drift car I desire?

Thanks.

 

Take the V8 part out of your post or it will get moved. People here get loud when they hear v8 and 7 in the same post.

 

Im afraid the car came with the v8 when I bought it, if someone gave me a rx7 engine then i will be happy to take it

 

hehe^^^^ agreed iv seen it alot

weld the diff or get a lsd read the stickies up top
front strut bars
hopefully heaps off info turns up as i want to go drift crazy to like the member driftlanta
search posts by him there is some info on his setup and maybe ull see his videos

DRIFTING RULZZ
smell my rubber baby lol

 

Stiffer spring rates, thicker sway bars, performance shocks, lsd or locked diff is a must, don't need a lot of power but an exhaust would help a little to keep the wheels turning, front and rear strut tower braces, camber plates, polyurethane suspension bushings all over, maybe something to get just a little more steering angle (it's actually pretty good stock), lots of money for tires, patience, swearing, and practice, practice, practice.

 

nothing wrong with a V8

its not the 12A or the 13B club its the RX-7 club.

 

the front is too heavy...

 

breath justin breatthhhhh.... breathhh

lol

 

Thanks guys, tomorrow is taking all the excess weight out ie interior, cage going in. Any reccomend where I can get springs, sway bars etc for this year of car?

The car has enormous amounts of power already but need to lock the diff, anyone know how to do this? or LSD lock off?

Thanks

 

this is the faq page https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/1st-gen-rx-7-faq-page-237777/ lsd is down to the bottom of the page
sites
http://www.racingbeat.com/ lots of stuff
http://www.blackdragonauto.com/ lots of oem parts
http://www.mazdatrix.com/ oem parts etc
http://rx7.com/ other bits n pieces
http://www.iscracing.net/ racing bits n pieces
http://www.racersareme.com/ camber plates
thatl get ya started theres plenty more out there seeing ya in the uk there could be some others in ya are

just search search etc
hope this helps

chris

 

ya take off that v8 engine , too much weight and hella torque . drifting is cool but i think the touge's are wicked .

 

the v8 being in it has screwed the 50/50 weight.. the front for the car weighs alot more than the back... your goint to gut it taking more weight off the *** and middel of the car making the back even lighter....now you have built a car that wants to push thru turns in sted of slide around them... also cars are set up to have under steer from the factory. as the avg. person can fix that better than the *** end of the car coming around them..

your best bet is to put the car on scales and try to fix your weight problem after you gut it best luck to you

there are alot of things you can do

 

ford 9" rear-end swap with that v8 would help solve both your weight and LSD problems.