Alright, I use to have a RWD POS car that I kinda drifted in every once in awhile. Now that I should get the 7 running soon though, just wondering, since its my baby...How much does drifting screw up the car? I mean, is it really bad on it? Cuz I want her to last, but I wanna have my fun!

 

Where are you in AZ? Drifting can be pretty bad on a car say if you spin out and run into something... Other than that, the main wear on the car is the tires.

 

I hear it unpacks the rear joints, but I would reserch that first, because its just hersay

 

Hey, I live in Queen Creek, near gilbert/mesa just in case you dont know where queen creek is out in the middle of nowheere...just the big desert.

 

Aslong as its in tip top shape with drift intended parts i dont see any problems , of course now if it needs repairs in the near future, expect that day to be tommorow

 

Any recomendations? :P

 

yea, what exactly are some of theese "drift intended" parts?

 

The only thing that I would recommend as a "drift intended" part would be some rear steer eliminator brushings and you can get them form www.mazdatrix.com. Other than that the car can be drifted perfectly fine in stock form as long as every thing is in good running condition. And drifting will have only bad effects on the tires and that's about it as long as its done properly.

 

What about suspension? Does that have a big affect? Since alot of drift cars that I see are lowered.

 

as said above, it's not hard on the car as long as you don't hit things.. hitting things tends to be hard on the car...

 

Well lowering is really just a secondary part of a drift car's suspension. Cars that actually compete in Japan and other places overseas, have SUPER stiff suspension (I'm talking like 10 kg/mm stiffer than stock).

Which makes their limits more approachable, controllable, and predictable.
Try to download some competitions or something, see if you can pick up any tech tips.

 

Well, whats being said is not Entirely accurate.

Drifting: Puts load on the outside of the hub and wheel bearings. It also loads your CV's.. If you have a LSD it will help you burn it up faster. If you hold it in a long sweeping turn, its Possible, but not likely to starve the engine of oil, thus baffled oil pans.

Do I care? No, because I spend more time working my other cars than driving them. I can hop in the FC and not worry too much. Most people won't notice until their back end is going "womp womp womp" down the road or their LSD is chattering like someone with a cold around corners.
-Bobby

 

Oh, I know where queen creek is, its only a few miles away from chandler. We should meet up sometime. Know of any good drift spots around? I need somewhere to learn once I get my car running.

 

When starting out you should do it in a big empty parking lot.
(Maybe with some cones?)

I suggest learning to do it with the e-brake first.

 

you really have to have a good LSD to perform a good drift. i really dont try to jap drift, but I do quite a bit of racing and i have gotten into some pretty heavy sideways drifts a number of times, and i have to tell you, with my open diff, its almost impossable to control a drift since hitting the gas will only spin the inside tire. the only way you can really control it is just balancing the car since the gas = no help, and thats even harder without the tow elims. if i could find a rebuildable s4 tII rear end, id slap it in my car in 2 seconds. anyone want to sell me one?

 

Yea, me and my friends gota pretty good little drift course in Queen Creek actually. They started building a neighborhood and then went bankrupt so there is a bunch of twisty neighborhood streets in the middle of nowhere! We got a whole course mapped out and all.

 

That or attend a drift day event, or some other place that will have people to teach you to slide.

 

I slide my open diff. Its quite hard (lots o' pumping the gas). but if you can slide an open diff well, you will be very good when you get LSD. But I starve for LSD. to slide properly... you need LSD. You can go without.. but its just not the same...