Black Knight

that would be great. www.torrentreactor.com. is down

Black Knight

YEAH!! My first hot thread.

Black Knight

you gys think once i get good 385hp would about good.

EDiddy

he is based out of Hawaii Honolulu i think and is the owner/operator of www.fc3spro.com if im not mistaken if im wrong please correct me
very very knowledge aboout 7's and cars in genmeral between him IceMark and RotoryRessurection you can learn jsut about anythign you need to know

Black Knight

thanks ediddy

Black Knight

is there parts i need for safety reasons

Bigretardhead

roll bar if you want. fire extinguisher maybe? don't need anything. just depends if you want it there.

Black Knight

Bigretardhead, you think once i get good 385hp would about good.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

that's a bit much...

Black Knight

ok how much HP would you shoot for?

I was just guessing

Bigretardhead

well, that should be more than enough. but really it just depends on what you want. I've seen videos of guys in japan drifting 500hp FCs, and also drifting 250hp FCs. its just driver preference. once you get better, you can start to add power, and if you like having more power, then keep adding. or you may find that it gets harder to control with more power. once you get better, you'll start to kinda figure out what YOU want to do with the car, rather than what someone else does, or what most people do. its really just up to you.

Black Knight

Thanks. 500Hp in a drift fc thats CRAZY :O

Bigretardhead

lol. yes it is.

Black Knight

I think 285hp would be good then.

RotaryEvolution

iTrader: (30)

it's all in how much you can handle, obviously 500HP is going to be harder to control than 200HP is. a lower HP car is harder to break loose than a high HP car is though but tends to pull harder when catching traction and obviously gets up to and past fast enough speeds for a tight track.

Black Knight

i konw i wont have 500HP i get myself killed

chris-reedtn

200 hp is more than enough to drift with, you can learn on the stock car and then move your self forward as you grow in skill. The more you learn the more you can spend, you need to learn how to use the car and how it reacts to to sliding, The firts mod i would say would be get an lsd, then shocks and springs or coilovers if you wanna make that jump, but you dont need them to start, and if you dont need anything to radical then shocks adn springs are adequit. once you get those you'll wanna lower the car, this will give you better controll because youll have a lower center of gravity, and less body roll. you should also get some new sway bars, with adjustable links so you can adjust them to suit your your style. But when you lower your car you need to get the camber rod for the rear, so you can adjust camber in the rears, and some camber plates for the front, negative camber is good, but to much can be a problem, and can also ruin a good set of tires fast, youll just have to learn what suits you. This should give you a good place to get and learn to drift well. To bad that the rx7s suspension is non comparable to the 240 because you can deff adjust everything on them.

well i hope this helps and the best safety thing you need to know is to keep it on the track

-Chris

Black Knight

thanks everyone for all your help. its late. see yall later.

slava

iTrader: (3)

my advice is to not even worry about the power, especially if your gettin a turbo II. power should be one of the last things u should focus on. for suspension if u got money get the tein he for around 1500$, or if your lucky you can find them used. if you dont wanna spend too much then get some stiff springs (tein S Tech are my favorite, thats wat i got on my car and they are very stiff). i have also heard good things about the apex springs. also u should probably get some good shox, adjustable ones. like kyb agx's. u can get the springs for around 200$ and racingbeat.com sells the kyb agx's for 106$ each for the rear, and a little more for the front. so like 500$ for shox. thats like half the price of the coilovers and almost as good. also sway bars help a lot.rear toe eliminators are only 40 bucks and i heard make a big difference, i ordered mine but they havnt came in yet. and another thing i havnt heard people mention is the tanabe underbrace. its only 90 bucks and will reduce drag when your trying to get sideways. hope my info helped.

BklynRX7

Yea power isnt much of an issue for hobby drifting, ive gotten cars with around 100hp sideways, front wheel drive no less, with the handbrake. Without the handbrake i can get the rear to slide a bit on 90 degree turns using what i later learned is called a feint technique (go driftbible ) . I would just go with some shocls and springs now if i were you. Adjustables are cool but I personally dont find them necessary unless your goin to the track alot. Just get some kyb GR-2 and itsll stiffen them up better than stock and only coat you $200. EIbach make some good springs for good prices. i have a set for sale if your interested.

Bob_The_Normal

Please don't run out and try 'drifting' on the streets.

I'm not accusing you or anything... just preventing.

You need a big BIG empty parking lot... no light poles, no parking curbs... and try to find one as flat as possible, like no water gutters running through them.

Start practicing in an area where no matter WHAT direction your car goes in at 30mph you'll have room to stop. I'm serious... even if you think you'll start drifting right, which would take you away from whatever is on your left side.... there are things that can happen to send you flying straight in the other direction faster than you were going in the first place, you'll be surprised.

If you have someone experienced they can tell you what to do to start the drift, timing on the countersteer and everything... it's very un-intuitive unfortunately... so just be safe.

--Gary

Jager

iTrader: (10)

I was just kidding. My bad.

Kenteth

You mean does anyone *not* know Ted. He's like one of the Gods... you'll get to know icemark, aaroncake, kevin@rotary resurrection, and the atkins guys. Theres a bunch of informative people here. Your most useful took on the forum will Always be the search tool though, I suggest you use it

scathcart

He's only the top poster on this forum (with over 13,000 posts) and the only person writing artciles on www.fc3spro.com....
Never heard of Ted Koseki?

Bob_The_Normal

Is that the guy that thinks he knows everything? Man I hate that guy! He ALWAYS has the right answer... what knowitall!

RETed more like RETarded! ha ha hah hahahahah!!!

Man I'm good.

;P (j/k Ted lol)

--Gary