can i drift with my 83 stock
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From: Renton/Bellevue/Seattle WA

Not if you have a V8. V8s make it a driftmatic. Basically V8, knuckles, win FD.
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You need to learn the limits of your stock car first [they aren't very high, to be honest].
FBs are difficult to slide.
The best mod you can ever make to your car is seat time for the driver.
FBs are difficult to slide.
The best mod you can ever make to your car is seat time for the driver.
Another fine specimen from Florida :X
aaaaaaaaaanyways.
1: take your differential to get welded (probably your biggest set back)
2: buy the stiffest lowering springs you can find.
3: = drift machine
ps: also look into replacing the stock school bus steering wheel.
aaaaaaaaaanyways.
1: take your differential to get welded (probably your biggest set back)
2: buy the stiffest lowering springs you can find.
3: = drift machine
ps: also look into replacing the stock school bus steering wheel.
I've been drifting in my FB . I have realized in reading more about how my motor works that I will make quick work of destroying it without putting in a windage tray. Also the Racing Beat Holley carb i have is not optimal for the drift at all. It's like a lot of these kids here say it's about seat time learning how to make your car do what you want. Ground Control has some sweet parts for suspension for the FB and Suspension Techniques Sway Bars ore great too. Mine has LSD which works pretty well but a welded diff is more optimal
Any rear-wheel drive car (meaning not a van/truck/bus) can be drifted, but to do it well you need at the very least a racing seat (and harness, really), a mechanical LSD (viscous doesn't count) or locked diff, and a tuned suspension.
If you drift without these things, don't kid yourself...you're just powersliding.
If you drift without these things, don't kid yourself...you're just powersliding.
You say you can't drift a truck ? And you have to have a racing seat ???Really Hardbody,720,240sx Drifting - YouTube
Also, what I mean is that anything rollover prone is not a good idea to drift. You could drift a semi truck if you wanted to; doesn't mean it's a good idea.
GC style front coil over conversion with 400# springs, 250# rear springs (5.5in dia oval track stuff), shimmed gsl LSD, and a healthy motor. That is all you need mechanically, then seat time, seat time, seat time.
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