ComicArtist

With a 10 or 11 I'd go with a 225-245 wide tire and +20ish offset.

BTW, there is a wheel/tire section, I'd post in there before you get flamed for spamming up the drift setup thread.

Drift89fc

Cool thanks man it will be sick to have the look and ill be able to find steelys to run for driftin. I find it easyer to drift my NA with low pro tires then with stock tires. Hey you know why they say to take out the rear sway bar for driftin if your runing a NA or low hp?????


Oh and sorry guys im not trying to jack this up. My car is being built to drift and ive got awsome info from this site for what to do to my car. Thanks to all for the help :-)

mikerbike

I thought for sure 'they' said remove your rear swaybar when you need more grip while sliding, not when you're having troubles breaking the rear end loose. Can you find the post(s) where someone said low power?

Drift89fc

I can try. It was a long time ago when i was asking advise on how hard it would be to drift a NA and im pritty sure someone sead to disconect it to help break loose. Ill see what i can do tho. Im hoping to get a T2 to drop into my car this winter if it doesnt cost me much if not i mite be drifting my NA next summer. Im not lookin to compete just have fun. I have a s5 should i get a s5 T2 or a s4?????

joshuaput

get an s5 if your car is s5. but really, stay na until you have driven alot. also hook up your sway bar if youre having issues breaking loose. and put your coilovers on the stiffest settings. and up your tire pressure to 60+ in the rear. na will do fine with that for having fun. Would you rather have fun drifting na. or be bummed your t2 swap still needs more work while everyone is having fun drifting?

AngelsAndBombs

Is anyone running SuperNow tie rod ends with any modded knuckle?

Drift89fc

joshuaput get an s5 if your car is s5. but really, stay na until you have driven alot. also hook up your sway bar if youre having issues breaking loose. and put your coilovers on the stiffest settings. and up your tire pressure to 60+ in the rear. na will do fine with that for having fun. Would you rather have fun drifting na. or be bummed your t2 swap still needs more work while everyone is having fun drifting? "Quote"


All around i just want to get out their and do it haha i do have a 89 s5 so im good to go and it does have the v-LSD when i clutch kick her she loves going sidways. I could use shocks tho. Im runing factory suspention luckly they are the adjustable ones so i can stiffin them up a bit. All out shes a fun car and i never want to sell her im starting to learn how to keep her sideways without spining out. I find more speed helps and not being on the gas hard keeps me in control.

FC_fan

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viscous type diffs aren't great for drifting. I think the main reason is because they overheat unless you give them some cool down time. its the fluid that locks it. search up on swapping to an s4 clutch type diff, you may have to get s4 stub shafts/axles to use that diff to but I can't specifically recall. viscous will be fine for now but just an idea of something to look at in the future. you could always go crazy and get a kaaz or os giken 2 way lsd to if you got money to burn. but main thing is seat time. wait until the diff starts holding you back.

I don't recall, but if you don't have one then get a bucket seat. I have a corbaeu forza fixed back modified onto the stock rails and it works great. but any seat that will hold you in place better and let you focus more on controlling your car then hanging on. next would be coilovers. that stock auto adjusting suspension isn't great. PBM, stance, hks are the brands to look into on an entry level budget.

RussTII

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I have Supernow tie rod ends and my knuckles are in the mail to Hotline. Ill let you know when i get them back

RubenTheRabbit

Im stoked people are still posting on here. Im going a backwards but i think more reliable approach of engine swap first. I've got.

Megan tracks
Recaro spg
Shimmed diff
Non-ps rack.. whooo!

Ive only done parking lot stuff so far, but i only live 15 mins from a track. Im hoping to make it to my first event in dec.

I'll admit the diff is something to get used to. My front tires are easily overcome, which leads to a not so fun understeer.

Ive also got st sway bars waiting to install. I ordered them prior to reading this whole thread... since everybody just seems to remove them. I guess ill try em out.

airquin23

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I am running supernow tie rod ends and modded knuckles.

Jooce

hey guys i need a little bit of help. ive posted about this in the official wheel fitment thread but i figured since this is a drift setup thread you guys would know more about my question

im going to put origin 20mm front fenders and 50mm rear overs on my fc. i want my tires to be tucked behind the fenders with about a 1" space between tire/fender(i just want room for rebound). my question is what offsets would i need on the front and back? also i want my fronts to be 8.5-9 wheel width, backs 9.5-10. im looking for wheels 5-6 spoke, or some concave multispokes. and will i need spacers or anything else to take into consideration? also i dont plan on cambering the back tires. but front ill have quite a bit of camber. thanks!

AngelsAndBombs

Cool thanks Carlos & Russ. Wasn't sure if there was a problem with an aftermarket tie rod and a modded knuckle.

killer11b

ok does any one think a t88 will be to big of a turbo ? the reson i ask is i have one but i figer if i put a small shot of nitros thin ill be fine till the turbo kicks in ??

Philkildow

so when drifting do I wanna have tires fully inflated or let some air out?

Philkildow

oh one more thing, What is a good tire for drifting? like lots of smoke? you want a hard tire or soft treaded tire? Does width of the tire change the drifting ability?

ComicArtist

Oh man.....

-=drift*squad=-

iTrader: (19)

O.o

joshuaput

inflate tires to 60psi. burn whatever you got.

NealP

iTrader: (11)

Interesting, how do you like them? And what kind of knuckles are you running?

Just curious.

RussTII

iTrader: (4)

JTP knuckles + SuperNow Tie rod ends
18x9.5 +12

The rim hits the LCA when turning out and hits the frame rail when turning in. The frame rail can be hammered but I had to use a 15mm spacer to get it to clear the LCA. So 18x9.5 -3 (or a narrower wheel with the equivalent inner clearance) would be the bare minimum you need to run this setup. Im sure extended ball joints would help too but i dont know how much

joshuaput

hmm. I have 18x9.5 +4 with custom knuckle and extended balljoints and junk. I still hit pretty hardcore. I might need to run a spacer.

Screamin FC

this is all so inspiritional. lol. i just got my fc about 3 weeks ago and im just starting my drift build on it. ifrst thing(due to my blown *** shocks and tein lowering springs) are going to be coilovers. i was looking into the ISIS coilovers. ive heard really good reviews about them on drifting.com, but thats ONLY for FC's. fd's and s-chassis owners are saying theyre terrible but i have only heard really good about them for the fc. any input?

RussTII

iTrader: (4)

i know nothing about ISIS coilovers but i doubt the strut itself is much different than the FD or S chassis. Just a thought

joshuaput

never heard about them. you get what you pay for.