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what will help me setup my car to drift better?

 

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An engine swap. Stick an RB26DETT under that hood and it'll be perfect

 

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that and NAWZZZZZZZZZZZZZ lots of it

 

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kids

 

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f aggot

 

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^LOL

it's not that serious

 

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A Maximum Motorsports road and track kit will do the trick

 

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A different car, seriously.

 

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You guys may as well give it up, drifting is going to be big this summer and people are going to ask questions about it

 

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McTeague said:

You guys may as well give it up, drifting is going to be big this summer and people are going to ask questions about it

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I'm not being an ass. I'm just being honest. The majority of drift cars are not Mustangs. I don't really know what would make his car drift better because I'm not used to Mustangs as drift cars.

 

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I thought any rear wheel drive car was suitable for drifting? Why wouldn't a Mustang make a good drift car?

 

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I'm not saying it couldn't be a good drift car. The rear end of our cars (as you know if you have ever punched it around a turn) tend to sling a lot. This would have to be mastered to drift a Mustang. I'm pretty sure that the camber/caster/toe has to be somewhat jacked up to make the car 'loose' like drift cars are. I think the hardest part would be the oversteer/understeer aspect. It can be done, I've seen a couple (not the ones with stickers all over em) ...


If anybody has vids of Mustangs drifting good, I'd love to see em.

 

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Vaughn Gittin Jr. - Team Falken - First American Team to win D1GP

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score one for the domestics

they also have older muscle cars on their team (Falken)

 

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i already got NOS, what else?

 

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HoustonGT said:

An engine swap. Stick an RB26DETT under that hood and it'll be perfect

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I hear the R2D2 engine is better for drifting yo.

 

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streetstang03 said:

f aggot

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christ man it was a f'n joke, lighten up. what sparked this was a handful of actually serious threads on other boards ive read. it really blows my mind how these 3 movies have cluttered the car enthusiast scene with garbage

 

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that was too, dude. i knew you were kidding

 

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f aggot

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So you've finally made it public?

 

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McTeague said:

I thought any rear wheel drive car was suitable for drifting? Why wouldn't a Mustang make a good drift car?

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the weight, uneven weight distribution, and crappy suspension. also with it's 4x4 suspension I bet the center of gravity is somewhere between MIR and the sun. it also has the inability to get slammed without throwing the suspenion geometry out of whack without a bit of suspension work.

I'd stick with what's tried and true, a 240sx, fd/fc, or 84-87 corolla.

bob cosby might shank you if he sees a drifting stang .

 

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timeless2 said:

So you've finally made it public?

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