r/Drifting

I’m a 17yo college student, I can “drift” a rwd car. But I have a fwd car but I can still slide it around. Do I rip up parking lots before go to a track. Don’t harass me, someone left a negative comment about this on a different post in a different subreddit.

So I have a s14 which I’m considering welding the diff

It does ocasional track but is mainly a city car, a buddy of mine told me welding the diff won’t make my car unusable for the streets or the road (it’s not my daily car either) but I don’t know how true is that

What do y’all think ? How stable is it at high speeds and will
I regret it ?

I've been drifting for the past year and a half, and I've hit a crisis. My E36 325i is the perfect chassis, my baby, I've invested lots of time and money into her, she's got everything I need except the most important part: the engine. The OEM M50 is giving out, 2 bad cylinders (no compression) and she's weaker than ever, especially since the last time I took her out to the track, and I'd need to tear the engine apart, get it machined and put it back together, which equals to labor and money being spent, around 10k BRL at least (with forged internals already to handle a tad bit of boost). in the end, to make it a competitve drift car (I'll be running the statewide drift championship next year), would require me to put around 100k+ into her, even though she's my passion, I'm not sure I could afford that

But, an opportunity has showed up recently, a 350Z Single turbo, 150k BRL (but the thing is, I'd make a down payment of 50k and the rest would be split into 5/10k payments. IMPORTANT THING TO NOTICE, I AM NOT FINANCING IT, IT'S HOW WE DO IT HERE IN BRAZIL, WE EITHER PAY FULL PRICE UPFRONT OR SPLIT INTO PAYMENTS, WITHOUT THE BANK INTERFERING, THAT MEANS NO INTEREST, IT'S HOW I BOUGHT MY E36). My car is worth 100k, but to sell it quickly, I could do 80k and take the rest upon the Z, or somehow get a loan for the 50k (Only in this case the bank would be involved) and making the car pay itself off (by taking people to rides, it pays pretty well, It's what I've been doing with my E36 before) and keep both of them.

Should I trade in my absolute pride and joy, my most beloved possesion for a maybe? I love that beamer, but maybe sometimes, it's time to let her go and bring joy to someone else.

Also, I've missed a recent big opportunity, almost the same deal but for an S15 Silvia (300k, but offered for me at 250k) SR20 fully built motor, in the end, now this car is with a homie of mine's, and I've ridden along, that car is a beast. I fully regret not taking it, however, at the time I didn't have the money to afford that car if something broke, much less the wait of parts coming from Japan, the high cost maintenance, it just maybe wasn't for me.

My E36 is not stock, it has already fully adjustable drift suspension, a rollcage, buckets and more, so does that Z, it's got a lot of good parts and so did the Silvia, so I don't know what to do at this point in my life, maybe I should keep my E36 and just pull her over, just take her on an occasional drive until I have the money

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Hello, hello, I'll keep this post simple.

I want to get into drifting. I have always loved the idea since I was younger, but now that I have adult money, I want to get into it for real. I don't know whether to buy a car I'm passionate about or buy a car I don't really like, smash it up, and then wonder what to do with it in the future. I'm sure you have a lot of advice on the second part. I have a high budget, and I'm not yet experienced with wormanualsk. The main reason is that I'm currently building and saving up to top-mount my bucket-list car, my A90 Supra, and build it towards the track by the end of next year.

Currently, I'm in SoCal, so we have a decent market to pick and choose from, but I'm open to hearing whatever recommendations, but do mind I want to get 80s-early 2000s cars for simplicity purposes and raw feel.

Thank you, guys, for your answers, and I hope to involve myself more in the community

Edit: The A90 is my time-attack-focused car, and my currency is USD

Project Shadow follows the life of a young college graduate, Kuzko Kody, who makes early morning deliveries for his fathers business to local mechanic shops in the area along his journey. Without noticing he began to get quicker and quicker on the downhill roads on the way home. Locals call him "The Ghost Of Hakone". Soon the team known as black shadow who were close to giving up on their project, Heard the news. and went out to look for him. Fortunately Kuzko agreed to their terms. And season 1-2 of project shadow focuses on Kuzko settling into his new life as a street racer and the dangers and perks that come with it.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/projectblackshadow/project-shadow-2d-animation-fundraiser/posts

Curious on everyone's thoughts on ideal setup suspension wise for drifting.

I personally enjoy the look of my car being as low as possible, but also know there's risks involved with that (I already baconed my fender bottoming out off track)

My plan is to go to something like BC extreme low coilovers to achieve the same ride height but with a stiffer spring setup to avoid bottoming out.

I have a Miata for reference. What downsides might I see from running 8-10k springs all around and dumping it to the ground? I'd hate to have to raise it just for the off chance I run off track and need extra clearance to avoid busting my fenders up.

Any wisdom is appreciated

Currently saving up for my first car, I want what some would call a "daily drifter". I can get a good running sn95 for 5k all day and around 3k for a beamer, the real question is whats going to be cheaper and more reliable in the long run, a mustang would have an lsd and v8 torque (not settling for less than a gt), whereas a bmw can be found for much cheaper but lacks those goodies from the factory but idk much more than that. Im just a young guy who wants to have fun and not break the bank, let me know!

What books, magazine series, articles, etc have you found that helped refine your technique or made something "just click" with cars or driving.

Particularly for drifting but also driving in general.

There's nothing wrong with just tearing it up, but I'd imagine there's some well-respected drivers who've written down their knowledge somewhere.

I'm thinking of Dempsey's Championship Fighting. There's got to be something akin to that for cars, driving, drifting, and/or racing.