only a few on this forum...most autox or drag them...i will tell you now there is going to have to be a **** ton of work to make your car be a drift machine...you'd be better off selling it for a better platform...

 

Yes the car will have to have work done to it as with all good projects but I can tell you the car is can drift. Most of the work will be done to the front suspension. To start, I NEED to have adjustable coil-overs(although a good shock setup with drop springs will do), new k-member, camber/caster plates, stiffer sway-bar,shock tower brace and spacers on the wheels along with some modding on the knuckles. The rear just has to be stiff as hell.

 

there was a guy at FFF that did.

 

let me ask you this OP....what kinda money do you have to play around with this project?

 

I say just build it like Doug Van Den Brink's car. :yes

You can see in the one shot the rear is anything but stock.

 

That thing is a BEAST!!! Crazy how he had that turbo though.

 

lOl

Raul, check the video in my sig

 

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I hope your not thinking the stock V6 has enough power to be a drift car, Thatd just be funny if you are. Yea it can spin a tire and slide here and there but no where near enough power to keep the car in a long drift. I used to own a 98 6er before everyone thinks I'm just V6 bashing. No offense but sn95 V6s barely got enough power to pull themselves around. I'd start looking into drivetrain swaps first or like said above, sell it and start with a new car with more power.

 

Yea I know that,:facepalm: that's why you kick clutch haha. You'd be surprised with that little motor stock with the right technique.:naughty: I have a split port motor on an engine stand, windstar intake ready to go. Have a tune ready for it just have to load off my laptop. looking at a stroker kit and hope to twin turbo it. Not gonna be overnight but its gonna happen.

 

he just needs to do a split port swap and port and polish the heads, a windstar intake with a decent cam and that should give him enough power to keep the wheels spinning. maybe a 4.2 short block to give him a little more torque.

To the op. lower control arms, an mm panhard bar, coilovers and stiff springs(300+ inch lbs) adjustable shocks, such as tokico's should get you where you want to be. also look into a rear shock tower brace.

Sent from Chuppathingy, dictated but not read.

 

Remote setup would work quite well for a setup like this. anything in the 58-60mm range with ptrim ex wheel will spool pretty quick.

 

Thanks, Ill keep that in mind, and would you happen to know by any chance how much boost will a split port 3.8 stock will hold?

 

At the very least, get the cheapest rotating assembly on here
http://www.supersixmotorsports.com/pdf/SSM2011catrev1ForgedInternals.pdf
its good stuff and if you plan on boost a stock motor isn't going to last very long.

 

i still say sell it and start with a better platform and power plant...

 

Cool, ether way I don't plan to run internals stock. I have been too invested in this car to get rid of it. With the right suspension set up I think Ill be fine. I have another car to drive around for the time being so I can still get around.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

 

Raul, what year is your car ?

You have other options here

 

Go buy SC motor w/ M90. Port heads/intake. Buy aftermarket ported blower. Run a wicked aftermarket cam. Bigger better IC. LT headers O/R X pipe. Build up the 5 speed. get a fox 8.8 swap your axles on for disk brakes. Run some sweet gears in that rear. Upgrade your fuel pump and injectors. Cut a hole and custom fab a tube from your side scoops to your rear brakes to help in cooling them.
Get coilovers, Fat rear sway bar. Look into other set ups like pan hard, tq arm, watts, and stuff like that. Definately control arms though. rear tower support bar in the trunk. Kenny Brown has an even bigger Full Length Subframe kit you'll want. And get a nice roll cage. Now start dropping wieght. rear seat delete and other light weight items. No passenger seat, light racing driver seat w/ 5 point harness. Get some sweet as wheels/tires. AND GTF down the track !



ohhh and
Fill the trunk w/ about 4 nitrous bottles, connect them all. Run a push button nitrous set up and some damn good bottle heaters. External fuel tank/pump set up for the nitrous fuel, and run it w/ 116 octane.


Really want to get down to it ? Buy a forged rotating set up and have a crazy strong motor. Bump up the blower PSI and run a little bigger nitrous jets. 400-500hp/tq, sick sounding six, drifting mofo, w/ a blower screaming !

 

Id say get a new edge rear end so you wont have to buy wheel spacers..Everything else on this post i agree with though.

 

I think TT would be pointless on this set up ... better off doing what JT said on that smaller turbo w/ a quick spool.

 

Might be right, cheaper too I bet haha.:baller:

 

I'm a ae86 nut swinger so please nobody try to tell me I don't know a low powered car can drift. However there is a big difference in the weight distribution on a 240 or corolla then a sn95...hell I'm in the 86 market right.now so I can play around in the TN drift competitions that happen early. Hell we have a few stangs on here that drift so its not new...but those are a better starting platform :dunno...I wish op luck on his build though....

 

The hachiroku is the **** hands down!:woot Good luck finding one man, that would be legit for ya. I saw a FC3S for 1300$, never wanted anything so bad in my life haha. And thanks Ill need all the luck I can get:yes

 

That's what's up, ones I come across are super ragged out and way overpriced. You get lucky sometimes though. Just gotta keep looking I guess.

 

Oh btw should get a tubular front

 

Or you can find a roller 94/95 V6 and use that K member to swap in a 302. Do some HCI work on that, and hell SC/Turbo kits for those can be found all the time ....



But you do realize eventually if you do all of this, it maybe not the best Idea to DD it ...

 

Ive done some drifting in my new edge with a few mods and it works very well, for me at least. The front has the most work and the rear is almost stock except for the KW shocks and coils and a steeda sway bar. I'm no professional and I use the car mostly for road course but a little tweek here and there and its ready to get slideways. Ill post some pics to kind of show you the set up I am using.

 

That looks nice..That MM k member is bitchin...What shocks are you running up front?

 

I'm running KW Variant 3 coilovers.

 

I hate you....Those are like 3.5K!!!!

How do you like them and how was the quality and so forth?

 

The quality is great, they are built very well. They are easily adjustable, if you don't mind getting under the car to adjust dampening. It is not a commuter friendly set up but it makes the car so much more responsive. It makes it easier at the track to adjust for the conditions. And you can send them in to get tuned for different spring rates, and re-valved for different Dampening and Rebound characteristics. I am very happy with them.

 

brad, what CC plates are you running?

 

Non at the moment I just have washers under the bolt heads. Ive been looking for some that will work well with the KWs.

 

i just installed the KW's on my car this weekend and i kinda had to make my CC plates work. i have MM CC plates. theres gotta be something better out there.

 

this where i bought mine but i paid $1800.

35230036 KW V3 Coilover System for 99-04 Mustangs