Decent Drift car?

[Lipsmoker]

Hey Guys So i Love drift I'm only 15, I have an uninsured corsa b sxi Ready for when i Pass my test,
Im looking to buy another car for the track (drifting)

I dont have Alot of money to spend maybe a Grand at best lol £1000
Thats on the Car, Alot of money will go into modding, bucket Seats,Roll cage etc
Things it has to have
1. Rwd
2. decent amount of power 150bhp+
3. Engine mounted in the Front
4. right hand drift (i carnt drift left)
5. 5 doors (Hard to drift Short cars)

Thanks Guys
Comments?

[Benn]

Buy a car, service the engine gear box and diff first, strip the rear, don't waist money on buckets and stuff just yet till you can drift it both left and right.

[mavvmad]

DONT buy a 200sx S13 unless its got an SR20 in it, if its a CA18 you will constantly be changing engines, they are just too fragile.

A good starter car is the E30 BMW, even a 318 will drift well.

[deanwilko]

i would go down the local car auction and see whats there, and look in the local trader.

[phunky monkey]

little volvo 340 ftw!!! and there cheap!

[Lipsmoker]

Lol I can drift left and right.
The difference is having the handbreak And Gearstick on my right hand side.

[Rusty 16v]

DONT buy a 200sx S13 unless its got an SR20 in it, if its a CA18 you will constantly be changing engines, they are just too fragile.

A good starter car is the E30 BMW, even a 318 will drift well.

Not true, a looked after CA18DET is a good engine indeed. Bare in mind that a 6 cyl Skyline lump is more or less a CA18DET with 2 extra cylinders attached.

[phunky monkey]

lol i had two s13 200sx and both had ca18det's in !! they are very good if looked after but any hint of neglect and the big end go!! i done big ends 3 times in 2 month in one of mine!! sr20det ftw much more reliable!

[novaguy08]

Depending on useage:

Tramp drifting:

Bimmer E30 6cyl/E36 6cyl
MK2 Supra
Sierra
Volvo 3-something
Old Omega (manual)

Proper drifting:

Pretty much the same as above really just with better engines/better nick. Power isn't everything By the way, its got a lot to do with it, but not everything, seen someone drift an old Carlton & a sierra 1.6 at matchams. Someone actually had a Scorpio!!

[Lipsmoker]

Yeah, Is it easy to get hold of a s13?
And would it drift stock
And i would lower the rev limiter Maybe 1k, To Protect The engine
what Does it red line at?

[smokeymacpot]

a late twin cam seirra 2L if you want something cheap or s13, but i think you would get a DOG for £1000 ??

[RobJenko]

maybe wait until your actually old enough to drive before wasting money on a car which you cant drive for at least 2 years and save more money for something decent

[novaguy08]

S13 is easy to get hold of, ebay is your friend.

However Mr. Pot is right, for £1000 you WILL end up with a smoky old dog. There are lots of Autos out there too.

Also why drop the limiter to 1000rpm!? Then you will end up with NO power at all, you do realize that tickover is 750-900rpm right?? iirc it redlines at 7k, but not been in an S13 in years so may well not be.

If you REALLY want to do drifting your best bet is an old Sierra with the tyres pumped up far too high! that will get your eye in and it wont matter if you use the wall to turn corners. Then you can go off to somewhere like Matchams that allow tramp drifting.

Not only that but Rob is also right, by what I have read you dont seem to know much about cars/driving........... I would learn the basics first.

[Rusty 16v]

He said lower the limit by 1k rpm, not drop it to 1k rpm lmao

[novaguy08]

He said lower the limit by 1k rpm, not drop it to 1k rpm lmao

Oh, thought it said that he would drop it to 1k. Not BY 1k.

Need new glasses.

[corsadonk]

Ford Transit, is how I learntlmao

[vickky453]

maybe wait until your actually old enough to drive before wasting money on a car which you cant drive for at least 2 years and save more money for something decent

If he's drifting it, i highly hope he aint going to be using it on the roads!

[2.0rab]

ive had about 20 rwd cars and to be honest your 1k isnt going to go far ... a great car would be an omega 2.0 16v strip it to the balls weld the diff and cut the springs ...stick a stright pipe on her and it will go and do what you need for about that money.

e30's are also a good tramp car but they are getting harder to get in decent condition and prices arnt that cheap either.

s13's after owning 7 of them in all different forms (silvias,180sx ,200sx) are an excellent car the ca18det engine is a great engine i built a stage 3 hd car and its still going strong 6 years on @17psi of boost so they are far from a weak engine,the biggest problem is there age and service history ...but dont be fooled the sr20det engines do big end bearing as much as the ca's do and also snap rocker arms so they arnt with out major faults either but because they have more punch out of the box and are a lot eaiser to get parts for people tend to go with theses ...personally ..2jz FTW!!!!

[RobJenko]

If he's drifting it, i highly hope he aint going to be using it on the roads!

even if you want to go to an organisied drift day you'll need a full drivers licence.

[timc20xe]

ive got a 200sx s13 and its a great car to learn to drift in , even though i ditchd it saturday lol

[turbo gav]

ive got a 200sx s13 and its a great car to learn to drift in , even though i ditchd it saturday lol

FPMSL you didnt even make the MOT lmaolmao

[mavvmad]

Not true, a looked after CA18DET is a good engine indeed. Bare in mind that a 6 cyl Skyline lump is more or less a CA18DET with 2 extra cylinders attached.

Not true? Thats why I went through 5 engines in a year in my last car, 4 I bought in and one I had rebuilt, non of them lasted, either suffering HG failure or bottom end failure. Weak engines imo

He would be better off withet the BMW, alot more robust.

[M8EDJ]

ClioSport


Have a look at this thread on cliosport. That car might be open to offers...







Welded diff, cant use it on road but its perfect for drifting. You might have some change left over to buy a stockpile of tyres lol

[chip]

where are you planning on drifting it initially?

if its round a field, you wont need much power, just put some offroad suitable tyres on a 2.0 omega and weld the diff, will cost you peanuts.

[Jack]

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