What's the best rear wheel drive car i can get to learn to drift in? I've been looking for ages and can't find anything that i dont have to drive halfway across the uk for or that people want silly money for bags of shite.

I've been looking for the usual beemers, volvos etc. But can't find anything cheap and close by. I've been toying with the idea of just importing something already done for about 4 or 5 grand from powervehicles or ghost dancer but figure its a total waste of money at the moment as i'd be a complete novice and the car would be totally wasted on me and more than likely get binned on my first late night mission.

What would I be best to look for? And do you know of anything for sale that you can vouch for? I don't mind driving to buy something if i know it isnt going to be a complete waste of time. I would of had your sierra off you if i hadnt been a day late in spotting the ad on driftworks.


Cheers.

 

Dont spend 4 or 5 grand, thats 5 times too much!

Get something cheap to learn in that you dont care about and just get in as much seat time as you can.

200sx with a welded diff would be a good option, or even a carlton.


DONT spend lots of money.

 

Any old crap.

Sierra, E30, 300 series Volvo, etc etc.

All easy gottable for under 500notes. I recently sold a mint spec drifty Sierra with tons of spare alloys and tyres for 450quid.

Remove all the weight, weld the diff, fit a bucket seat, chop the springs if you want, remove the locking button on the handbrake, drive it.

 

stavs got an S12 silvia for sale lol

anything rwd tbh

sierras aint the best, but they cheap and replacable if you bin it

200sx is a very good car to learn in

dpeneds how much you wanna spend, but IMO dont buy anything for more than 1k when your learning as you WILL bin it

 

fuck spending a grand, and fuck an S13, 500quid tops IMO

S12s are dogwank, a half decent half sorted 2litre sierra is better IMO

spend the 4-5k once you actually know u want to, not as a first time learner car, best way to learn is have a car you have absolutley no regard for its wellbeing and drive the tits off it, seat time counts more than any engine/car spec.

 

That's the thing. I don't want to spend alot but Norwich has got to be one of the shitest places to buy anything cheap and rear wheel drive. I've got the money sat here to buy the car but can't find anything, well anything that people dont want silly money for.

 

Why not spend 300 quid at santapod for the day in their drift car first and see if you like it before spunking 4 grand, if you cant be bothered to buy a shitter first.

 

I do want to buy a shitter just can't find one.

 

Its worth the drive, even 3 hours each way isnt the end of the world.

 

Know of anything for sale that would be any good for me?

 

Would a 92 525 be any good as a first time car?

 

525 ok, but nowt special, 24valver or? If 24valve or 530+ id consider it if cheap.
They handle fantastic, much better than most lighter cars.

Stuff comes up constantly, personally id buy something already drifty-fied to save you work/money, like i said, sold my sierra which was ideal for 450 with i think 12 alloys and tyres...

 

yeah i saw that on driftworks but by the time i'd seen it you'd already sold it. I would of had that off you had i seen it earlier.

its a 24 valve but the car is up at Ł825 so still not exactly cheap.

 

surely there's loads of granadas and sierras kicking about the free ads paper in norfolk?

 

fuck that.

this is MUCH better, not drifty-fied, but way better...

http://www.trampdrift.com/html/modul...ewtopic&t=2114

or this, perfect, jus weld the diff...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MESE:IT&ih=013

 

nope. nothing really at the moment.

 

Quite liking the beemer. Theres one on driftworks as well that looks pretty good. 525 for 800 with a welded diff etc.

 

http://www.adtrader.co.uk/classhome....ds=ford-sierra that be any good?

 

the adtrader link dont seem to work.

 

in that case its a 1.8 glx 350 quid

 

Paz's BMW you mentioned for 800quid is most ideal i can see so far,

 

Id stay away from 1.8s they are pretty wank! a twin cam one is what you need!

 

http://www.adtrader.co.uk/detail.php...0&aid=13692146

That Ad?

 

M'spec the diff, and get it on the track and on the rack


(sorry ive hung out on driftworks too long and started to sound like a nerd )

 

That's the one, cheers mate. Don't suppose you know of anything for sale in N-town do you?

Chip, i take it m-spec'ing the diff is welding it up?

 

Not seen anything. Will keep my eyes open around town etc

 

Yeah "mig spec" lol

 

1.8s are toss, and considering 2litres cost no more, fuck buying that, not even that cheap.

unless you can get a nice 2litre for 300 tops, or a drifty spec one for 500 tops, you may as well buy Paz's BMW for 800.

 

a have bought a 74 opel kadett to give this drifting a go just need to up the power but the 1.2 is still enough to have fun in the wet

 

get an e30 mig it up and drop it gdm tyte yo

 

mate of mine topi has one with a valver inside theres pics on driftworks and trampdrift

 

i am thinking more along the lines of a bike engine in mine

 

fuck that, torqueless wonders arnt that much fun in a 800kg car.

XE like Topi's all the way, more flexible, more fun, and fast as fuck.
When I was in it one time he made a modded Scooby look very stupid when he tried to race us

 

a kadett in road form is only 705kg though and you are losing over 120kg with the engine and box then there is the seats etc and most kit cars weigh over 500kg so bike engine not as stupid as first seems

 

you will lose 150kg tops even if you strip the interior, and even a Hyabusa engine has only 105lbft, stuff like Fireblades have less than 70.

even bike engined kit cars are hard work to keep in the fun zone, if you want the car for entertainment rather than winning some kind of race, id stick with something less screaming.

 

a thought they would be pish to tell the truth stavros but after a had a shot of a kit car with bike engine my opinion changed a do have a 2 litre 8v vauxhall turbo engine in a mk1 astra that has shocked afew evos so could use this if bike engine disapoints

 

an e30 is actually what i've been looking for. An E30 touring is what i'd like ideally but pretty much anything will do at the moment as theyres so little about anywhere near me.. problem is all the ones i've been to look at have been rubbish. either total wank bags or ridiculously over priced.

Stavros, have you seen that 525 on driftworks in person before? know anything at all about it etc?

 

Dont know the car, but know the owner well, and as well as being a shithot (well, he competes in EDC) driver, he honest, so if he says its good, its good.

 

still stupid for trying to break traction with a gay 80lbft of torque or whatever, and dont forget the weight of you and your fuel.

Plus by the time you cage it and stuff, it wont will be heaveir than you thnik.

 

s13 sx is the perfect car to learn in IMO

don't make the same mistake i did and drift your mates s14 into a post (sorry maz)