350z Drift?

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dgerny

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Hows the 350z at drifting? I have heard from some local people its really boat like. But at the same time they don't have a lot done to their car. I drift a e36 right now I sorta want to move to a newer chassis
 
350z on coilovers with a welded diff is the easiest car to drift ever bar none. With some lock mods on there too they're spectacular. Not especially fast without some development, but beautifully easy. Even stock they're alright, it's not the suspension that's the issue but the viscous diff.
 
Bought mine off Clive, welded the diff up, it goes a treat.
not overly fast but I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing, simple n/a linear power, great practice day car :)
 
I've got a couple of mates that both drift 350s - one with 450whp (Vortech Supercharged) and one more or less standard.
I think both either have a Kaaz LSD or a welded diff and they both drift really well, very stable!
 
What the Sea Squirrel said is spot on. I've drifted one in the dry without a welded diff and it did like a bit of under-steer if you weren't doing enough with the gas but with a welded even on standard springs its great. Go buy one now
 
Do you think a 350Z would make a serious drift car without extensive engine mods? It seems they are quite hard to get extra power out of without spending a small fortune. If you were to go down the route of spending monies on suspension, roll cage ect it seems you might hit a brick wall when it comes to the engine - opinions?
 
3.5 v6 with near 300bhp and torquesss, If thats not enough to be competitive then a toyota prius
 
Mines pretty nice to drift, no lock mods usual mods (although the ECU apparently cancels anything gained)
Coilovers and locked diff.
Nothing like a boat, I had a V8 Soarer before this (even that drifted very well, nice and elegant) to compare it to the Soarer though it transitions a shit load faster.

I do have some offset spacers to fit but I havent got round to fitting them yet. I do feel the extra lock is needed, but as standard not too bad.

Power wise as standard is fine.

I did struggle with 235s, but those where the last tyres I had on that day - it being a blistering hot day probably made it that much more hard work. 225s are fine. I am using 18s to drift on so maybe dropping to 17s will help, dont know.

Welded diff on a day to day basis on the Z for me is a pain in the arse, Ive had welded diffs on lots of other cars but on the Z its crazy. Not sure whether its the combination of a single mass flywheel, carbon fire propshaft, grippy rear tyres, shorter wheel base but you dont just get the skipping of wheels you get a load of chattering from the gearbox.

Day to day, normal diff. Drift day, welded.

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I keep getting told Im daft for drifting a 350z, nice car, expensive, blah blah. Ignore them and get it drifted, unless its your very first drifter, then thats probably not such a good idea.

I used to have an s13 and Ive probably got less money in the Z than I did in the S13, including costs of cars and parts. The S13 cost me £500 to buy!
 
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I've been watching the market for a while now as got a couple of things in the pipeline (land sale) which hopefully means I can pick up a 350Z in the new year (I've even been ignoring my wife's significant shoe consumption so she can't complain about me ploughing money into a car!). Seems you can get something OK for sub £5k, or something with a few dents for around £3.5K, which I guess would be OK for abusing on track!

Do you have trouble finding 18" tyres to drift on? Guessing 17's would be easier to find? Seems aftermarket diffs are quite pricey on these - do you think it will kill the gearbox then with a welded diff? I have a company car so this wouldn't be a daily, however I still wouldn't want to blow a box if I could avoid it!

Cheers
 
Welded diffs have been known to kill driveshafts, I have to say my standard diff locks up pretty bloody well but Id love to chuck a 2 way on :)
 
Lucasdemoley said:
I've been watching the market for a while now as got a couple of things in the pipeline (land sale) which hopefully means I can pick up a 350Z in the new year (I've even been ignoring my wife's significant shoe consumption so she can't complain about me ploughing money into a car!). Seems you can get something OK for sub £5k, or something with a few dents for around £3.5K, which I guess would be OK for abusing on track!

Do you have trouble finding 18" tyres to drift on? Guessing 17's would be easier to find? Seems aftermarket diffs are quite pricey on these - do you think it will kill the gearbox then with a welded diff? I have a company car so this wouldn't be a daily, however I still wouldn't want to blow a box if I could avoid it!

Cheers
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If its only for drifting, then look at the Jap spec, cheaper and comes with crappy brakes (small) and with 17" wheels ;)

Good cars, but parts can be expensive, which is why I sold mine and got a MX5
 
The standard vLSD does lock nicely. I only welded it up as I didn't want it giving up within an hour of drifting (I have good luck like that)

I might do one day with the vLSD.
 
Love mine, best car I've drifted yet.

Mines effectively standard apart from coilovers and a bucket seat. I've done buxton, teesside and Anglesey in mine with the standard lsd. Was fine apart from teesside towards the end of the day where it started to let go on the bank. Looking to put a 2 way into mine in the next few weeks.

Cant be arsed uploading pics and that but I'm on instagram as tknutter if your interested at all.
 
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