I'm wanting to get into drifting and there is a series here in Dallas Texas and was wanting some opinions on cars. I go to college and work part time but make ok money but not enough to go all out, so I plan on participating in the street legal series. You have to have a street legal full interior stock engine (no swaps or turbo kits, with the execrations of a sr20det 240 and Mazdaspeed turbo on second gen mx5) so what cars would compete nicely that I could pick up for around 2000 usd? All your general drift cars are in that price range in Dallas i.e. 240sx,mx5 and e36 but what would be my best bet?
Affordable drift car?
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gt4tosupra
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Go for the longest wheelbase, easier to control imo
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BenRice
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Depends what your plans are - do you want reliability in order to get as much seat time as possible, or a base that is good to progress to the next level, or has the cheapest spare parts
Competition will be a while off, you need to learn a lot before then and the 240 will be the easiest to learn in and easiest to get parts for. The BMW will be the most competitive out of the three but parts will be more expensive. The second gen (NB) MX5 will be the most reliable and teach you a lot more about car control than the others but won't be as competitive / adaptable
Competition will be a while off, you need to learn a lot before then and the 240 will be the easiest to learn in and easiest to get parts for. The BMW will be the most competitive out of the three but parts will be more expensive. The second gen (NB) MX5 will be the most reliable and teach you a lot more about car control than the others but won't be as competitive / adaptable
I think that my plan would be to compete in this series for awhile mainly to learn the basics and get a lot of practice in until I am good enough to enter the pro am series, at that point I would probably do a 2jz swap or something similar to keep up with everyone. So my main focus for now is stay cheap and get my skills down. I've never even drifted before (I drive a Mini Cooper) so being able to get as much seat time as possible would be key.
BenRice
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I think you'd want to learn the basics before entering a series - even a street legal series will require you to know the basics
Surely your area runs beginner days were new people to drifting can learn?
I tutor at our local Beginner days and can tell you now, i wouldn't want 90% of the entrants to be entering competition and driving in tandem. It takes a lot of seat time to be able to learn how to control a car consistently, let alone tandem.
Don't see it as "dashing your dreams" but as a heads up on the best approach to get the most out of the sport
Surely your area runs beginner days were new people to drifting can learn?
I tutor at our local Beginner days and can tell you now, i wouldn't want 90% of the entrants to be entering competition and driving in tandem. It takes a lot of seat time to be able to learn how to control a car consistently, let alone tandem.
Don't see it as "dashing your dreams" but as a heads up on the best approach to get the most out of the sport
I think you'd want to learn the basics before entering a series - even a street legal series will require you to know the basics
Surely your area runs beginner days were new people to drifting can learn?
I tutor at our local Beginner days and can tell you now, i wouldn't want 90% of the entrants to be entering competition and driving in tandem. It takes a lot of seat time to be able to learn how to control a car consistently, let alone tandem.
Don't see it as "dashing your dreams" but as a heads up on the best approach to get the most out of the sport
I thought that it would be a better idea to find local events that I could run as well, I didn't want to show up to a race and just wing my first time lol but I got ahold of the only group that does events in my area and they told me they only way I could practice legally was to show up and race. My other options are street drifting (now thank you) and beacon wing a member of our local track, but that's 10 grand a year.
Upshift holds practice days out at mineral wells almost every month IIRC, that would be your best bet for some seat time. Showing up and just trying to drive competitively is a bad idea lol.
I think you'd want to learn the basics before entering a series - even a street legal series will require you to know the basics
Surely your area runs beginner days were new people to drifting can learn?
I tutor at our local Beginner days and can tell you now, i wouldn't want 90% of the entrants to be entering competition and driving in tandem. It takes a lot of seat time to be able to learn how to control a car consistently, let alone tandem.
Don't see it as "dashing your dreams" but as a heads up on the best approach to get the most out of the sport
This is the best advice you're gonna get.
If you've not drifted before, forget entering any kind of competition or series whatsoever. It's just not gonna help you in any way. At all.
I thought that just showing up to an event would be pretty silly as well haha I tried looking for some drift days and knew about mineral wells but have never heard of upshot the thank you! I worded my first post differently than what I meant I didn't mean I was going to go and enter a series with no experience I just wanted to build a car that met txsl requirements and then Learn to drift on it and eventually join once I got enough skill.