Buy an e36 or use daily mx5

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Hi all, new member here.

I'm planning to start drifting next year.
I already have a 1.8 mx5 as a daily but I'm stuck on what to do.

The 5 has coilovers but an open diff atm and I dont want to weld it or strip the interior as I drive 130-150 miles a day. I'm also thinking that this might cause problems trying to both drift it and daily it that far.

So I'm considering an e36 323 (can't afford 325 insurance) as a dedicated drift car.
While keeping the 5 as a daily?

I'm a bit lost on what to do so any advice is welcome, thanks.
 
I've ran 4-5 MX5s as dailys with welders and used them for drift days too. But if you rely on the car at all times it's risky. I was only doing maybe 40 miles a day and had a backup car if ever needed, though I never did.

No need to strip it ever.

Torsen diff will be ok if you dead set against a welder.

Or just buy a BMW or another 5 as a dedicated drifter.
 
Doing those kinds of miles each day I'd just get a diesel to run to and from work and keep the MX5 as a second car.
Even though it's light the MX5 gets pretty shit MPG so you'll be chucking money at fuel all the time.

With those kinda miles you'll be well over £100 a week in petrol, get a relativly decent diesel and you'll be half that.
Get a ratty old 306 and run it on veg and you'll be even less, I think veg oil is about 60p a litre now from the shops??
 
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Stavros said:
I've ran 4-5 MX5s as dailys with welders and used them for drift days too. But if you rely on the car at all times it's risky. I was only doing maybe 40 miles a day and had a backup car if ever needed, though I never did.

No need to strip it ever.

Torsen diff will be ok if you dead set against a welder.

Or just buy a BMW or another 5 as a dedicated drifter.
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This. Mazda torsen diff's are fine, lock well as long as your on the power and you will be in an MX5

Get cheap daily, dont run a drift car to and from work as your only car as you WILL crash and you WILL destroy stuff unless you can public transport to and from. I have a daily and drift car but when your drift car is more reliable than the cheap daily you question the meaning of life sometimes....
 
By a cheapie BM. Loads of parts available, bang a welder in it, stick some TA's on it and away you go, keep the mx5 for daily duties.
 
Sorry guys, thought I replied to this ages ago but apparently not... woops

I'm going to use the mx5, now that I have the torsen i've seen how fun they are, especially with the top down ;)

And after doing some maths i've realised running two cars is way too much money for me right now so if the 5 is off the road i'll take the train to work.
As for a welded diff I'd have to have a ride in one on a long drive or something before I could commit to running one
 
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