Hi guys,
So totally new to the world of drifting having owned FRD cars all my life. I have had 2 RWD drive cars in my time all be it for very short periods of time.....My first was a RWD Toyota Hilux, had it for around 3 months before a flying Fiat Punto wrote it off. I recently picked up a revision 1 Toyota MR2 which was a beast by all accounts, but it was as twitchy as a rabbits backside in headlights! And by twitchy I mean slidy, slidy, snap, put you into a tree upside down....not slidy slidy this is fun!
So I'm looking at buying a cheapish car to get me started...looking at around 700 - 800 quid. Was thinking of big engine (2.0L +) and long chassis or a smaller Turbo engine...maybe a diesel (Lots of low end torque)???
I was thinking of something along the lines of a E36 BMW or old Merc. To be honest I'd be happy with anything, even a volvo would suit me to a T. I would need to run it on the road occasionally to work and back but we are only talking 8 mile round trip.
Now, I am a total noobie to drifting..not to cars and modifying in general but drifting yes.... I have a grasp of the basic principals and I live close to a few race tracks that do drift days here and there.
I have read through, allot of the bumph on here about getting started and its basically said get rear wheel drive and an LSD. So my question is...will any RWD do or does size of the engine matter??
Does it matter weather its an NA or Turbo? Diesel or Petrol?
Cheers in advance.
Chris
So totally new to the world of drifting having owned FRD cars all my life. I have had 2 RWD drive cars in my time all be it for very short periods of time.....My first was a RWD Toyota Hilux, had it for around 3 months before a flying Fiat Punto wrote it off. I recently picked up a revision 1 Toyota MR2 which was a beast by all accounts, but it was as twitchy as a rabbits backside in headlights! And by twitchy I mean slidy, slidy, snap, put you into a tree upside down....not slidy slidy this is fun!
So I'm looking at buying a cheapish car to get me started...looking at around 700 - 800 quid. Was thinking of big engine (2.0L +) and long chassis or a smaller Turbo engine...maybe a diesel (Lots of low end torque)???
I was thinking of something along the lines of a E36 BMW or old Merc. To be honest I'd be happy with anything, even a volvo would suit me to a T. I would need to run it on the road occasionally to work and back but we are only talking 8 mile round trip.
Now, I am a total noobie to drifting..not to cars and modifying in general but drifting yes.... I have a grasp of the basic principals and I live close to a few race tracks that do drift days here and there.
I have read through, allot of the bumph on here about getting started and its basically said get rear wheel drive and an LSD. So my question is...will any RWD do or does size of the engine matter??
Does it matter weather its an NA or Turbo? Diesel or Petrol?
Cheers in advance.
Chris