Which setup for drifting...?

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NoHachi Wrote:Ah but you don't really need all that stuff. Not untill you can finish in the top 5 of an event in a totally stock hachi. Thats the problem with lists like these..everyone thinks that you need a completely tricked out car before you can start to think about drifting.
You don't even need RWD..some of those FWD drift vids are miles ahead of what you see during most local drift competitions. Come to think of it..you don't even need 4 wheels...or an engine...quite an open sport.

it depends what kind of event you are talking about to finish in the top 5. with all fair honesty, a stock hachi would never make it in the top 5 for any euro drift event or D1GB event. for a start, when you drifting through a corner with a 300bhp s13 and a stock 115bhp hachi, not only would the s13 just pull away faster when existing the corner, on the straights the hachi would have no chance. obviously its down to the driver's skill, but you would probably need to be a pretty good drifter to begin with to keep up the 300bhp s13. (this talking about a stock hachi). basically what i m trying to say is, you can be a moderate drifter and drift easier with a modded drift spec and win, where as for an experienced drifter, drifting with a stock hachi would be harder to win.

modding the car to make it more drifty just helps the driver to learn the process of drifting. dont count me on this as this is from reading up but although the standard diff from a hachi is already drift ready, a 2way lsd would just help the driver to drift easier. theres a really good drifting programme that techiya mentions in his drift bible to get the basics before one starts modding the car.

as with fwd drifting. it is considered drifting (but for forums like driftworks its ghay), unlike a rwd, you cant create vast amount of smoke from the tyres and its harder to pull transitions.