Frs drifter
 

So there is track around me that you can go drifting and it kind of made me want to turn my car into a dd and a drift car... What would you guys suggestion I put on my car? Its stock right now.

Be prepared to pay high insurance premiums after you go off the track and into a tree.

I don't get it. You have 8000 to spend and now you just want to have a drift car...

are we talking about gran turismo or something?

Depends, how do you drift? Clutch drop? Handbrake? Speed?

I'm assuming were talking run of the mill "youtube" drifting.

If so, just tires, wheels, LCA's for camber and a good set of coilovers and you'll be able to drift. But if i were a bit more serious then i'd run a roll cage. And the allure of more power will always come so there's always turbo's, since you'll want a good mid rangeish.

To be honest theres no such thing as DD drift car. No one really does that whole daily driver drift thing, it's only a lifestyle BS thing. Just buy a dedicated cheap RWD car and learn that way. Keep the FRS stock and enjoy it as it is.

I'm no expert, just a hooligan in private areas of which let me.

more like Forza....

Yep, @littletear ..... I think the above says it pretty well.

"Drifting" is fun to watch ..... but it's gotta be hard on your daily driver.

I'm getting the feeling that you're overlooking a lot of enjoyment that your stock FR-S has to offer by wanting to mod the heck out of it or drive it sideways.....:iono:

I suggest (again) that you round up a co-pilot and take your car sightseeing ...... make some memories .... that will last ..... http://www.runemasterstudios.com/gra...es/soapbox.gif

humfrz

plus once you drive it more you will understand what you really want in it. put in some miles and save up the cash for the mods.

You mean drive it??? Like down the road?? :eyebulge:


I wanted to be the new "DK" and impress all my friends. They all DD their drift cars in Tokyo drift.. :slap:

This is what happens when u oversteer into a drift at 70mph around a sweeper. I dont even drift intentionally either

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Nothing.

Stop that line of thinking right now. You could drive that car for 10 years at that track and still find new things to do to drive it better. that is the point of this car, and to a lesser extent any car.

Save money for tires and gas. Buy a spare set of wheels and start buying a squared set of all seasons on the cheap to train on ...I rather enjoyed the Kumho ecsta ASX and AST's for their longevity even after a year of daily driving and hard sliding. Decent wet grip, hard compound ..but shouldnt be a problem for daily driving ifyou keep the nannies on ...and cheap cheap cheap.

Skill = amount of gas and tires wasted. The pro's waste 12-20 sets of tires a day some times. You don't have a pit crew ...so stop thinking about it.

Tires, tires, tires. Just learn to drive the car as it is. Once you go through a few sets of tires you won't need to ask this ..you will know what the car is doing and you will be asking more precise questions. (source: guy who has hit poles once, guy who has hit ditches more than once, guy who has done track days more than once)

When u start having to alighn your car every month or re buy upgraded parts ull understand its not worth drifting.its expensive and really hard on the chassis no matter how much u put into your ride something ends up braking thats why i just canyon carve my frs

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If you have to mod your car to drift, you're doing it wrong.

-alex

Steer clear of Adam's motorsports. There isn't any runoff so you will annihilate your car in the learning process

To be honest, upgrading your tires/wheels would only make it more difficult to drift given the lightweight low-power nature of the car.

If you're semi-serious about taking it drifting; I would go with a good tune, coilovers, a proper drift alignment, and a set of spare wheels (17's are fine) and a crap load of tires. Used tires with a decent amount of tread on them aren't incredibly hard to find these days. Also an oil cooler would be great to keep the fun going.

Don't forget to painters tape the bottom half of the car if you don't want rocks/cones flying into your doors and fenders and screwing up the paint job.

To answer your question: Coilovers and a helmet for yourself. Intake and exhaust too if you are embarrassed when all the little 240's are revving and making your car sound like a kitten, while theirs sounds like a lion.

I wouldn't suggest drifting the FRS too early in the game yet unless you don't care for or fear damaging your car. I owned a daily driver/weekend drift car. I might be different from others who drift, but here's my opinion:

I had a daily driver/drifter 240sx coupe before my FRS. It was fun as hell to run the car on the track, high RPM's, burning tires, running hard, being able to drive to and from the track and work/school, but.... my 240 was nearly 2 decades old from 1991. It was in very good condition compared to others at the track also. The car never die on me. I even put it through/under a gate, damaging my new silvia front end and did on-track repairs after ripping off my clutch slave cylinder. It was reliable and I wasn't afraid to get it dirty.

As for the FRS, there was a drift event one time that I was going to enter in, but I decided not to. My FRS is a NEW car (got it last year at the end of April). It still has the same fresh new scent inside, less than 3,000 miles, and hasn't been ran hard besides flooring it getting up on the highway and a few quick sprints on some roads that have a curve. I can't think about tearing my car up at the track drifting, denting/dinging/rock chips on body panels from chunks of tires and debris kicking up during drifts, or filling my interior with tire dust and the smell of burnt rubber. I would like to drift, but not at an extreme level yet. Maybe when the car is 5 years old or something. I haven't even modified anything because I don't want it to lose it's main appeal to me, the practicality and comfort. My advice is: if it's your first time drifting or you are a novice, I wouldn't suggest it. Start off with a cheap car first and then when you're confident, go at it with the FRS. You won't be able to improve your skills if you are too worried babying the car on the track. You'll have to be able to floor it hard without fear of damaging your car from hitting something and not braking the instant you get scared.

Get a second set of tires and wheels for track day (also jack stands and a lift) and save your normal street tires from wearing out. Save the money for wheel alignments and additional sets of tires after you burn out the first set.

Word.

College :)

why so negative. what are your plans for the car?

oh yeah cause it was made for drag racing right? wow

Because OP is trollin'.

????

Wasn't made to be a drift car either, they would've made it a lot more adjustable.. Any car can be made to do what ever the owner wants.. It was made to be a light weight sports coupe, to tear up the track, but a big turbo, beefed up drive line and rear end with some slicks, sure you could drag race it..

But your the drift artist, why don't you give the OP the answer he is looking for:thumbup: