View Full Version : If you could build a drift car...
DriftNismo
26/02/08, 18:52 PM
Ok, here's a new game and a challenge. It might be confusing/boring for people who don't like car modifying or drifting, but i'm interested to see what people would do.
Here's the scenario: You're given £50,000 and you have to buy a car and put 5 mods (exterior, interior, performance, whatever) on it but the whole price has to be less than £50,000 or exactly £50,000 (including the car cost). You can buy a pre-owned car if you like but the price has to be realistic. No cheating because i (and i'm sure a lot of other people) know how much things cost.
Starting Car: 2001 Nissan Skyline R34 GTR V-Spec N1 - £32,000.
1st Mod: Nismo Stainless-Steel 3" Exhaust System with 4" Backbox - £3,000.
2nd Mod: Takata 4-Point Harnesses (for drivers seat) - £400.
3rd Mod: Nismo 1.5-Way LSD - £800.
4th Mod: DriftWorks Hydraulic Handbrake - £110.
5th Mod: 2x Garrett GT35R Ball-Bearing Turbochargers - £1800 (£900 each).
Total Cost: £38110.
BMW M3 E90 Sedan.
Mods: BMW M V10, Eisenmann Exhaust system
Total Cost: 180k? :p
RB26DETT
27/02/08, 00:19 AM
lol Mb. the budget's only 50k.
i CBA to convert pounds in php so i'd just say i'll get a Mazda RX7 FD3S with a GReddy T4 Turbo, GReddy Intercooler, GReddy Evolution Catback Exhaust, Bilstein shocks, K&N Springs (make the car stiff)...
HavockJoker
27/02/08, 02:20 AM
Ok, here's a new game and a challenge. It might be confusing/boring for people who don't like car modifying or drifting, but i'm interested to see what people would do.
Here's the scenario: You're given £50,000 and you have to buy a car and put 5 mods (exterior, interior, performance, whatever) on it but the whole price has to be less than £50,000 or exactly £50,000 (including the car cost). You can buy a pre-owned car if you like but the price has to be realistic. No cheating because i (and i'm sure a lot of other people) know how much things cost.
Starting Car: 2001 Nissan Skyline R34 GTR V-Spec N1 - £32,000.
1st Mod: Nismo Stainless-Steel 3" Exhaust System with 4" Backbox - £3,000.
2nd Mod: Takata 4-Point Harnesses (for drivers seat) - £400.
3rd Mod: Nismo 1.5-Way LSD - £800.
4th Mod: DriftWorks Hydraulic Handbrake - £110.
5th Mod: 2x Garrett GT35R Ball-Bearing Turbochargers - £1800 (£900 each).
Total Cost: £38110.
Either you are stalking me or we are just long lost brothers. What you chose is exactly what I would have done. Your exact mods and everything.
ShadowGT
27/02/08, 04:59 AM
1983 Ford Falcon XE = $900 (roughly)
Total amount left
$49,100
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^^Hehe Drifting on a budget
(BTW that second car is the same model as mine :) )
haha
VX commodore SS = ~ $20k AU
Same as my car but in LS1 form
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Easy to control eh? :)
Disclaimer: video is actually of a race, but obviously wet
Car Freak
27/02/08, 11:39 AM
Wow... Have to think about this one, esp since I have not much clue about aftermarket mods...
YeOldeTDUMan
27/02/08, 17:01 PM
Nissan 200SX (Silvia) ... get one off Autotrader for about 7k max and then 43k to spend on tuning (turbo, suspension, etc) and styling (wing, skirts, splitter, and paint/graphics) ... never built a drift car so I don't know what you need to do in terms of mods ... I've only ever built a quick street racer with shed-loads of grip!
Or just buy a cheap car from someone like Powerdrift (who I found from my Autotrader search) who sell 'drift tuned' 200SXs and Skylines for 10-15k!!!!!
Bargain!
Personally I'd try to make a drift car out of something different ... I'm sure you could get a Ford Capri drifting (British one for all you Aussies out there)
zo6dude
27/02/08, 17:26 PM
shadow that car is ugly but sounds sweet and for $900 i'm sold
lol Mb. the budget's only 50k.
So?! Then i'll ge a M5 E39. Eisenmann Sport exhaust, supercharger, new springs etc. Will be around 50k.
DriftNismo
27/02/08, 18:02 PM
Either you are stalking me or we are just long lost brothers. What you chose is exactly what I would have done. Your exact mods and everything.
:O Seriously?! We're probably long lost brothers :D.
Ok, new one: Initial D Style.
Starting Car: 1986 Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno - £6500.
1st Mod: Group A AE101 TRD Engine - £12000.
2nd Mod: Sparco Rev Alcantra Drivers Seat - £750.
3rd Mod: Takata 4-Point Harnesses (for drivers seat) - £400.
4th Mod: TRD 3" Stainless-Steel Exhaust System with de-cat - £1800.
5th Mod: Eibach Coilovers - £900.
Total Cost: £12350.
It's hard to do this with having a 5 mod restriction, ideally i'd also like a DriftWorks hydraulic handbrake, a Sparco Carbon-Fibre wheel, a K&N 57i Induction Kit, a TRD Intercooler and a MoTec ECU, but hey, it makes it more challenging :D.
Btw Hybrid, my dad and my uncle used to drift their Capris all the time, i was actually considering getting a 1.6 Capri for my first car but i'm steered more towards a Sierra XR4i now. The only problem is the 2.8 V6 in it, i'd rather go for a 2.0 XR4X4i and put three-wheeling hubs on the front wheels.
CarboyZR1
27/02/08, 20:02 PM
Vauxhall Monaro VXR (Previous Gen)
£32,000?
E39 BMW M5
Mods- Weight saving measures, uprated ECU, give it more POWER with TWIN TURBOS, and then more POWER with another TURBO!.... then another TURBO!
E39 BMW M5
Mods- Weight saving measures, uprated ECU, give it more POWER with TWIN TURBOS, and then more POWER with another TURBO!.... then another TURBO!
No turbo's, then you get instant power and you'll spin out. Supercharger ftw :P
HavockJoker
27/02/08, 22:09 PM
Starting Car: 1997 Mazda RX-7 FD3S
1st Mod: Turbo charged 3-rotor engine
2nd Mod: Sparco Rev Alcantra Drivers Seat - £750. (I Like the seat)
3rd Mod: Takata 4-Point Harnesses (for drivers seat) - £400.
4th Mod: HKS Silent power no cats or resonators (can be switched by button street/track)
5th Mod: Eibach Coilovers - £900.
Price: About 45,000
DriftNismo
28/02/08, 17:55 PM
E39 BMW M5
Mods- Weight saving measures, uprated ECU, give it more POWER with TWIN TURBOS, and then more POWER with another TURBO!.... then another TURBO!
This would go wayyyy over the 5-mod limit and the £50,000 limit. You can't just slap a turbo on a naturally-aspirated car, there's a hell of a lot of stuff you need to do for it to be able to take the turbo.
This would go wayyyy over the 5-mod limit and the £50,000 limit. You can't just slap a turbo on a naturally-aspirated car, there's a hell of a lot of stuff you need to do for it to be able to take the turbo.
Not at all...when in doubt, use more power :p
Okay then, I would just use my M5. Sorted!
ShadowGT
28/02/08, 22:31 PM
Forget turbos! All you need is a nice big overpowered V8!
Theres no replacement for displacement lol.
Captain_ClutchKick
27/06/08, 01:37 AM
I want to see a completely inapropriate car drifting - how about a fairly new Daihatsu Charade with a split straight 6 (two in-line engines sharing a crankshaft but not a block) conversion from its own and another engine? RMR layout. A wardrobe with wheels going sideways!!
http://www.niot.net/niot_570/daihatsu%20charade%20niot.net.jpg
1. Base car - £4000 second hand
2. Another engine - £500 from a written-off car.
3. Tranny fettling and floor-pan modifications for a longitudal mid-engined RWD layout - £5000
4. Chassis stiffening - £6000, could be expensive to fabricate certain bits
5. Wide body kit, wheels etc - £6000, same reasons as the last bit
£21,500 :D
drop a 3.5 rover V8 into a £400 reliant and hope for the best!
DriftNismo
01/07/08, 16:31 PM
2. Another engine - £500 from a written-off car.
3. Tranny fettling and floor-pan modifications for a longitudal mid-engined RWD layout - £5000
4. Chassis stiffening - £6000, could be expensive to fabricate certain bits
5. Wide body kit, wheels etc - £6000, same reasons as the last bit
£21,500 :D
You wouldn't get an engine reliable and powerful enough for £500, but if you looked hard you could get a fairly recently re-built SR20DET out of a Silvia or a Bluebird or something for about £900 :).
Fridge Magnet Rabbit
01/07/08, 16:56 PM
Car. Skyline that costs under £20,000 =3
Mod1. Spoiler to keep the back on the ground but allows the back end to get out - under £2,000
Mod2. Supercharger - £5,000 or less
Mod3. Suspension Mod - under £5,000
Mod4. Brembo Brakes - under £10,000
Mod5. paintjob, neon and rims for under £8,000
thats £50,000 exactly if the parts were the figures given
CAR: S15 silva £15k
MODS:
Tein supsnsion £2k
RB26 conversion £10k
Striped and Caged £500
Tarox brakes £2k
Filter, Exhaust, ECU flash boost controller (basic stage 1 mods easy 350 - 400 bhp) £1500
Total 31k
Stickers!
01/07/08, 18:03 PM
I would save the 50K and buy a decent car, not for drifting
Captain_ClutchKick
02/07/08, 15:17 PM
You wouldn't get an engine reliable and powerful enough for £500, but if you looked hard you could get a fairly recently re-built SR20DET out of a Silvia or a Bluebird or something for about £900 :).
Ah, no, the idea is that it is the same car powered by one engine of its own and another from exactly the same car, joined at the crankshaft to make a split straight 6. Not many people mess around with engines like that these days...
Pherelas
02/07/08, 16:24 PM
Ah, no, the idea is that it is the same car powered by one engine of its own and another from exactly the same car, joined at the crankshaft to make a split straight 6. Not many people mess around with engines like that these days...
Arn't engine too complicated to do that now, wouldn't you have to compleatly re-write all the engine mangment?
would that car not only have like 150 hp from that straight 6 so it wouldent be very good for drifting?
T3hReaper91
02/07/08, 22:11 PM
hmmm easy way to get a car, do like clarkson did on top gear by getting the car for £1 then u got £49,999 on mods Whoop.
no veyron then xD
CarboyZR1
02/07/08, 23:38 PM
£35,000? : Corvette Z06
£15,000?: Random stuff for myself LOL
New car:
BMW M3 E30 DTM.
Engine gets up to 13k rpm.
Make it stiff and do some other things and off you go.
DriftNismo
03/07/08, 15:32 PM
Ah, no, the idea is that it is the same car powered by one engine of its own and another from exactly the same car, joined at the crankshaft to make a split straight 6. Not many people mess around with engines like that these days...
Ah, ok, i see what you mean. Yeah, you only get the odd few people with a lot of money or tuning company that does that these days. I have seen a few examples though.
DriftNismo
07/07/08, 18:22 PM
Ok, new one:
Starting Car:
1994 Nissan Silvia K's S14 - £3,000
Modifications:
RB25DET engine from an R33 GTS-t - £1,400
HKS 4" De-cat Exhaust System - £660
Nismo 1.5-way Limited Slip Diff - £800
Veilside VSD-1 Drivers Seat - £475
K&N 57i Gen. 2 Induction Kit - £210
Total Price:
£6,545
End Result
A nice looking, powerful car that is easy to get sideways, sounds nice and is quite comfortable with about 250-270hp :D.
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