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[JLad10687]

I'm picking up that a good drift car must be RWD, have ample power, and manual is prefered. So how come theres rarely any mention of muscle cars as drift cars? I know they dont have the greatest suspensions but if you're buying any drift car you're upgrading the suspension.

[Chiquae07]

sometimes for drifint, you can have too much power...and you generally don't drift on rpms lower than 5k....and its also a matter of how the weight is disributed among the car...there's a lot more taken into for drifting cars tha you think....

[drftk1d]

Originally Posted by Chiquae07

sometimes for drifint, you can have too much power...and you generally don't drift on rpms lower than 5k....and its also a matter of how the weight is disributed among the car...there's a lot more taken into for drifting cars tha you think....

tell that to Bubba Drift.

he drives an supercharged El Camino.


usually though why muscle cars arent used is because they have long wheelbases and are pretty heavy, which makes it hard to transition (from left to right and vice versa)

[gigglesnirt]

what about the falken 69' camaro also? i tihnk the main thing is that the muscle car guys just havent gotten very into it yet, if you tihnk about it this is an import dominated and run sport most of the time, it seems like it may just be time before every other car is a muscle car, i tihnk of it this way if it were muscle cars who invented drifting, then it would be the other way around and the imports would be sort of scarce in it, it'll just take time.

[-The Stig-]

Originally Posted by gigglesnirt

what about the falken 69' camaro also? i tihnk the main thing is that the muscle car guys just havent gotten very into it yet, if you tihnk about it this is an import dominated and run sport most of the time, it seems like it may just be time before every other car is a muscle car, i tihnk of it this way if it were muscle cars who invented drifting, then it would be the other way around and the imports would be sort of scarce in it, it'll just take time.

Americans have been drifting since the there was cars. Just look at anybody who drives a car in the Snow Belt. Not to mention the farm boys in dads ol Pickup truck in the back fields...

Just the Japanese gave it a name, and made it into a spectator sport.

And facts are, most muscle car guys only care about going in a single direction... and that's straight.

[gigglesnirt]

basically yea that is what i meant, americans have been drifting since the beginning of cars, so has everyone else too, it was just the japanese that had realized it could be a sport.

btw there is also that nightrider style firebird that was pretty cool, i've only seen it once and it didn't do so well but with a good driver it could've been awsome.

[R.W.240]

The Nightrider car got the axe with the 2006 rules. The owner of the car was one of those "drifting is easy! I'll build a circle track car and own" retards too, he thought that he could use 205/55/16 Fronts and 295/35/18s and it would still be competitive since drift cars steer with the rear.

anyone whos ever been around the El Camino knows it's a shit box (including the owner and Mike) but they campaign it anyway since they have a large fanbase.

The GTO is pretty heavily modified. when you watch videos of him watch the steering angle and how quick the steering is. the motor is mild but 90% of what you cant see is pretty crazy and not off the shelf.

The Viper gets by on torque and low CG

The Mustangs get by on factory support and HUGE power. (I invite anyone here to try and drift a fox body. Mike and Derrick the drivers of the Camino both think the Fox has no angle ability and is a pig.)

[gigglesnirt]

yea i've asked that personally and they just said it didn't have a chance in drifting, i've seen one try but it doesn't get far.

[AMC_DRIFTER]

Yea! the shorter the wheel-base, the harder to controll.
I once tryed to drift my dad's 1974 AMC Gremlin (a cool American hatch back) it has a 96 inch wheel-base, (very twitchy)

[EVOclipse]

yeah and like -10hp

[RaidenKing]

you don't really need substantial power for drifting... If that were true than how would the sohc 240's or those old corolla trueno's get by?
Weight plays a big role and if you are a beginner looking to get into drifting then you will be looking for a light rwd car, not something with more body roll than a fat chick at dairy queen....

More experienced drivers with performance suspension toting muscle cars have been able to pull it off but if you can't transfer that weight right then its just rolling for you.

[Layla's Keeper]

Falken Motorsports campaigns a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro in SCCA Formula Drift. Ryan Hampton is the driver. The car was unready at the beginning of the season and was still being dialed-in by season's end.

However, it has to be mentioned that the Formula Drift circuit in 2005 was extraordinarily competitive. Hampton, who is a fine drifter with good road racing background to boot, was strapped to qualify at some events this year whether driving Falken's 180SX OR the Camaro.

[gigglesnirt]

wow switching between cars and still doing well is amazing, especially how different those cars are. very impressive.