drifting an rx7?

[SlidewaysZ]

i have a z32 thats my baby and i dont wanna hurt it by drifting, how do the rx7's stack up in drifting? i heard they have plenty of power but that you cant get good angles with them. i kinda bought one with a blown motor and plan to do an ls1 swap... would it be a good drift car? or should i build it, sell it, and buy some thing different? any help, input, expieriences or thought would be appriciated

[hannibal]

Yeah, the FD's body is too curvy to get good angles...

[SlidewaysZ]

damn

[RB20DETodd]

http://www.break.com/index/arnold_gets_angry.html

[SlidewaysZ]

now thats drifting an rx7!

[MxExUx]

if you do an LS1 swap you will completely change the balance of the car and it won't drift or even drive the same. Unless you have the time and money to do some serious suspension tuning.

[Veriest1]

Right. LS1's are friggin heavy. It's because of the aluminum block. Now if you were to do an LT1 or some other iron block motor you'd actually lower the weight.

http://hinsonsupercars.com/faqFD.htm

[kendon]

please don't post if you have no idea what's going on....with life.

if you do an LS1 swap you will completely change the balance of the car and it won't drift or even drive the same. Unless you have the time and money to do some serious suspension tuning.

good post on the http://www.hinsonsupercars.com that'll give you the REAL facts on the weight etc for the ls1 swap. Depending on what you do, your setup may actually weigh a little less and power will be like 51/49 or something...usually, but each swap is different.

As far as drifting an LS1 FD, I owned one so take what I have to say for what it's worth.

1st, the RX7 isn't a great drift car to start with, it's twitchy and hard to keep consistent, fact of life. Not saying it CANT be drifted or cant be drifted well...but it's certainly not a beginners drift car.

2nd, the LS1 has a LOT of torque, especially at low rpms, which will break you loose super quick but will also make it more difficult to control due to such precise throttle work required.

Enjoy

[White Comet]

i've heard some of the pros say the s13 is a good beginner drift car and that the rx-7 is for the more advanced. but if u can drift the 7 properly it looks better. i started drifting w/ my fc and after u get the hang of it it feels a lot smoother than the s13. my fc also came w/ factory lsd which helped. putting in a v8 will screw w/ the balance and it probably wont drift as well

[stlxsr]

Right. LS1's are friggin heavy. It's because of the aluminum block. Now if you were to do an LT1 or some other iron block motor you'd actually lower the weight.

http://hinsonsupercars.com/faqFD.htm

I thought you had no idea what you were talking about until I noticed all the sarcasm in that post. LS1 swapped FD's are just insane.

[adrianfromthecastle]

fc's are hard as hell for drifting... at least compared to s13's. My cousin had a fc, and i can tell you that i can get my s13 sideways easier than my cousin's fc. I think it had a lot to do with the rear wheels being so close to the seats... either that or i just suck

[White Comet]

^ i found the 7 easier, but thats what i had learning and thats what i got used to. w/o a lot of suspension mods the s13 feels a little twitchier through a drift, while bone stock the 7 feels smooth and stable

[Mr1der]

a perfect weight distribution is a beautiful thing.

[Shift_4life]

^ i found the 7 easier, but thats what i had learning and thats what i got used to. w/o a lot of suspension mods the s13 feels a little twitchier through a drift, while bone stock the 7 feels smooth and stable

I have a 1988 GTU rx-7 and I would agree completely. I drifted both (stock and not) and the rx-7 feels solid and controllable, while the 240 feels twitchy and out of control (stock suspension). Everything in there holds true for all three generations of rx-7s. If you get one, dont butcher it by putting an American engine in there. That is pretty much the equivalent of someone taking an sr-20det out and putting an ls1 in it...Rotarys can be reliable if you take care of them...I wont get into it too much, but I converted to the dark side, im a rotor head now.

Here is a link that talks about the seven and drifting more in depth:

http://www.rx7club.com/showthr...fting

[White Comet]

^ good link and yeah its good to know someone agrees w/ me on the feel of both cars