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wow, nice ride man. Thats a clean one right there. Congrats 
and welcome to the club!
and welcome to the club!
Look what I picked up!!
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evilmonkeyMSP said:wow, nice ride man. Thats a clean one right there. Congrats
Thanks bro!
I just went over to my friends/mechanic and he's got a Silvia and S180 sitting inside his garage! While my mouth was still wide open, he then asked me if I wanted to join a Drifting racing team that he's putting together. Now that I got a rear wheel drive, of course I said yes! Now, I totally forgot, while I was thinking, I don't have a clue about drifting, but since the boy's from Japan and been racing in the past, I'm sure I can learn from him. Then he blured it out, if you want to learn, I can teach you!! What! I can't believe my ears! To be continue....
Just did the plugs with all NGKs, changed the fuel filter, tanny fluid & rear lube with some Redlines. All the belts was also changed with non other than the GY Gatorbacks. Got some Gab struts coming, also some Hawk pads, and some SS lines. Then after all this, I can get into getting more ponies out of the 7.
'87 Turbo II
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You said yes to drifting the slowest 2nd gen Rx-7 ever made? (verts weigh the most and didn't come with turbos). Also you drive probably one of the more fragile sports cars and you are taking it into the good old break-transmissions-and-blow-engines-weekly- sport of drifting? Damn and it was such a clean 7 too.......
LOL...Well, initially it all sounds nice, but I just got the 7 and I'm not ready to beat up on it...just yet.
I know it's heavy, and probably hard to drift because of the 50/50 weigh distribution, but not impossible, that's why a turbo will be in store in the future. But who know, maybe I'll just use it for cruising up and down A1A.
[quote='87 Turbo II]You said yes to drifting the slowest 2nd gen Rx-7 ever made? (verts weigh the most and didn't come with turbos). Also you drive probably one of the more fragile sports cars and you are taking it into the good old break-transmissions-and-blow-engines-weekly- sport of drifting? Damn and it was such a clean 7 too.......[/quote]
I know it's heavy, and probably hard to drift because of the 50/50 weigh distribution, but not impossible, that's why a turbo will be in store in the future. But who know, maybe I'll just use it for cruising up and down A1A.
[quote='87 Turbo II]You said yes to drifting the slowest 2nd gen Rx-7 ever made? (verts weigh the most and didn't come with turbos). Also you drive probably one of the more fragile sports cars and you are taking it into the good old break-transmissions-and-blow-engines-weekly- sport of drifting? Damn and it was such a clean 7 too.......[/quote]
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'87 Turbo II
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well, now that I made an ass of myself yet got my point accross. I'll start being helpful. The thing that'll keep your tail from sliding the most is the rear steer or "Dynamic stability suspension [DSS]) so you'll want the DSS delete bar.
Wouldn't a 50/50 distribution make it easier to drift? Everything I've ever read abt drifting says you want the car as balanced as possible so you can easily control what the car's doing with your right foot / steering input.
But what do I know. That's probably why nobody drifts miatas. Oh wait...
But what do I know. That's probably why nobody drifts miatas. Oh wait...
Like the one from Racing Beat call the rear suspension upright toe eliminator, that cost $48. Basically replacing the stock bushing to these plastic ones with metal tubing.[quote='87 Turbo II]well, now that I made an ass of myself yet got my point accross. I'll start being helpful. The thing that'll keep your tail from sliding the most is the rear steer or "Dynamic stability suspension [DSS]) so you'll want the DSS delete bar.[/quote]
Well, in our case (FC), no, it's great on track because of the 50/50 weight distribution. But for drifting, most people like the Nissan's which has weight distribution of 60/40? which in turns causes a slower reacting chassis, which is easier to control than the FC, because when the FC starts to slide, it can encounter oversteer. So what you read is probably mean to say to stiffen up the chassis of a drift car for better control. (anyone jump in if I'm not correct)
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So you're telling me a car with a rear weight bias is easier to control in a slide than one that's perfectly balanced? If anything, it would cause snap oversteer.
Don't get me wrong, I don't drift, I've never drifted (unless you count that autocross on the POS $10 walmart tires that came on the car), so I don't know, I'm just discussing based on general handling knowledge.
So you're telling me a car with a rear weight bias is easier to control in a slide than one that's perfectly balanced? If anything, it would cause snap oversteer.
Don't get me wrong, I don't drift, I've never drifted (unless you count that autocross on the POS $10 walmart tires that came on the car), so I don't know, I'm just discussing based on general handling knowledge.
ProjectFD3S
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50/50 balance is better for drift. front heavy will have under, back heavy will have over (thats why MR2's are notorious for oversteer, and S13 tend to have under). That's why people tweak there suspension to compensate for over/under. Thus RX-7's (FC and FD's) are super popular for drifting (at least in Japan for sure).
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Very nice looking car! Congrats!
I forgot to mention that yes 50/50 balance is good, but for a beginner, it's better to have a car like the S13/S14 which is more forgiving by having understeer tendencies. Where as with the FC/FD would have more of an oversteer once the rear starts to come around even if they have a close 50/50 balance.
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Just change the struts, rotors, and brake pads
What's up gang, this morning I got to my friends shop and got to work on the suspension and brakes a bit. I swapped out the stock struts with a set of used GAB adjustable struts and springs. And the front brake rotors were changed to drilled/slotted ones along with Hawks all the way around. Here's a pic...
Haven't tested out the suspension swap yet, I just did a bed in on the brake and rotors, waiting for it to cool as I write this, more on the feel of it later.
What's up gang, this morning I got to my friends shop and got to work on the suspension and brakes a bit. I swapped out the stock struts with a set of used GAB adjustable struts and springs. And the front brake rotors were changed to drilled/slotted ones along with Hawks all the way around. Here's a pic...
Haven't tested out the suspension swap yet, I just did a bed in on the brake and rotors, waiting for it to cool as I write this, more on the feel of it later.
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