Drift Cars
There are a handful of cars that are ideal for drifting. The
thing you want to look for in a drift car is the
front to back weight ratio and rear-wheel drive. Yes,
horsepower is nice, but you want to have a pretty evenly balanced car
from front
to back. The first drift car I will mention is an excellent
example of this. The AE86 Levin/Trueno, also known as Hachi-Roku, is
ideal
for drifting because weight is evenly distributed, rear-wheel
drive, and it's pretty inexpensive to aquire as well. Not a lot of
horsepower
can be extracted from the AE86, but it excells in every other
way, which is why this is one of the more, if not the most popular of
all
drift cars. Then you have your Silvia, S13, S14, S15, 180SX or
whatever you want to call this SR20DET powered monster. You have your
RWD, nicely balanced drift car with plenty of horsepower that
can be easily extracted. And finally, the FC3S, FD3S or the RX-7. You
got a RWD, well-balanced, light-weight drift car that is
personally my favorite, although I think it falls below the first two
because
of it's unreliability, expensive parts and maintenance. There
are a few others that are good for drifting, the Skyline is definitely
an
honorable mention with its insane RB26DET, but I think the top 3
were the first cars mentioned.
There are a couple venues that are ideal for drifting and this first one is probably where it all began. The Japanese enjoyed
the mountain side or Tohge for their sessions. Although
we don't condone any unsafe driving or wreckless driving on public
streets or highways, this type of location is actually optimal
for it's many turns. And of course there was usually not much traffic
up there. The second location and a much safer environment is
of course, the tracks and circuits. These are ususally not free and
not available at anytime, but it is a common location where
many drifting enthusiasts can go and participate and be safe. An
honorable mention would be your local parking lot after hours.
Free, close by and open 7 days a week. HaHa!! Be Safe!!
