Drifting a`VR4

[IPD]

nah i think the drivetrain as is would be fine.

saving the v8 swap for the e30

not going big, just wanna have the abilitity to clutch around corners and tare up the lot at the Super Speedway during drift practice....

I've always felt like the 3000GT should be rwd...it just looks that way. but that's just me, and rwd is my favorite drivetrain

you're clearly driving the wrong f**king car. sell your 3/s now, and save yourself the headache. if you don't appreciate the 3/s for what it is; sell it and let someone else appreciate it.

i've said it countless times before: with every single sports car with > 4 cylinders having RWD (minus a few bland exceptions)--it would be impossible to stand out from the crowd if the 3/s came RWD. it didn't for a reason. FWD/AWD is a welcome change from the endless bevy of:

camaro
firebird
corvette
rx7
supra
300z
350z
370z
genesis coupe
solstice
mx5
rx8
sky
viper
and the list goes on

you're not going to get anywhere near the low drivetrain-loss levels of a true RWD car by trying to convert the existing 3/s drivetrain. you'd need a longitudinal engine & a different transmission. and once again, you'd have been better off to start with a different car.

[green-lantern]

not going big, just wanna have the abilitity to clutch around corners and tare up the lot at the Super Speedway during drift practice....

I've always felt like the 3000GT should be rwd...it just looks that way. but that's just me, and rwd is my favorite drivetrain

I agree it looks like a car that would burn out with ease but....

you're clearly driving the wrong f**king car. sell your 3/s now, and save yourself the headache. if you don't appreciate the 3/s for what it is; sell it and let someone else appreciate it.

i've said it countless times before: with every single sports car with > 4 cylinders having RWD (minus a few bland exceptions)--it would be impossible to stand out from the crowd if the 3/s came RWD. it didn't for a reason. FWD/AWD is a welcome change from the endless bevy of:

camaro
firebird
corvette
rx7
supra
300z
350z
370z
genesis coupe
solstice
mx5
rx8
sky
viper
and the list goes on

you're not going to get anywhere near the low drivetrain-loss levels of a true RWD car by trying to convert the existing 3/s drivetrain. you'd need a longitudinal engine & a different transmission. and once again, you'd have been better off to start with a different car.

This!

If you want to go through the hassle of making the car slower in almost every way then do it. or you can save a shitload of work and buy a car better suited for doughnuts.

Basically if you want a drift car then buy one. If you want a 3s to drift then get ready for a LOT of work. I hope you got a bunch of fabrication tools.

[Blackmount]

I have loved 3000GT's since i was 10 years old and i first saw one when i moved to madison Wisconsin, and the guy accross the street had a red 99 vr4. I have always loved one, and I dream of having one as my nice car to take out on weekends or to shows or whatever, then one as my whatever\racecar.

Idk about you, I would much rather save a title-less\wrecked but salvagable vr4 and make it to tare shit up with. then it getting hualled of to be crushed. I would not do this to a nice, clean vr4. It must be title-less\wrecked to hell, and or in horrible shape, worthy of being gutted and turned into a track car.


You'd be amazed some of the things drifted down here. Everything from Open Diff 350z's to Old 4 door AUTOMATIC V8 Lexus's to pick up trucks with a 2JZ swap\sr20\1JZ\Random V8 swap.

for real, this kid drifts his moms old lexus that she totalled in the rain, its auto V8, 4 door, Gutted of everything and all the windows broken out with a hammer.

if somone can drift a 400whp DSM with a welded center diff and no front axles as a RWD conversion, I'm sure a low boost single turbo VR4 will do the same with a similar set up.

[green-lantern]

We all have had a love for the 3s for a long time. Do what you want with it. It's just like I said in the beginning of this thread, people are going to give you shit over this. Do it and then show how much fun you're having.

If you can save a VR4 from the crusher then by all means do it. I have

[Blackmount]

We all have had a love for the 3s for a long time. Do what you want with it. It's just like I said in the beginning of this thread, people are going to give you shit over this. Do it and then show how much fun you're having.

If you can save a VR4 from the crusher then by all means do it. I have

^ I like this guy.

I was at Express Pull N Save, and they were cleaning out alot of the lanes of cars, and I watched the forklift comeby and pick up a green 2G SL and drive off to the crusher with it....Very sad moment I hate to see any 3\s meet it's demise, regardless of trim or whats done to it.

[NOMIEZVR4]

Yeah bud..its your car, do what you want, but make sure you take some vids..!

[Blackmount]

DUHHH! vids are am ost.

[BigTyla]

the only good way to make a 3/s rwd is to start with a v8. and at that point, wtf didn't you start with an fd3s?

This x1000. If you want this to be a drift car you might as well start off with the FWD model. Less weight and less crap to remove for your nice Ford rear axle.

[YoshiBishi]

^ I like this guy.

I was at Express Pull N Save, and they were cleaning out alot of the lanes of cars, and I watched the forklift comeby and pick up a green 2G SL and drive off to the crusher with it....Very sad moment I hate to see any 3\s meet it's demise, regardless of trim or whats done to it.

You didn't stop it and try to get the 2nd gen conversion parts off of it first? Shame on you. I would have given you tree fiddy for it.

[Blackmount]

going with 3rd gen conversion, and plus once they pick it up the car is gone. it sat for 2 or 3 weeks before they crushed it.