I have a debate with my best friend. He has always been a 90's cheap car import drifter but is considering to get a Ebody after falling in love with my Ebody project. I know (from the 10 minute time period after I finally got my project running, until I broke it all apart for restoration) it seemed to kick the rear out pretty smoothly and could easily drift.
What I'm hoping is, someone can post a drift video (or powersliding as a more accurate definition, maintaining an oversteer condition using throttle). My Ebody is all apart so I can't prove how easy it is. I scoured youtube for muscle car drifting videos, with no luck. As for me, I have alot of drifting experience. I have a nissan 300zx twinturbo (estimated 500hp) and put the car in a wall (which IS, unfortunately, on youtube). I still to this day say drifting a slower rev-climbing high torque (smooth powercurve) v8 is much easier than a quick rev-climbing and very uneven power curve turbo car. There's also the longer wheelbase (which is also less "twitchy" in a drift).
He sticks with the fact the drift scene is solidly held by imports for a reason. I told him it's because noone cares about wrecking a crappy car. Can someone convince him drifting a real car is easy and even looks better? I'm trying to convince him to buy a really rusted up Ebody (a bad restoration candidate, parts car kinda thing), weld it all nice and rigid, throw in a 6al for rpm limiter, fab up some changes to the spindle (for zero ackermann and improved camber in lowered position), and drift that. Plus without interior and guts (and add some aluminum heads, radiator, calipers, and fiberglass hood) it could easily weight less than 2700lbs. Which gives a fantastic power-weight ratio. Has anyone considered this or done anything like this already?
Sorry, and please don't flame me for wanting to drift Ebodies. I love my 'cuda above any car I've ever had. I'm just entertaining a crazy idea and wanting to give a friend a real car to drift in. Thanks! - Zeus.
ps. 300zx twinturbo for sale! Runs great (some idiot put a big dent in the fender and door though)
I doubt it will pass cali. smog
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pps. I mentioned zero ackermann. Let me quickly explain incase you ran across this for the first time. Most cars when the wheels are turned the "inside" turn wheel is slightly sharper turned than the "outside" wheel, as it has a longer path in a turn (when all 4 wheels have traction). Drift cars you want zero ackermann, so in a drift with the wheels turned they still point the identical same direction, as you want them both to have maximum traction and not working against each other.
Topic: Powerslide/Drift video needed to support Ebodies everywhere! (Read 6449 times)
