I'm new to the site, and this thread caught my eye. i have a few points to add.
I work in motorsport, and have worked on many race cars from many different race series, including 4 of the top 10 cars in the Drift Australia series.
The extenders for your steering are a must. I have made these for a lot of cars and they work a treat!!
In my opinion, you first of all need to chose one or the other. Burnouts or Drifting, because the set-ups are very very different. I have set my ute up for burnout comps and i have done fairly well with it (2nd place last comp) and believe me, it doesnt drift haha.
Burnout Car - You do not need massive horsepower to win a burnout competition. Dont go crazy building a sh*t-hot motor for a burnout car. Chances are, you'll blow a motor or two in the Burnout Comp world... So you dont wanna spend lots and lots of money, on something that's going to go bang a few months later, right?
My ute is a v6, it has a bit over standard horsepower for a Commodore V6, and as i said, came second in the last comp against Carbi 308s, 355 strokers etc...
Blowers and a/m induction for a burnout car looks good and sounds good, but they require alot of attention and alot of $$$ to keep them in condition to do 2 or 3 skids in the one night (Qualify + finals etc... )
Set it up with some stiff suspension all around, take the weight out of the back, run an auto gearbox over a manual, and remember that when your car is driving at high speed with high revs you have wind contributing to cooling the car, when you're rippin hellies, you dont have that, so huge cooling is a must.
Drift Car
Easy, stiffen EVERYTHING up... Big stiff springs, stiff shocks, braces across everything. Strut braces and support braces. Keep it low, but not so low you bottom out and rip your sump out onto the track.
DO NOT TUB A DRIFT CAR ...
Find yourself a good machine shop who can help you with your steering lock extenders, and as the others have said, no power steering. You wont need it with wheelspin, and it's just one more pump to worry about breaking.
Chose your tyres carefully, dont go rock solid compound, but dont run street slicks like i have seen some people do, it only ends in upset.
Go a manual box over an auto, big heavy clutch and lock the diff. Dont spend lots on a spool diff or anything, just weld up the center you have.
Sorry for the long post, it probably bounces all over the place, but feel free to PM me if it doesnt make sense. hehe.
Cheers.
RpM
EDIT -- Forgot to add, i am currently building my LJ into a burnout comp car for summernats / supernats / powercruise and the likes. If you decide to take that road, and need any help with setting the car up, give me a yell and i will see if i can give you a hand.
Edited by RpM, 29 June 2006 - 10:36 PM.
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