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Drifting an LC/LJ

Started by _dansedgli_ , Feb 22 2006 04:54 PM

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#1 _dansedgli_

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Posted 22 February 2006 - 04:54 PM

Drifting and circuit racing is one of the things I want to have a go at once this car is on the road.

I have seen a few videos of LJ's rolling when attempting to drift.

Is there anything I can do to help the car get sideways safely? The power levels wont be an issue

I have been told that the front wheels tend to lean on the wrong angle when you turn the wheel. How can I fix this?

I have lowered, fairly stiff suspension at the moment.

Any tips or suggestions would be great.
Dan

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#2 FastEHHolden

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Posted 22 February 2006 - 06:25 PM

wide tyres and a hefty sway bar are my tips

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#3 gtrboyy

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Posted 22 February 2006 - 08:20 PM

Good quality wide rims/tyres on the front & bolt on the thickest rear sway bar.My car used to go crazy,almost uncontrollable until I took the rear sway bar off.I dont know about drifting an an lc/j on fast corners as it will probably 360 off the track.

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#4 _high_rpm_

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Posted 22 February 2006 - 08:52 PM

try double sway bars and realy stiff springs maybe make up a panard rod..

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#5 Tiny

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Posted 24 February 2006 - 08:45 AM

Drifting is a really com;ex sport for suspension... I always thought it was just lots of power.. really hard suspension and small tyres ( to get em to spin and not grab traction!

I saw a DVD for sale at sydney car festival on drifting in america.. they gave away some interesting "secrets" about drifting. there was also some very cool footage of the GTO ( monaro) drift car.

Cheers.

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#6 _Terrible One_

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Posted 25 February 2006 - 01:47 PM

Stiff suspension, heaps of midrange torque, big swaybars front and rear, rose joints instead of rubber bushes and low profile tyres all make a good drift car.

Make sure your engine cooling is up to scratch.

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#7 _gtr161s_

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 03:39 PM

I only ever ran front a sway bar on my lj along with reset hd lovells springs all round plus munro hd gas. With a set of 205 60 13" dunlops a light touch on the handbrake i could easily get the car sideways on bitumen. If its to stiff it will be difficult with the body rolling alittle.

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#8 micklx

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Posted 27 February 2006 - 09:18 PM

LJ + rear sway bar = oversteer

Should be just what you need.

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#9 Toranamat69

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Posted 28 February 2006 - 06:16 PM

Find some way to increase the steering lock as the Toranas don't have much.

I would chuck a panhard on the back and replace the rear upper control arms with a single torque arm. Unless you get rid of those converging upper control arms on the back, it will always want to pick up that inside back wheel on a turn.

Then start on the front.

A wider track will also help but you are limited by what you can fit under the guards.

Wide rims with relatively narrow tires will give you rock solid sidewalls and will assist with your drifting and staying the right way up. (not a good look though)

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#10 Toranamat69

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Posted 28 February 2006 - 06:23 PM

Dansedgli,
Regarding your query at the very top on the front end, the only things I can think of to stop the wheel cambering the wrong way on a turn is to use 7 degree KPI stub axles from HQ or CRS rather than the Torana ones(9 degrees) and/or run more positive castor on the front (not sure how much can be adjusted into the LC front ends though).

Make sure your front UCA are in the lower mounting position (as per the XU1s) as this will improve the camber as the suspension goes through it's vertical travel.

Could also run spindle extenders if you need even more camber gain.

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#11 _Hotrodder_

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Posted 09 March 2006 - 11:10 PM

LC/LJ toranas ane like the Capri, useless for drifting, dont bother. They have a habit of falling asleep.
Get a later torrie like the UC, at least they'll handle a whole lot better.
LC/J Suspension is just too crappy for drifting, sorry, but it'll never work.

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Posted 09 March 2006 - 11:36 PM

LC/LJ toranas ane like the Capri, useless for drifting, dont bother. They have a habit of falling asleep.
Get a later torrie like the UC, at least they'll handle a whole lot better.
LC/J Suspension is just too crappy for drifting, sorry, but it'll never work.

Narrow wheel base, bad front steering geometry = oops it fell over.