Attempt at building my drift 1JZ Supra

[TurboFreak]

Listen to Aphxero.

I see all these threads about building "drift" Supras. All you need to start drifting is gas, tires and money for entry fees! Learn to drift before you start building your car up! You could do some free weight reduction too.


EDIT: Make sure your car is reliable. If you have more money to burn once you've bought tires, gas, and entry fees and made sure your car is reliable then I'd get a good seat, a good lsd (or welded), and get some coilovers and other suspension arms.

 

[sthmstr]

Not arguing its viability at all okay? Just saying weight is the first thing you should be doing. But a lightened supra is 1000% more viable than a heavy one. It would do everything better period. I never said get a lighter car. I said make a lighter one.


People choose a given chassis for the reasons you said. And diff wheelbase, track, etc. Everything has a positive I know. I drift a cressida for christs sake!

My apologies dude. Guess we were on the same page, just different paragraphs. kudos on the Cressida btw. I always liked those.

 

[sthmstr]

As for spring rate i'm not even really sure because i'm lets say new to the suspension scene because i'm usually more about power but i'm getting serious into the drifting scene and need some help with some of the technical suspension stuff. And as for the tanabe sway bars where could i pick those up.

You can get the sway bars from Tanabe or from ebay. They run about 175.00 each. Specs say they are a bigger diameter than the ST, but tought to say if they are stiffer. Could be less dense a material than the ST's. (ST's tend to rip off the endlinks on SW20's so pretty stiff) I do like the red color of the Tanabe better though. Would look slick with your JIC setup.

I hear Kaaz makes a super good LSD. i could be wrong but probably best way to go.

 

[aphxero]

Replacing sway bars etc isnt always a good thing. Especially the rear. Did it occur to any of you that natural understeer/high speed neutral handling might be a good thing? This thing has a little power so the rear will be more controllable if it has some pitch.

Lots of people learn at first with a somewhat soft setup. This will teach you to use the weight of the car more effectively.

I'm not pro or anything (drifting 5 years) but I know this stuff for sure.

Btw, here's a good friend of mines supra he drifts in.
http://www.celica-gts.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13500

 

[sthmstr]

Replacing sway bars etc isnt always a good thing. Especially the rear. Did it occur to any of you that natural understeer/high speed neutral handling might be a good thing? This thing has a little power so the rear will be more controllable if it has some pitch.

Lots of people learn at first with a somewhat soft setup. This will teach you to use the weight of the car more effectively.

I'm not pro or anything (drifting 5 years) but I know this stuff for sure.

Btw, here's a good friend of mines supra he drifts in.
http://www.celica-gts.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13500

I fully agree. Learning to be pro on the stocky would be a super smart idea before playing with it. TurboFreak and yourself have it ultimately right.

Just answering the product questions as best I can.

 

[SupraKingz]

All truly good points lol but too late to use the stocky setup to learn because the JIC setup is already pretty stiff comparatively to the stock setup. And i'm really passed the learning point i would think i did drift my old 84 celica supra till motor gave out. But yes weight reduction is definitely a plus when building a drift car because it becomes less weight to have to throw around but really for me weight reduction is the last thing i want to do because i still enjoy having friends hope in the car with me to hit up some car shows and shit but once i get myself another supra this thing won't be getting gutted. Well maybe the trunl area but not the rear seats and stuff. And as for a good seat and steering wheel yes i have a good setup still have stock recaro seats in mint condition and a decent aftermarket steering wheel check out my albums if you want my three supras are posted including my wrecked 7m.

 

[SupraKingz]

The main shitty thing for myself is that there aren't many drift or even autocross events around where i live or they are just poorly advertised. And really the nearest is about 5-6 hours away in other province since i live in winnipeg, canada basically middle of nowhere and if there are any canadian guys in here that now of any events near here even over in the states let me know.

 

[aphxero]

All truly good points lol but too late to use the stocky setup to learn because the JIC setup is already pretty stiff comparatively to the stock setup. And i'm really passed the learning point i would think i did drift my old 84 celica supra till motor gave out. But yes weight reduction is definitely a plus when building a drift car because it becomes less weight to have to throw around but really for me weight reduction is the last thing i want to do because i still enjoy having friends hope in the car with me to hit up some car shows and shit but once i get myself another supra this thing won't be getting gutted. Well maybe the trunl area but not the rear seats and stuff. And as for a good seat and steering wheel yes i have a good setup still have stock recaro seats in mint condition and a decent aftermarket steering wheel check out my albums if you want my three supras are posted including my wrecked 7m.

Your JIC arent likely to be that stiff. When I said stock I didnt mean it literally. I just meant like stock character. I'm 100% positive you still have some pitch/lean. To me it sounds like you want to have a drift/show car which is impossible in the context you're saying. If you're going to do it then make it just that. Every compromise takes away from something and you'll never fully get what you want. Please remember that and good luck.

 

[sthmstr]

All truly good points lol but too late to use the stocky setup to learn because the JIC setup is already pretty stiff comparatively to the stock setup. And i'm really passed the learning point i would think i did drift my old 84 celica supra till motor gave out. But yes weight reduction is definitely a plus when building a drift car because it becomes less weight to have to throw around but really for me weight reduction is the last thing i want to do because i still enjoy having friends hope in the car with me to hit up some car shows and shit but once i get myself another supra this thing won't be getting gutted. Well maybe the trunl area but not the rear seats and stuff. And as for a good seat and steering wheel yes i have a good setup still have stock recaro seats in mint condition and a decent aftermarket steering wheel check out my albums if you want my three supras are posted including my wrecked 7m.

Ultimately being that you are the 1 driving it, then it would be your decision. If you want more lateral stability then go for it. You like the idea of the Tanabe's the shoot. Be cool to see some maple leaf driftin with the 1j action. More power to you!

 

[SupraKingz]

Thanks a lot guys this helped a lot will be posting up pics in the near future once i've decided what I want this beast to turn into.

 

[aphxero]

You should get these:

Some dude on another forum is selling them.

These look like a proper drift car!

 

[SupraKingz]

what forum and how much

 

[Clip]

talk to BorHor about wheels and drifting. he used to throw his blue NA around quite well.