Drift Suspension ? Setting ?

Bern_supra

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I'm supposed buy a TEIN Coilover kit .Anyone knows what's the best setting ?

-Ride Height
-Spring rate

And also if anyone would know a company who does camber kits for a MK3 and what's the degree i should put it on.

:puke:Honda Civic
 

tubbie

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take the springs out............. best ride height and perfect spring rate...jk,,,

Spring rate is dependent on how tollerable you can take it on the road. If you don't mind crashing and bending wheels at every bump, get the stiffest you can get. For 99% of alll of us, whatever the norm that comes with tht coilover is good enough for anything you want it to be. Height is more of what you want it to be. No ideal height. Just remember, the higher the height, the more suspension travel. Supras do not need camber kits, they have cam adjusters. If you need more adjustents then what the stocks can adjust, either your suspension is waay out of whack or you really did take out the springs.... :biglaugh:
 

ToyoHabu

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So how feasable is it to increase stearing rate and deflection ? All the serious drift people seem to modify this. On side note went to the Grand AM race at Barber. Saw the pontiac racing stable including the champion drift GTO. Very Nice :icon_surp
 

SySt

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I am a little into drifting, my roomate used to go to drift events with his 240sx. He is a damn good driver. He ran -5* of camber up front and -2* in back with some stiff ass suspension and a two-way LSD. Personally, I know about drifting a Supra a bit. If I was you, I would get a stiffer sway bar in back but keep the stock front sway bar and then get some generally stiff spring rates for the coils. A stiffer rear end is a positive thing in drifting, less understeer. I would also run the tire/wheel size I am running right now. some 225/50-17 on a 17x9.0 wheel. Doing that is called stretching the tire and gives you a stiffer sidewall for good steering response but will let you slide good due to the skinny tire size. Just be careful as that steering response tends to give you an artificial feel of traction.

Also, when talking technique on the supra, don't just clutch kick it out. I tend to enter the corners hitting the brakes hard, swinging to the outside hard, letting go of the brakes while heavily countersteering and then once the car kicks around, modifiyng the steering accordingly and putting on throttle. Basically, throttle should be used to keep the car in control, and keep it sliding, not to break it loose.

You may not even need to use the brakes, I can keep my Supra fishtailing on steering input alone. Just feel the weight transfer and let the steering wheel tell you what to do.