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General => General Technical => Wheels & Tyres, Suspension & Brakes => Topic started by: rotary_rogers on October 08, 2004, 11:23:52 PM

Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: rotary_rogers on October 08, 2004, 11:23:52 PM
hi guys just wondering what the best of the following i should choose any help would be much appreciated.

suspension.
wheel sizes.
tire size and compound.

baring in mind i will be using the car as a daily driver aswell, any one recommend the best mix.

thanks louis,
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: brooksie on October 08, 2004, 11:46:29 PM
whist setting the car up in terms of suspension, wheels and tyres is important its not nearly as important as getting a bucket seat and a harness .. otherwise you\'ll literally will get thrown about in the car ..
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: rotary_rogers on October 08, 2004, 11:48:41 PM
thats true man, im getting harnesses but the car has the complete and original interior in mint condition so i really want to keep it in. any ideas on the other stuff.
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: brooksie on October 09, 2004, 12:05:40 AM
is it an FC or an FD you have ?

if its an FC then Tein do a specific drift suspension kit ... the TYPE HE .... i wanted to get a set for my FD but sadly they have no plans to release it for this car ...

even though you have an original interior i\'d still recommend buying a bucket seat .. its not too dificult to swap so you could just return the original seat whenever you wanted ..

to give you an idea i currently have these recaros .. i got thrown about so much i actually hit my head on the drivers door glass .. and these seats have much more lateral support than standard fd seats ...  i\'ve now swapped for a recaro bucket seat instead  

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/rx7dizzy2002/Picture003.jpg)
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: rotary_rogers on October 09, 2004, 12:19:11 AM
to be honest mate im new to owning an rx7 i know stuff about the car but dont know the different types so u will have to help me out there man.
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: brooksie on October 09, 2004, 12:24:59 AM
no probs m8 :)

does it look like this ?

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/rx7dizzy2002/10th_brochure.bmp)

or this

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/rx7dizzy2002/IMG_0323.jpg)

ok mines got a kit on it like but you get the idea :)

if its the first one then its a FC ... the 2nd is a FD
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: rotary_rogers on October 09, 2004, 12:30:22 AM
its the first one man, but ive always gone by using gen 1, 2 being mine and 3 being urs. so yeah fc. so what links do u have with newera just noticed the name.
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: brooksie on October 09, 2004, 12:51:21 AM
i make the films :)

cool .. so you got an FC .. dori machine :D

Tein suspension could be good then ...

this bnsports kit is the dogs :)
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: Gman on October 09, 2004, 08:45:39 AM
I have  Cusco Zero 2 suspension, fully adjustable stiffness and camber.  It takes two seconds to adjust the dampers from track to road and you can notice the difference.

I also have an LSD, roll cage, next on the list is a harness as you do get chucked around quite a bit.
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: rotary_rogers on October 09, 2004, 05:22:26 PM
that kit is nice, the video was good to dude... might have to go with the tein and get the EDFC system with it.
Title: looking for a gd drift set up...
Post by: J4P RX on October 09, 2004, 06:42:48 PM
Some inspiration

http://www.aonq65.dsl.pipex.com/touge.avi (http://www.aonq65.dsl.pipex.com/touge.avi)