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stÖrmy Proficient

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The only upgrade to my drift car in terms of suspension at the moment is Tien HR coilovers and some adjustable tie rods. Even after putting in the coilovers the car feels a bit saggy and rolly.

So my question is should i get some fatter sway bars front and rear or get some better coilovers? I want to eliminate roll and have a nice stiff setup, What sway bars would you reccomend? and should i have it on the front or the rear?

boostn0199 Grand Master

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Put a whitline on the back and on front keep either stock or no swaybar at all. Also important tO invest in the basic camber and castor arms so you can get a decent alighnment to drift.

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What are the spring rates on the current coilovers?

Only suspension mods on mine atm are some Coilovers with 12/10 rates. Would like to sort out some swaybars one day, but it's good enough for now.

Is it a drift only car? (i.e unregistered etc).

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sweefu Mentor

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They will probably be 8kg front and 6kg rear, you can put stiffer springs in but it could badly effect the life of your dampers. Having said that people still do it. Maybe look at 12kg/mm front and 10kg/mm rear. The ride will be very harsh though, not sure if this is your daily or not.

stÖrmy Proficient

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Nah mate not a dailey at all. dedicated drift car, its my first drift car as im still learning but its not a dailey in any way.

Hmmm, hard choice, so many different opinions, ive heard of people removing the front sway bar completley but i thought this would give more body roll? And i assumed the front sway bar needed to be upgraded for rwd cars not the rear? deano what swaybar did you throw in the rear?

Simon-S14 Grand Master

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Theres some bad advice in this thread. stiffer is not better. You need some body roll in order to transition correctly. For example.my car runs 8/6 coilovers (bc er) with eliminated rear sway bar and stock front sway bar. It rolls but its well controlled. Another thing to remember is that if your roll centre is up shit creek it will roll excessively.

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I'm very very very new to drifting, but from what i've read/ the cars i've seen most people seem to run spring rates stiffer than 8/6 usually around the 12kg mark, generally drifting will be on solid smooth surfaces, you can deal with these sort of spring rates and they will aid your slides, compared to something 8kg or 6kg which would be too sloppy for track drifting. 8kg or 6kg spring are not very stiff at all.

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I'm very very very new to drifting, but from what i've read/ the cars i've seen most people seem to run spring rates stiffer than 8/6 usually around the 12kg mark, generally drifting will be on solid smooth surfaces, you can deal with these sort of spring rates and they will aid your slides, compared to something 8kg or 6kg which would be too sloppy for track drifting. 8kg or 6kg spring are not very stiff at all.

you got it all wrong. 8/6 for a nissan is fine for drift. its actually a very stiff rate. you may notice some cars like supras and chasers running 12 kg springs but thats due to different suspension leverages requiring different rates.

an 8/6 combo with quality shocks works wonders for drift.

works510: im very happy with the ER's had no probslems with them at all.. they have done a full season now with zero signs of issues.

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