'Body Roll' Advice Please

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but for any kind of "quick" driving, on any surface, its better to have the chassis as rigid as possible.

strut braces help make the car more rigid. you said what i said, just in a different way.

however, this isnt always true.

example, looking back to the 97' season of F1, the cars with the "softest" chassis (being the poorer teams; Prost etc..) would always be in the last half of the grid, supporting your statement. however, when it would rain, the slower cars in the dry suddenly became competitive cause the chassis would flex enough to transfer weight to which ever wheels were under load, resulting in more "mechanical" grip. this theory isnt my own, i actually heard it from Martin Brundle during commentary of one of those particular races.

the basic pricipals are the same for road going cars as well, even though you dont see as much of difference as compared to F1.

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Hmmm okay things have changed.

I went to my first drift meet on the weekend and loved it! I want to do it monthly. So this changes a few things. I am gonna keep this car for 6 months, but I am gonna consider over the next 6 months getting a more dedicated drifter, so I don't want to spend too much on this car. I may leave it for now, keep running semi-dodgy tyres so I'm not too concerned about the inner wear...

I havn't decided. But yeah. I will have to put more thought in before I spend the money.

[MerlinTheHapyPig]

nice 4dr 32 mate!

IMO if you want to drift your current car, this is what I would upgrade.

- Coilovers (with height adjustment - then you can raise it a bit, aim for around 1-1.5deg camber)

- Adjustable Castor Rods (Tension Rods) and run as much positive castor as you can (around 8 or 9 degrees is perfect for drift)

- Locked / 2-way mech diff

- Front & Rear Strut tower brace

- Alloy Subframe Spacers / Pineapples

- Tie Rods

- Rear upper camber arms

- Front Camber upper arms

- Hicas lock

most important is coilovers, castor rods, and diff. castor rods aren't vital, but with stock castor rods steering is very very vauge. You can try drifting on the viscous lsd for a while, but they are not very predictable - and i wouldn't bother if you're serious about drifting, you'll just do more damage hitting poles and stuff from diff crapping out mid-drift.

Coilovers will let you raise your car a little, unfortunantly skylines (unlike S13's) dont have mcpherson strut, and you can't use camber plates on suspension tops.