Wheel setup for drifting
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Wheel setup for drifting
Before anyone tries to say “do a search before posting” I did among this site as well as my350z with not exactly what I’m looking for.
I’m new to drifting and really want to get into it; I have a 6MT 2005 Revup coupe which has the 19” sport wheels. Obviously these are gonna be super expensive to grab tires for and pretty hard to spin. I’m wondering if I should grab 17s, 18s, or maybe run 18s in the front with 17s in the back.. what’s the benefit of each of these options? I was at the track and it seemed a lot of people were running staggered wheel setups with angle kits in the front. Seemed to me a lot of ppl were running 18s on the front and 17s in the back, but maybe they just had stretched tires in the rear. No idea.
I’m new to drifting and really want to get into it; I have a 6MT 2005 Revup coupe which has the 19” sport wheels. Obviously these are gonna be super expensive to grab tires for and pretty hard to spin. I’m wondering if I should grab 17s, 18s, or maybe run 18s in the front with 17s in the back.. what’s the benefit of each of these options? I was at the track and it seemed a lot of people were running staggered wheel setups with angle kits in the front. Seemed to me a lot of ppl were running 18s on the front and 17s in the back, but maybe they just had stretched tires in the rear. No idea.
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18's are usually going to be your best compromise of performance vs. cost.
At the end of the day you will probably want to get multiple sets of wheels, a set of 17, 18, and you already have the 19. Then you just keep your eyes open on FB, CL, local for sale, etc and buy whatever you can find for the cheapest and burn them ALL to the ground.
You will eat the rears the quickest, occasionally you'll blowout and ruin a wheel so having extra sets of everything laying around is a good thing.
Angle kit is basically a track-only thing, it's a pain in the *** trying to daily drive with an angle kit so only do this if this is literally a track-only car. The benefit other than more total angle is you have less steering wheel movement, the same amount of turn at the steering wheel gets you more movement at the wheel. I wouldn't really suggest this until you're really comfortable with the drifting and ready to upgrade to full bushings. If you're still learning the ins and outs then just thrash the car as it is.
Drifting is expensive, fun but expensive. Lighten the car as much as you're able, money spent in lightening the vehicle like the FRONT SEATS is well spent, used Hotchkis sway bars front/rear, true adjustable coilovers.
And definitely don't skimp on your helmet and neck brace, HANS is uncomfortable AF and fairly restrictive but they work great and aren't nearly as sweaty as a racequip foam neck support. You get what you pay for.
GET A WIDE ANGLE CLIP ON MIRROR! before you start doing tandems!!!
At the end of the day you will probably want to get multiple sets of wheels, a set of 17, 18, and you already have the 19. Then you just keep your eyes open on FB, CL, local for sale, etc and buy whatever you can find for the cheapest and burn them ALL to the ground.
You will eat the rears the quickest, occasionally you'll blowout and ruin a wheel so having extra sets of everything laying around is a good thing.
Angle kit is basically a track-only thing, it's a pain in the *** trying to daily drive with an angle kit so only do this if this is literally a track-only car. The benefit other than more total angle is you have less steering wheel movement, the same amount of turn at the steering wheel gets you more movement at the wheel. I wouldn't really suggest this until you're really comfortable with the drifting and ready to upgrade to full bushings. If you're still learning the ins and outs then just thrash the car as it is.
Drifting is expensive, fun but expensive. Lighten the car as much as you're able, money spent in lightening the vehicle like the FRONT SEATS is well spent, used Hotchkis sway bars front/rear, true adjustable coilovers.
And definitely don't skimp on your helmet and neck brace, HANS is uncomfortable AF and fairly restrictive but they work great and aren't nearly as sweaty as a racequip foam neck support. You get what you pay for.
GET A WIDE ANGLE CLIP ON MIRROR! before you start doing tandems!!!
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