Hey
Have purchased a new car a vt v6 it was used as a street drifter on a budet eg all stock as for suspension it is a little bit shagged so im going to start rebuilding the suspension side of the car im guessing it would be best to just start with the normal shocks and springs but were do i go from there ? don't want to go coil overs.going to try to keep the price down.
cheers bayden
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You not going to try and drift it are you :shock:

lmao vt executive street drifter... have fun with that.

In otherwords, a p plater used it as his daily

above yes exactly i just want it as a daily but as suspensions fucked i want a setup i can use for drifting eg not sloopy like a commy haha.
there are some v6 commy drifting to a reasonable standard. if u aint going to help i wont worry

The car wont drift.

Open Diff

Lack of power

Very bad hand brake design


Fix up the car and use it for its inteded purpose. Daily or a Family car.

Put some monroe shocks and king springs in, that will fix up the clapped out suspension, but please, dont try.

its lsd and 3.9 diff gears . but man i aint using it as drift car i want a car which is tight thinkin swayrs maybe strut brace ???????

Fair call, i wouldnt worry about braces, they dont have strut rear end in them and bracing the shocks doesnt do squat..

As you said, replace the bushes, you will be AMAZED at the difference even using brand new stock ones makes.

cheers that all i wanted to know mate thanks much appreciated

look on ebay and get some stiff pollyurathane bushes

or even some whiteline sway bars something like 600 for front and rear not fitted

if u need new shocks and springs then speak to a suspension place and get them to match them up for you so u get shocks that are designed for ur height and spring rate

stretched tires slightly? prob not worth it at all

ok need to look for new power steering rack and pump now its shit itself im prety sure

have replaced from sway bar link with polyurethane have ordered extra heavy duty superlow shocks and srings have been assures theese shock will stiffen holce car and wont be sloppy around the treack talked to a suspension guy

In my VY SS

I went with King Spring SL in the Front and SSL in the rear with Bilstein Shocks all round. Rebushed polyurethane all out with some extra caster on the front wheels. No competitive drift car but she can pull a mean skid.

At the end of the day it still handles like ratshit, so buy yourself a skyline + coilovers + LSD with no interior and you have yourself a drifter

ok i might be too late for this thread but ive drifted my ef xr6 falcon its a manual and the inly mods are and exhaust and super low king springs and it did ok with a bit more adjust ment on the steering it wont do half bad

Good luck with that singo...........a powerslide is NOT drifting.

the car will drift! yeah ive spent some coin but mine slides just fine thanks. 3.9 gears and a limo, built and vortech blown/ intercooled engine, built trans it does the job just fine.

what LSD are you using?

P.S you dont want coil overs to keep costs down yet you want to get into drifting?and not to mention you can adjust them to suit drifting lmao

so wat u have to own an import to be able to drift now do ya take away an imports turbo and uve got nothing

Fast good imports with out turbos

350z
the new ages skylines
toyota/lexus V8
nissan v8's


there are shit loads.


and where did we say he HAS to be a import to drift? he asked what he needed so every one was giving there 2cents worth.....

yeah i no and some fella basically laughted at me wen i said i drift a ef xr6 falcon ive got nothing against any car just some of the fukwits who drive the car

u should be able to get it to drift if u lighten it up enuff,i'm running monroe gt gas struts on kings superlows all round, s-pak sway bar with pedders thicker link pins & bushes, pedders strut brace & a mini spool diff centre all in a vs v6 ute, it drifts preety good as the ass end is so light and the v6 has good midrange torque to keep it going, i would advise going the same setup in ur VT as it's cheap & does the job.

sil8e's pretty on it there, uprate the swaybars, replace the standard bushes with nolathane/whiteline/pedders ones, any springs stiffer than FE2 spec, or, if you get competitive, hot bits make a cheap coilover to start with, then you can move to pro-spec eibachs/bilsteins. I'm just spewin i have to go straight from kings to eibachs, as hot bits don't make struts for vn's. I'm looking into mech. diff centres at the moment, there is no cheap option for a good one. But it certainly can be done, and qld's who drift know it.

having trouble with understeer during grip racing around tight bends it doesnt want to turn through any ideas ? also getting bad were on inside of one tyres on the front not due to camber

You need a wheel alignment champ.

If you are wearing the inside edge of front tyres, but dont have excess Camber.....you have some crazy TOE OUT on the front.

yeh wat give use the right to say imports are the only good drift car how many people on the site would honestly say a vx wont drift?i droped myn on kings super lows got a quick shiter an strut bars put in an cold air intake an it writs off most of my mates silvias that are worked.a good driver shoud b able to du it in any car .i got a mate who own any1 in an excel. the guys just askin for bit of advise.ither give him the rite advice or fuk off seriously half u people bitch like high skool girls get a life not every 1 wants to marry there car

pardon?

did you even finish school?

i can count 4 spelling/grammatical errors; and i only looked at 5 words...

for the OP; not really worth spending money to get them to 'slide'. in basic they are land boats that dont have very well at all. sure you can put the boot into it around a corner and it will let go, but thats not 'drifting' in a sence. if they are so good, why arn't they using them in d1GP Japan? the reality is they are unbalanced, heavy and sluggish. ever slid one before? notice how they bog down half way through a slide and just want to grip up?

its what happens.




unless your making a dedicated track car that has sponsorship backing. its totally not worth it.

enjoy your commodores.

if it just a shitter u wantto drift just weld the diff, chop the springs and drill a hole through the shocks and put bolts though them. haha it worked fine in my mates corolla and slid ok.

Is it auto?

nah i didnt finish school u got a problem just couse i can spell write dosnt mean i can drive an as far as im conserned i dont just "PUT THE BOOT INTO IT" an hook it round a corner.i do it a bit more delicatly then that an with a bit more style.myn dosnt get half way through an bog out couse i acctualy no how to drive my car. an as per this grip up shit ur on about if u acctually no ur car an no wat ur doin an no how to set it up for wat ur doin then u shouldnt have a problem.

an the funny thing is,is that ur probs 18 maby 19 year old that still live at home with his mom an dad an spends all his time an money on his so called pride an joy vn COMMODORE puting a v12 in it so it will drift dos this sound familiya? it should its one of ur topics.dude i bet u werk a maccas or fukin hj's dude seriously fuk off an get a life.tryin to pay me out couse i cant spell an shit seriously is that all u got now u just look like a total chode ur tryin to pay me out on the internet about spellin thinkin ur god gift to driftin sayin commos wont drift wen uv got one an u wont it to drift.

look at the us drift circit half the asian ar drivin "BIG HEAVY BOATS"if u love asia so much fuk off over there i bet they wont want u there after u try to tell them they cant drift.

now ull try to rite back with some gay comback it i just wont work so dont even try,run to ur bed put ur head under ur pillow an cry urself to sleep. in the words of 'Clinton O.' lol

but seriously grammar is important yo!
and look who the one is having a winge because someone said commodores don't make good drift cars
yes there is a holden doing d1 here in aus but do you think the suspension is anywhere near the same set up as what comes in a standard one? no!
if you don't have something nice to say stfu and dont post anything
comodores are ok cars, you can get some power from them but at the end of the day the suspension set up is designed for a comfortable car that is suitable for every day driving for mum's dad's and executive types so its not going to out handle a gtr (which has the same set up as any other skyline) as they just weren't created equal

lulwut!

holdens come straight from the factory ready for kill climbs... all he needs is adjustable camber tops and his set for drifting!

rofl. you fail sooo hard mate. why would i buy a como? if you actually think i was serious about putting a v12 into a commo then that just prove how much this site has gone down hill.

re: drifting in japan with heavy boats.
1. parts are cheap in JP. so its cheaper to get a bigger car going faster.
2. JP cars are set up for drifting. throwing a set of king spring super lows, a b&n shift kit and a set of 18x7+50 lexani is not a suitable upgrade for drifting.



why would you pay someone out for staying in school when you didnt finish? that a pretty immature way of thinking man. totally not smart at all...

i honestly hope you go well 'drifting' your commo. really. you should get some videos of you coming into a corner sideways well before the apex with speed. instead of just pushing it through the corner.

see u think i fail realy i dont care .never paid u out for staying in skool i think more kids need to du it but i my line of werk u dont even need to no ur times tables. i was simply sayin dont bag me out just couse i didnt spend 2 years doin 11 an 12 insted i started my apprentic ship an now im a full time tattooist makein more in a week then u du in a month.see brains isnt everything it just helps a bit.an yes import may b easyer to setup but if there so easy to setup an parts are so cheap y wouldnt they make a fukin great import insted of a good boat. for every action theres a reaction dont b so quick to judge ppl.an if u paid attentions to wat i said b 4 wen u no ur car that well ann u do all the lil things that make a difference such as shocks an all dat shit u learn wen it will bog down to u put more power into it b 4 it happens.im happy with the way commos slid couse i no em so well an it werks for me .

p.s i way talkin about the asian an america no japan drivin boats.