A few years ago, while helping Brian and Chad set up for interviews at SEMA, I saw a saying on a leather jacket that I really dug: “SUPPORT VIOLENT DRIVING”. Hell yes…if there is anything we can get behind, it’s violent driving. And that’s why I appreciate drifting as much as I do. It might not be your cup of tea as a motorsport, but far as I’m concerned, it’s ripping donuts in the high school parking lot taken to an art form. I’m guilty as sin when it comes to sideways hijinks. I looped a Chrysler in front of school officials while trying to link up a Z-shaped section of the road that ran from a regional highway to the school parking lot. I slid through snow-covered parking lots until my battery tie-down broke and the battery welded itself to the hood. Hate on it all you want, but between the tire smoke, the screaming engines and the driving that would immediately be a felony reckless endangerment ticket anywhere else other than a track, I am all about drifting.
The one thing that does bother me a bit is the vehicle selection. It’s pretty predictable: Nissan S-chassis cars and Z-cars, BMW 3-series, Toyota Supras, Mazda RX-7s and the occasional Ford Mustang thrown in as the token American missile. Occasionally you might see a Corvette, but that’s rare. Correct me if I’m wrong here, but even though drifting itself traces it’s roots back to Japan, sliding a car around with the power at kill isn’t a Japanese-only trend. Go watch a lot of 1970s car movies if you don’t believe me. So, for today’s question, we ask: what would your weapon of choice be for drifting? Below are a few samples of machines we know about, including the “Slidebird” Ford Thunderbird, the Dopeformance 1978 Buick Regal, the infamous “Bubba Drift” El Camino, Matt Soppa’s RWD Coyote-converted Ford Fusion and an Australian Ford F-100 that is almost comical compared to the usual fare.
Nothing! Drifting is stupid.
I’d start with a dirt late model chassis and bodywork, reworked to be symmetric. These cars are meant to go their fastest when sideways already, with no control arms to get in the way of your steering angle and bodywork designed explicitly to make downforce sideways. It should be possible to trade some of their left-turn traction for being able to go both directions.
A Lincoln Continental… you know… Continental Drift.
I’m sorry I only know how to set up suspension so it Hooks !
I’m just assuming from the title that your talking about driving thru snow drifts . I can personally recommend a 74 Plymouth Satellite. Heavy enough to blast thru but not too heavy . To be 16 again !
I only drift when it snows.