Thread: Anyone fab a handbrake?

Sell car. Buy old Miata with torsen diff. Buy cheap ebay turbo kit. Play and drift all day, or til turbo blows up.

FWD is good straight line, even with all mods for suspension, it wouldn't handle the corners the way you want, or "drift". BTW how DO you power over with a FWD car... its just sliding until you gain traction back... right?

Originally Posted by TLSheff

BTW how DO you power over with a FWD car... its just sliding until you gain traction back... right?

Originally Posted by matt5112

Makes me wonder why people ever put the new tires on the front.

I actually put new tires on the back. EVERYtime. Even on my RWD vehicles, new tires to the rear, bald tires scrapped, better used tires to the front. Studies have shown regardless of FWD, RWD, or AWD in a case of hydroplaning you are less likely to wreck with better tires on the back, and more likely to not even slide with better rear tires.
Plus I don't want to slide unless I mean to, and which point, I want it to be RWD with enough power to keep it sliding as long as I need.