APME123

I am in need of a project car!! So i need some help at picking of which cars to purchase and modify, the price of repairs and modifications counts, I want to make a nice RWD car that can
DRIFT, i also plan to turbo it!! or upgrade the original and do heavy suspension work!!
so take your pick and reply to what you would pick and why you would like to pick it!


1990- BMW 325i

Displacement 2494 cc
Number of Cylinders 6
Max Power 170 bhp (125 kW) 5800 rpm
Max Torque 222Nm(164 1b.ft) 4300 rpm
Compression Ratio 8.8:1 (Good to Turbo)


1989- Toyota Supra Turbo (Mk2)

Displacement 3.0 litres (2954 cc)
Number of Cylinders 6
HORSEPOWER 230@ 5600 rpm
Max Torque 246 ft-lbs. @ 4000 rpm
Compression Ratio 8.0.1


1990 Nissan 240sx (s13)

Displacement: 2389cc
Number of Cylinders 4
Horsepower: 155 BHP @ 5600rpm
Torque: 160 lbs/ft @4400
Compression Ratio: 8.6:1


1995 Nissan 240sx (s14)

Displacement: 2389cc
Number of Cylinders 4
Horsepower: 155 BHP @ 5600rpm
Torque: 160 lbs/ft @4400
Compression Ratio: 8.6:1


1988 Toyota Mr2 Supercharged (Mk1)

Displacement 1587cc
Number of Cylinders 4
Horsepower 145 bhp @ 6400 rpm
Torque 140 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
Compression Ratio 8.0:1

KeNsHiN

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1995 Nissan 240sx is my pick!

APME123

why?

touwseew

i second the 95 240 pick. but if not on the list id rather go with 91-95 mr2, turbo or not.

APME123

the 91-95 mr2 is a little to expensive!

Boilermaker1

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The 90 240... Stuff in CA18DET or an SR20DET, convert the front end and go.
an 89 would also work for either a Sil-eighty conversion or just a straight up 180SX (CA18DET either way).
They're cheap, light and can be made very fast and drift happy.

deciuss

i have always liked bmw cars. they are so smooth and have just so much more pickup then every thing else i have ever driven. I also find them very confortable for a bigger size man so that was a plus at least for me.
on your list you only have a 3 series i would go with a 5 series or just pick another car. (never been a fan of the 3 series but to each there own)

edit due to i just remeberd why else i like bmw cars.
i have goten it up to 130 and had no problems and the ride was still very smooth and i felt i had controll the whole time. I have also goten a 5 series air born going 110 off a hill and no problems there. The only problem i had with the bmw is after a while the breaks would heat up and start to squeek at every stop during long hours of crusing. this was a 99' 528i

PunkingCivic

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I'D GET THE : 1995 Nissan 240sx (s14) (the red one below with cf hood)

found most rides here
http://streetsourcemagazine.com/owne...&Search=Search

abmerop18

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95 240sx. those are tight. especially if you do the jdm front end conversion and built it as a drift car.

nookiemonster

I agree with boilermaker, but stay away from the 89's...they're much harder to drop an SR20 powerplant in...my recommendation is to go with an OBD I setup on an SR20 fastback style, and keep the retractable headlights. Don't do any conversions, as it will draw attention to you. Just do a sleepy eye look, and destroy everyone in the corners and on the straights. The 95 is a good choice also, but more eye grabbing, and weighs substantially more. If you want the ultimate drifter, sleeper, and quarter mile car, I say get the 1990 240 SX with the SR20DET....just save some money for plenty of spare tires.

BTW...get the fastback style, not the coupe. It weighs a bit less and looks better IMO.

MagicRacing18

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one word... NISMO

~nick~

nookiemonster

Oh yeah btw...the 1995 240 SX comes stock with (I forget the code--it's not worth knowing) the pathfinder motor...so don't expect much from it stock...it'll drive like an SUV.

Samari

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any of the 240's

Boilermaker1

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Thats why I said to drop a CA18 in if it was an 89. Basically makes it a 180SX with the option for a Silvia bodywork conversion (the Sil-Eighty)

KA24DE

Boilermaker1

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Just curious... if you're looking for a drift mobile... why isnt an AE86 Corolla GT-S on the list?

Zzyzx

E30!!!!!! preferably the M3 (If you look hard enough you can find one for under 10,000)

Seriously, the 3 series (E30 chassis) is a great little car. well handling stock, easy to upgrade, only problem with them is that they are getting old so more parts are going to need to be replaced....

I want my M3!!!!

APME123

those corollas are very very rare and hard to find! ive looked!

nookiemonster

Not that hard...I've got several friends who've picked them up here in vegas

Zzyzx

There are a bunch of them that autocross with us, They do pretty well too.

APME123

Have u seen any of the corollas for sale for sale????

jdmb16ahatch

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theres a nice M3 like that here on base id go with a 240 though so many parts for it...its like a civic of drifting u know?

TheSmuggler

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It's acutally pretty simple. If your setting up your car to drift, you should automatically look towards the 1990 240 sx or the 1995. Also, i saw that someone metioned the "truck" motor that came with all U.S. Spec 240's. It's actually not quite bad, it's a KA24 motor(155 bhp), and, while lacking in the power numbers of the J-Spec SR20DET (200 bhp for s13), it has globs of torqe, and that can aid you in braking loose. If your gonna drift, I'd advise you STRONGLY to go with either of the 240sx's. Even if you don't drop in an SR20 (which you absolutely should, considering 240's are dirt cheap), their engines are plenty powerful for a new drifter (which I assume you are). Also 240's have so many parts avaiable for them (someone mentioned Nismo, which in my view is the greatest OEM option equipment manufacture ever), that it would be no problem for you to build it tom your specs.

username03

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240's were built to drift baby

WannaBFast

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the s14 is better for drifting, its more balanced, and most of us are more accustomed to having a front heavy car

guamcivic2k1

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240 with sr20!!!

R3DL1N3

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s14 or sw20

doubledeuce2k2

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you said the corolla, but wasn't the trueno a sweet RWD car around 1800 lbs stock too? makes me think initial d too

yourinmyw0rld

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i'll get 1990 Nissan 240sx (s13) cause its looks the best out of the 5. u can get a lot of parts for it and mod it like crazy