"DRIFT TRUCK" Im gonna Do It!!! Goods and Bads?

Touche'

Nice one, all did today was clean my house and drink rum and cokes.

I hate not being able to weld.

[crusTE72corolla]

HAPPY!

Well i just rolled up (in my wanker redneck mobile with my *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* box behind it on a trailer) from a long beautiful day of drifting! So much fun, got about 20 runs in and nothing broke.
I love my wanker redneck mobile and my toyota sh**box!

[mranlet]

No prob, my Initials are still MR

It isn't a problem to put a big motor into a small truck, but having the rear end sooo light and leaf springs (virtually useless for lateral support) can cause a lot of control problems.

an S-10 with a 350 would be slick, but you'd still have to move some weoght to the rear and modify the suspension

-MR

Ohhh, I get it...

Mike,
Ugh, yeah, sorry bout that. I never was the brightest crayon in the box. I guess I read in to the screen names a little too much, eh.

Werd, old boxy s-10 w/a 350 in it. That'd do prolly, that just sounds heavy to me. Not saying it wouldn't work, cause anything will as long as you can drive.

[Tsunami]

Easiest thing to do would be the classic 350 in an S-10 or 302 in a ranger. The trucks are available cheap, will fit anything from 4cyls to big blocks, and have tons of aftermarket parts for 'em. Although you may have trouble finding racing suspension parts because most of them are lowriders or mudders, I'm sure you could get a custom built unit for your application if you shop around. I agree the Syclone was a very sweet ride, although I didn't know about them when they were produced because I was just around 11 when they came out but know that I'm older I can see how good they were. They are still excellent performers and it's a shame that they can't do 'em again. I mean c'mon GM you got the parts in the parts bin already. Here's the recipe.
Chevy reg cab shortbed flareside+Sierra C3 4wheel steering and all wheel drive+corvette rear mounted tranny and transfer caser+new C6 corvette 6.0L 500 hp v8.

[mranlet]

I agree, Syclone was a blessing, too bad it had such a limited run.

The Syclone pulled something like .9g at the skidpad, which was more than a Porsche that was tested, and it also ran the quarter in the low 13's (hay have been low 12's, can't remember), which was faster than a Ferreri of the time.

And it was a truck - icing on the cake!

BTW - my name is Mike Ranlet -> MRanlet

-MR

Yeah, whatever dude...

Cruste,
Honestly I think you're a wanker truck-guy with something to prove.
Congrats on your "drift/auto-cross only, non street legal" RWD 81 Corolla Sedan sh!t box. Way to not give up on that dream of turning a POS into a "REAL" track car!!
Yes big deal on my front end swap, it is all bolt-on, and I did it in one night, whoopie do. In this day and age half of these kids can't even bolt on their intakes or change their own oil, so it is something that I'm proud of.
No I'm not the defender of this thread, and no didn't change my Username. This is the same one I used before this board went down, and the same one I used at Driftcentral.com, when I used to post there. I do defend against BS and A$$heads so if the shoe fits, you know where to stick it.
I'm done with you now, if you chose to respond go ahead, I'm not going to waste my time responding, so flame on.
I will say this, do a search on some of the threads I contribute to. If I'm not talking sh!t to Chas (who works for me), I'm trying to drop knowlege on these kids so they can learn about this sport without killing someone or wrecking their cars.
I have no problem with truck guys, I used to drive one, but find another thread to spout off on.

Mr. Anlet

That would be one way to go. But I think converting a Cyclone to 2WD would be GMC blasphemy in it's own right. I'd like to have one of those trucks to restore more than to mod. But yeah, 15K and you'd be done. Didn't those things pull more g's than a porsche when they came out?
Skriblz
That was off of a link from Meggala's site right? Good one, that driver was awesome.
Tsunami
Yeah a lightning would be great, lotta this $$$$$ though. But ohh so fun!!

[turbomigo]

not trying to start S(censored )T but GTalmound have you ever owed a truck all thats B.S. i have a 96Mazda B3000 wit 19s 8/10 drop, handles great and will drift wit the rest of them

[mranlet]

Out of the box:

GMC Syclone with manual S-10 RWD trans.

That's it - project done for under $15k.

-MR

[Gtalmond]

Drift Truck

A small import like the nissan hardbody KA24DET, or maybe the Mazda one with the 2 rotary engine in it.

Convert the Torsion bar, and Leafs to coil over adjustables, and drop the truck about 2 inches. Any lower than two, you'll want to get some fat fenders, if you do that, search for pre-runner fenders, they are wide as a mutha, and can support a bigger wheel and tire.

Wheels, get 1 size larger, unless of course, you go with the wider fenders, then only two, but make sure that the diameter is the same as the stock tires, this makes it so you dont have to deal with modifying the spedometer. Make sure the wheels have a positive offset, so that they dont hit the disks in the front, or the drums in the back. Upgrade the brakes to 4 wheel disk.

Sway bars all around. this makes the truck feel much more stable, and level in a turn.

And unfortunately, the truck will require some sort of down force on the rear of the truck. The bed is really light and does not hold the car down, You could be driving with 200 horsepower, and all you would do would be spinning the wheels in the back. Usually a through bed spoiler, will do the trick right, and its slightly hidden.

Those would be about the specs to run a truck as a drift car. The trucks frames are a lot more flexible so there may need to be some strengthening.

Power of course, but thats just my opinion to use the KA24DET engine in it. The mazda, i'd have to do some more research on the topic.

The dynamics of a truck, are a vee bit different than that of a car. but getting one to drift proporly is something i've been trying to do.

Sometimes no matter how much tweeking, it never feels perfect.

So keep working, and i wanna see some progress in a month.

GTAlmond

[Tsunami]

Guys the F-150 lightning pulls .86 g outta the factory and there are literally tons of aftermarket parts for 'em. The new lightnings should be able to drift right outta the box. As far as a drift truck I would say get an S-10 extreme regular cab flareside and throw in an ls6, buick gn v6, or a turbo ecotec. The S-10 is light, handles well and has plenty of accessories. You should be able to do a drift truck without a lot of custom fabrication (save for maybe a coilover setup), and also you should be able to drift with a live axle setup which will save money as well.

[SkRiBlZ]

http://force.chat-jp.com/movie2/dri_36.wmv

pimp, bed conversion i think, but i'm sure u can get a truck driftin with some cash

[mranlet]

Maybe you just shouldn't post on this thread again

-MR

[crusTE72corolla]

Whats so *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored*ing funny about a truck drifting.I have never even used my 4wd except to pull my boat up the wet boat ramp. I drift my truck in parking lots when it rains, because my 170,000 VG30E dosnt have enough torque to keep my factory size 31's spinning long enough to maintain a drift on dry pavement!!!. I only wish I wasnt so computer illiterate, so that i could post some of my vid's. Sorry if you stereotype everybody with a 4x4 as an import hater espescially since I USE mine to tow my drift and autox only, non street legal, RWD 81 corolla sedan to and from events! And yes i read this post from the very first one because i have and am the original DRIFT TRUCK. Did any of yall read the article about SLIDE SQUAD in superstreet like 3 years ago? And after reading that did you order the back issue from like 95 when they did their first article about drifting. Prolly not!!! I did! And thats when i tried it in my truck for the first time and became addicted to drifting. BTW I am an automotive machinist first and a mechanic second. I also work in a machine shop. So i give you respect on that level, and you have a pretty nice car! But dont go getting all high and mighty about swaping s14 front ends since its all bolt on. Dont get me wrong it looks much better but its not that hard. If i had a pic of my corolla i would post it but it dosnt look special so i havent spent the time. Its is the same as the car in my avitar just with a stock body. It has the same chassis as the AE86 but the body is different. So i have two drifters that nobody believed could do it but I have proven them all wrong!Many of them to their faces!

On another note. Are you the defender of this thread or did you change your screen name or what cus you didnt start this thread! And i dont think its your project from what i can tell either. And dont flame on me about "PAYING ATTENTION if im gonna talk sh!t" cus the second post on this thread refers to the truck as a hardtop! So it loks like you need to PAY ATTENTION! OH well its prolly just spellchecks fault anyway.

Let me know what you think.

[mranlet]

CrusTE:
Nobody said anything about building the car before drifting, and besides, any good builder knows that you do your homework before you start wrenching...

Good luck with that '91 Hardbody when your leaf springs finally break and you go hurdling out of control...

I wish it were possible to delete other people's posts.

-MR