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I would recommend a Nissan 350z (Z33). It is a powerful, robust, affordable and tuneable platform. If you can’t stretch to a 350z, a BMW M3 (E36) should fall within your budget and has similar characteristics. Find out more detail in this article: ,7 Best Drift Cars For Beginners
Yes, But only once heavily modified In standard guise and S14 makes for some very fun sliding action of the basic style provided that it has a Limited Slip Differential and sufficient power to break traction and carry a basic drift. To be considered a ‘drift’ or ‘competition’ level vehicle almost every part of the vehicle would need to be modified There are very detailed build thread available freely online
Both cars are solid options. Both have huge aftermarket tuning potential, both are lightweight and rwd. Both engines can take forced induction. Personally, I would lean towards the BRZ because they are newer you will have less mechanical headaches. I wrote a complete guide to answer this question right here: ,11 Best Budget Project Cars
If you look at the history of drifting, it started in Japan with street racers doing Togue - racing their cars down narrow twisting mountain roads. When some of the more talented drivers began sliding their cars sideways down these roads, maintaining control on the absolute edge of grip, drifting was born. Being a completely grass roots motorsport, participants would use the most readily available and cheap cars with a FR layout. As German & American cars, especially RWD models are much less common due to import restrictions and a variety of other factors, drifters would use Nissans & Toyotas primarily, though there are a few Mazdas & Subarus drifting. Then there's the availability of cheap replacement & performance parts for the Japanese cars. This is the true limiting factor, as parts for import cars in Japan are more expensive and aren't as available. When drifting, you WILL break your car. Being able to replace broken parts quickly means you can get back up & running right away rather than waiting 2–4 weeks for parts to arrive from wherever. Mix in local tuning shops dedicated to specific brands like Nissan or Toyota, etc, plus the fact that both Nissan & Toyota continued to build RWD models when other brands moved to FWD across their model range and it's easy to see why you see primarily Nissan, followed by Toyota cars in the drift scene. Even once drifting became a global sport, Nissan & Toyota cars continued to dominate because of the sport specific suspension parts available. Manufacturers spend a lot of time & money to ensure their cars go straight, not sideways. The Honda S2000 is a prime example. They engineered the car to go straight. There aren't many S2000 drift cars because reworking the suspension so it can easily drift is expensive. The car doesn't like going sideways so you have to do a lot more to it in order to get any decent angle when sliding. It's not that German or American cars are any less capable of being drifted, it's simply that Nissan & Toyota are better supported in the sport.
Drift is won on yaw angle. This is dependant on turning circle but wheels are turned to opposite lock. Turning circle is determined by steering angle, wheelbase and slightly by track width. Lexus IS300 Turning Circle,. 10.4 m (34.1 ft.) Quite good compared to Mustang 36.5 ft but if a Nissan S13 or Toyota AE86 turns up and he can hold a drift on or near the lock stops you lose. Nissan 180SX/200SX/240SX S13 1989–93 turning circle 9.5 m (31.1 ft). Toyota AE86 turning circle 9.5 m (31.1 ft) You will have to modify the steering lock stops, arms and whatever else to get a better yaw angle. Whatever is done to increase wheel turning angle it can be done on other cars. Some don’t bother to keep Ackerman geometry. IS300 wheelbase2,670 mm (105.1 in) is longer than S13 2.475 m (97.4 in). While notable drift car the Toyota AE86 wheelbase is 2,400 mm (94.5 in). Newer XE20 is 2730 mm (107.50 in) and 2013 XE30 2,800 mm (110.2 in), turning circle 10.8m (35.4 ft) are complete non-starters. Kinda hard work to shorten a car to improve yaw angle.
The important factors in a drift car are: Horsepower Rear wheel drive Affordability Accessible parts Of the available cars in Japan at the onset of drifting, Nissan cars met all those criteria. The vast majority of Japanese car manufacturers were moving their entire fleet to front wheel drive, but Nissan was virtually the only manufacturer at the time that had a sporty line-up with multiple RWD options, manual transmissions, and factory turbo-charged engines (including the Fairlady/300Z, Silvia/240SX, and the Skyline GTR) and pricing well below the super-car territory. Nissan had a very significant market share in Japan at the time, so all of their marquee cars were easily available, making project cars and donor parts cheap and accessible. As the JDM tuner market matured, the focus on Nissan cars was immediate with dozens of turbo/engine upgrades and suspension options popping up making it easy for a weekend drifter to take a stock Nissan and convert it into a drift monster with the least amount of re-engineering.
Personally, I wouldn’t use a new for drifting. Too much cash if something goes wrong. However, if you have the cash to burn my first choice would be: Nissan 370z If you are not taken with the Z then check out: Ford Mustang Mazda Miata A much better choice for a first drift car would be a Nissan 350z (z33). You can read my full thoughts on my ,Best Drift Cars For Beginners ,article. Good luck and have fun!
I would want to own many cars but my favourite ones would be these: 1996 Nissan 240sx s14 (project car) 2017 Honda Ridgeline (daily/towing) 2016 Lexus IS350F (daily/sportscar) 2015 mclaren MP4–12c (weekend/track) Nissan 240sx s13 (drift car) 2014 mustang GT (sports car) 2016 cbr600rr (adrenaline pumper)
Many cars that are good at drifting, are decent drivers. The Toyota FRS, The iconic Nissan 350Z, the older 240’s…they are all ok drivers, and decent at turning tires into smoke…..the better you want to drift though, the worse it will drive. I f i were to pick a car from the factory, and no-mod drift, i would likely choose the Toyota FRS, or as it is now named the Toyota 86.
Any rear wheel drive car can be a good drift car. Out of the box it is not a good drift car. However, the amount of aftermarket support in parts can make it one. A couple draw backs - Vehicle Dynamic Control (traction control) makes drifting very hard. Engine is not tuned from the factory for anything close to what you’d want to drift. Just my two cents.