I wanna drift!!!

[slyderdai]

Like the title says i just had a 93 ford thunderbird given to me. It was my father in-laws car. It has a 3.8 v-6 and only 78,000 miles on it. It runs like a top. Regular maintainance is his thing he gets real anal about me putting off oil changes for like 1-200 miles. Anyways i am thinking about gutting it and putting a cage in and start drifting. If mikie swarts can drift with a 92 dodge ram 50 w/ a 4g63-t from a 90 eagle talon why can't i drop like a 351 cleveland in this thing and have some fun? Does anyone know if there are any ameture leagues in/ around pa new jersey virginia or ohio? i have this undying passion to drift but I keep letting myself get away from it. What do you guys think? I am pretty comfortable behind the wheel and have done some drifting before (not legally) but I wanna go about this in an honest straightforward way. I have a positive and realistic outlook on things and am not expecting to be great at it right away? But with time and practice who know where this would go?

[BColeman]

Well, screw the 351. The thing to do here is drop in a Ford V8, Mustang style, 5.0 if you can find it. And a manual transmission. Then you'll want an LSD, and lower suspension. Those would be my first mods if I chose to do a drift car out of a T-Bird.

Check out Formula-D, or D1's web sites, they should have information regarding localities with clubs.

[silversharkXD2]

just supercharge the block that in it. The 3.8 isn't a bad motor.

[evan938]

theres a guy here who had a little later thunderbird, put a 4.6l mustang GT motor in it, paxton S/C, nitrous, 20" chrome wheels, custom paint...show car 100% but it was slick and moderately quick

[slyderdai]

the car is pretty quick. I went down to her parents house to drive it. it needs the suspension tightened up a bit. (I took it out to my cabin for a little rally drift on private grounds) Thanks dad for the gate keys!:D . I had fun i was suprised at how responsive the throttle is. And it was relatively easy to throw it slide-ways but its a dirt road. I told her father about my plans for the car and he said that it was great he'd help me do it however he could.
I was thinking of going S/C with the 3.8 . Some come factory tuned supercharged that way. same body newer model year. I also have some ford gear head buddies that say the mustang limited slip rear will bolt right on. I need to do some researching first before i go balls deep here.

[atlwteboy240]

there right the mustang limited slip will fit right in. i had a 97 thunder bird with the same 3.8L and i loved it i put some dule exaust and headers and it kicked ***. i loved how long the car was but when sliding sidways it handles great....

i remamber lots of time going to the highschool parking lot after rain or when it snowed and just sliding like crazy..

deff. post some pics of your work...

[OPZ]

Thunderbird...

at Beaver Run last year there was a Thunderbird doing the drift course, it was actually holding its own against the 240's that were there.

Good choice!