Drift jeep? (mj)

[Chero-King]

is it just me or is that a person that comes out of the pass side rear window at the end?

No, I think its just a bunch of crap he had in it.

 

[jimmythecow]

ROTFLMAO

is a 3000gt turboed from the factory

Im just saying that im working on turboing my renix jeep, and ALOT has to be messed with to get the computer to figure out what the hell is going on

nope. the na's were a 10:1 while the TT's were 8:1, mine is a NA converted, they came with t4's but the europ models had 9b's. they also had DSM's while mine is a FMIC.

(i have turbed stuff b4, i just wanna do it to a jeep too)

should be fun

 

[tealcherokee]

nope. the na's were a 10:1 while the TT's were 8:1, mine is a NA converted, they came with t4's but the europ models had 9b's. they also had DSM's while mine is a FMIC.

(i have turbed stuff b4, i just wanna do it to a jeep too)

should be fun

it is fun, im enjoying it.

4.5L stroker
GT4088 thats going to be pushing 6psi

 

[Cjmartz2k]

Drifting is Gay. Some of the stuff they can do with there cars is pretty nuts, but few/no americans can do it well, and none know the purpose behind it anyways. Trying to do it with a Jeep is extremely gay. If you have such a hard on for drifting, go watch that retarded movie a couple of times than go drift your 3000GT into a curb in the parking lot after the movie like 9 zillion other kids in the states. Do ricers realize how much Japanese make fun of them for trying to supe up/race/drift integra's, civics, scions, etc?

 

[Amund2]

Drifting is GAY? Jesus Christ, what's wrong with you guys??? Is it because you don't have a clue how to handle a car? I am buiding a tube rockcrawler and that's gonna be cool, but when that's done I'm saving up for something serious sideways action. Drifting and rallying is the coolest things you can do with a car IMO, I do it to my jeeps whenever I have the chance (i.e. wet pavement, snow or gravel), but to make it work on dry pavement will not be easy. You saw how the black one ended up.

I've been pondering using an XJ too, stroker, manual tranny, locked rear axle, some serious brakes, but seeing that rollover kind of wrecked my plans I think an MJ will be too much wheelbase, but the XJ is pretty well balanced when the grip is low enough. You'd have to lower the crap out of it though, and I'd still be afraid of rolling (I actually got my XJ up on three wheels in a roundabout once, pretty exciting )

 

[tealcherokee]

Drifting is GAY? Jesus Christ, what's wrong with you guys??? Is it because you don't have a clue how to handle a car? I am buiding a tube rockcrawler and that's gonna be cool, but when that's done I'm saving up for something serious sideways action. Drifting and rallying is the coolest things you can do with a car IMO, I do it to my jeeps whenever I have the chance (i.e. wet pavement, snow or gravel), but to make it work on dry pavement will not be easy. You saw how the black one ended up.

I've been pondering using an XJ too, stroker, manual tranny, locked rear axle, some serious brakes, but seeing that rollover kind of wrecked my plans I think an MJ will be too much wheelbase, but the XJ is pretty well balanced when the grip is low enough. You'd have to lower the crap out of it though, and I'd still be afraid of rolling (I actually got my XJ up on three wheels in a roundabout once, pretty exciting )

hang on....


let me check....


nope still lastara

 

[87manche]

hang on....


let me check....


nope still lastara

Bwahhaha
I agree, the point of having a car with high horsepower should be to go around the track as fast as possible.
Drifting ranks with Ice skating for me, a bunch of fairies dancing around on a track for a panel af judges that have no basis for scoring other than "it looks nice".
I bet you'd win if you paid off the French one.

 

[karter74]

i'm really surprised on how one sided people really are on this forum. The guy asked a simple question, how to relocate the E-brake to the transmission tunnel, he never asked for anyones approval on what he plans on doing with his car. You guys have all jumped his case telling him that trying to drift a jeep is stupid, and that drifting in general is dumb, yet not one person has actually answered his question.

For the person who said no americans can drift well, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Since drifting is so gay I guess you never kept up with the drivers and their rankings, realizing that an American driver has won the past few D1 championships....WITH AN AMERICAN CAR! jimmythecow can drift his jeep if he wants, and I bet he'll have a lot of fun doing it. Hell, a good friend of mine you may have seen (Michael Peters) drifted an El Camino his rookie year and got 8th place in the championship points, earning him rookie of the year.

I'm sorry that I can't help with your question on the e-brake, but I just couldn't believe the amount of people here bashing on someone for wanting to do something different. You guys just need to chill out and stop bitching

 

[BrettM]

i'm really surprised on how one sided people really are on this forum. The guy asked a simple question, how to relocate the E-brake to the transmission tunnel, he never asked for anyones approval on what he plans on doing with his car. You guys have all jumped his case telling him that trying to drift a jeep is stupid, and that drifting in general is dumb, yet not one person has actually answered his question.

For the person who said no americans can drift well, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. Since drifting is so gay I guess you never kept up with the drivers and their rankings, realizing that an American driver has won the past few D1 championships....WITH AN AMERICAN CAR! jimmythecow can drift his jeep if he wants, and I bet he'll have a lot of fun doing it. Hell, a good friend of mine you may have seen (Michael Peters) drifted an El Camino his rookie year and got 8th place in the championship points, earning him rookie of the year.

I'm sorry that I can't help with your question on the e-brake, but I just couldn't believe the amount of people here bashing on someone for wanting to do something different. You guys just need to chill out and stop bitching

he already admitted that the only point of this thread is to publicly jack off about an idea in his head and that the e-brake questions was only thrown in as an excuse.

and 97manche is dead on with the ice-skating comment.

 

[87manche]

he already admitted that the only point of this thread is to publicly jack off about an idea in his head and that the e-brake questions was only thrown in as an excuse.

and 97manche is dead on with the ice-skating comment.

97? Sweet, My Mj just got ten years younger
Of course it does have that 97 front axle under there...

 

[goodburbon]

You guys have all jumped his case telling him that trying to drift a jeep is stupid, and that drifting in general is dumb, yet not one person has actually answered his question.

You haven't answered it either, so follow your own advice

chill out and stop bitching

Though it was said the question was just an excuse to float (or sink, as may be the case here) an Idea, here is the answer. Install your "cheap racing bucket seats", get an e-brake handle asembly out of somethig in the junkyard, cut a hole in the floor such that the handle will be at a comfortable position for you when the seat is adjusted where you want it. bolt it up, hook a cable up and go.


By 10" rims you mean width right? Bald tires may not be your best bet. You'll want a harder rubber compound that won't suddenly bite on you and cause you to flip or shoot off into the ditch, and enough rubber so that you don't start slinging sparks as the belts become exposed. you may also want to stiffen up the rear of the frame to keep it from flexing and inducing chatter as you're moving sideways. A rear panhard rod would be another wise investment.

Please don't drift on public roads. Drifting isn't gay, ever hear of sprint racing? The MJ isn't the perfect vehicle for it but it's yours so do with it what you please.

 

[87manche]

Drifting isn't gay, ever hear of sprint racing?

Yes, but that's drifting with the intent of making it the fastest lap around the track.
Drifting with points for artistic style is just picking the guy that made it look pretty, there's no objective measurements, just subjective point systems.

 

[tealcherokee]

by the way....to put the ebrake on the tranny tunnel..................

take the set up out of an xj

 

[Cjmartz2k]

OK, getting sideways is not drifting, so "doing it every time it rains, snows, etc." is just a stupid comment. That XJ that flipped was not drifting. A lot of my buddies drift, and I respect them (I sure as hell can't get out there and do it for real with out learning), but I still give them crap and tell them they are gay (in good fun). Correct me if I'm wrong, but D1 or whatever, and somebody's buddy who took 8th (out of how many btw?) in an El Camino both happened in the states, right? O, and I do understand Jap's compete in the states too. Americans play baseball in Japan, don't they (cause they can't make it in the big leagues back home--see a connection?)? The aforementioned buddies who drift are both american and Japanese (I'm in Okinawa in case you didn't notice), and even the Americans who compete will tell you people back in the states can't do sh!t. If you are going to drift, doing it in a MJ is just plain assinine. I drive a Skyline, and it's not the best suited for drifting. You need a smaller car like a 180, Sylvia, etc. So like I said, why the hell would you want to drift an MJ?

 

[Cjmartz2k]

Oh yeah, and as far as not knowing how to handle a car. I started autocrossing (SCCA Class II solo) when I was 16, and the same with drag racing. I also have actually got out on a track and started to drift with one of the circuit drivers talking me through it in the passenger seat. I'm not trying to sound like a know it all, but I'm pretty sure I have at least a modicum of driving skills, and probably 10x more drifting experience than any of the drifting proponants in this thread. It takes a lot of skill, a well setup car, and a LOT of experience---and it's still gay. lastara

 

[OT]

If you want to drift an XJ, just put Swampers on it and get up over 50mph on the interstate......

Oh and try an ebrake from an '83 Honda Accord.

 

[Gil BullyKatz]

Drifting: Definition=Homosexual slang term for a multiple partner sexual encounter that includes sliding the drifter on the floor while attached to the driver...

 

[tealcherokee]

Drifting: Definition=Homosexual slang term for a multiple partner sexual encounter that includes sliding the drifter on the floor while attached to the driver...

ROTFFLMFAO

 

[zfinger]

Drifting is cool, I'm all for it and I do it. But thats why I have a Nissan 240sx. The Jeep is for running shit over, the Nissan is for driving sideways. Honestly, find yourself an old 240sx, the weight balance is perfect to get it sideways and keep it sideways. I have a feeling the MJ has the torque to get sideways, but the weight isn't right, and it'll come right around on you. That and the center of gravity is too high. Independant rear suspension is important for drifting too, you may find yourself with your leaf springs laying sideways. That and you need a high RPM motor, such as something Japanese made.

You need to get the right car for the job.
Here's mine for ya.

 

[tealcherokee]

Drifting is cool

No its not

I'm all for it and I do it. But thats why I have a Nissan 240sx. The Jeep is for running shit over, the Nissan is for driving sideways.

240 is a piece of shit

Honestly, find yourself an old 240sx, the weight balance is perfect to get it sideways and keep it sideways.

Funny, thats the ONLY thing that people complain about when drifting 240s (built ones)

I have a feeling the MJ has the torque to get sideways, but the weight isn't right, and it'll come right around on you. That and the center of gravity is too high.

That might be true

Independant rear suspension is important for drifting too

How the hell do you figure??? why wont a solid axle spin the tires?

you may find yourself with your leaf springs laying sideways.

Track bar

That and you need a high RPM motor, such as something Japanese made.

You need a motor with a long, flat torque curve, to break the wheels free, and KEEP them spinning and the car (truck) moving. You only need high revving when the motor doesnt make any power until 5000 rpm. when the jeep breaks them free at 1200-1500 rpm, you can just drift in a higher gear