mabe the fox will become the domestic equivalent of the S13, ive been seeing alot of mustang drifting springing up lately, this vid is pretty sweet

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/FORD ... 205209.htm

Has been for years. Well really the other way around. The fox has been a great "budget" car for years. Issues is the money you spend to make them handle right is anything but budget. Main reason I sold mine. Too much dough to do the suspension and transmission I want. I wouldnt wipe by ass with a t5 or replacment springs.

SN95 suspension components make a HUGE difference on a fox, just about all the serious fox drifters are upgrading to SN95 parts, and MM makes anything you need to handle well, but like the S13 and any other car you will pay more for the higher quality parts.

or you could just buy an MN12 tbird, you already got IRS, if you know where to look you can find suspension parts, and you get the mazda M5R2 5 speed (ALOT stronger than a T5) or if you have the 4.6 model a T45, but you have to battle the weight issue and brace the underbody good so the firewall doesnt crack lol

but seriously i think if your willing to drive a car that is a little more difficult to learn to drift with there are sevral domestics that can be built for fairly cheap.

merkur xr4ti's are sweet cars too. turbo 2.3 which is a great motor, paired with irs. its an american capri which was notorious for touring car racing so it can corner as well.

I always loved the sound of a V8

there was a 500hp fox body at the outbrake event...it had way to much ass to drift...lol
i tryed drifting it, the front tires bound in the wheel wells, other than things that can be fixed with suspension i think it would be a good drifter.

looks like a ford carolla... from the backish side

the body is completely stock other than the hood scoop....

the maximum kit is nice, what I wanted but for 5k, you are hella in it. sn95 may change geometry a bit but you are still basicly on a ford falcon suspension. Yes I know quality s13 stuff can add but but you can have the correct stuff for less than 4k. To each their own. Fox is just as capable platform as any.

a little off topic but if i provided the shock tube could you guys find a sleeve coilover setup (not cheap ebay junk) that would make for a decent drift setup? unfortunately they dont make coilovers for my car

they are all ebay junk. If they will fit I have a set of ground crontrol knock offs with allen locking "single hand" collars that actually work and dont strip out in a week.

damn, its gona suck not having height adjustment

you can use collars. the gc and gc style is all I would use. the ones that aje and granatelli sell are the 2 spanner lock crap that is rebranded junk. Good collars and quality springs like qa1 or eibach will do ok. Ill sell you these collars if they fit. bring down a shock. I have some eibach 650lbs 8" which should be decent for your front , you'll just need something decent for the rear ~300lbs I have some offbrand 350s you can have to try.

well the rear will accept anything from a 99+ cobra since the 8.8 IRS unit is pretty much the same.

one thing ive noticed though is the shock including the upper strut tower bolts are pretty close to and FC, the tower bolts are spaced the same, and in the same location except my car just has 3 instead of 4, i was thinking about taking a closer look at my freinds FC to see if it would be possible for the front but i was thinking even if it would be possible anything for an FC probly wasnt designed to handle 4000 pounds