ok here the question: i try to make my s2000 a drifting car ...i only need intelligent response...the car putting down 400whp but the trouble is not there...is in the suspension and handling...so my question is somebody already do this with is s2000
what are the best upgrade? suspension, steering rack, tire offset, differential?
i know papadakis team was already built a drift machine s2000,but i dont have any precision about the mod they do to the car an what type of piece to put on?
i need more detail about building a drifting s2000 for the track use!
thanks

 

Try the racing sub-forum, a lot of the knowledgeable racers hang out there and I don't think they leave that area haha

 

A lot of members here don't like the S2000 used for drifting. You may get some generic info, but nothing too specific.

 

You'll likely get rough responses in the race forum. You know how hockey players view figure skaters? Many racers have a similar view of drifters.

Disclaimer: I'm a fairly tail-happy driver on the track, but I don't maintain anything close to the angles that the pro drifters do as it's really bad if you're running against the clock or other racers. I've got a fair amount of time in multiple cars running near the steering stops at opposite lock due to driver errors.

If you're not obsessed with throwing money at the car:
- Less rear camber
- Zero or toe-out in the rear
- Learn to enter a corner at appropriate speeds and keep a little more weight on the front tires in corner entry - spend money on driver training

If you want to spend money:
- Non-staggered tire and wheel sizes
- Stiffer rear springs
- Stiffer springs (than OEM) all around make the car a little more predictable
- Stiffer rear bar (only if you have a non-oem LSD, picking up the inside rear wheel with OEM diff sucks!)
- Adjustable shocks - stiffer-than-optimal valving makes the tires more likely to break free. P.S. Anything more than 4-way adjustable is just marketing crap, many companies advertise 16-way shocks, that just means 16 positions on one knob.

You're going to need a lot of driver training as the S2000 likes to swap ends much more quickly than the 'standard' drift cars. That's what makes it so much fun!

 

if you over inflate your rear tires, i find the car more squirrely. i hate that.

 

Honest answer: Don't. The S2000 is too hard/expensive to make into a good drifting car. Get a 240 or something along those lines that you don't mind messing up/is cheap to turn into a drifter.

The S is specifically designed to stick HARD through corners... turning it into a drifting car is going against its very nature.

 

The guys who seriously drift the S2000 relocate the gas tank from behind the seats to as far rearward as they can get. What you're fighting against is the awesome weight distribution engineered in by Honda. You actually have to screw it up.

 

the most important thing would to swap the S2000 electronic steering rack out for an rx-7 steering rack.

 

Run some stretched 205s in the rear and I'm pretty sure you could drift relatively easy...

 

put a 45lb. sub in the center of ur trunk and take out ur spare tire and i drifted the school parking lot last night for a good 5 minutes straight no over steer or under steer its amazing