Note: Added this line. Drat. I think i put this in the wrong forum. If an admin can put this in the transmission forum instead. Sorry!

Hey guys, I thought I'd share this info. Ever since I came back from the D1 Grand Prix Drift Session down in L.A. I've been amazed at all the cars drifting. Heh. It was my first time and it was pretty darn cool.

Anyways, the April 2004 of Compact Sport Car Magazine showed a modified WRX appears to be a 2002 or 2003. They changed the center differental out to make it an AWD to an RWD.

Heh, I can now drift my wrx Yeah right, ill probably never do it.

Anyways, It mentions locking the central differential is key. Its roughly a "30 minute" job for the average mechanic according to the article. I dont have a scanner but I thought I'd post this up.
And if its an old article, sorry! I thought it was the coolest thing since chocolate ice cream. heh.

They point to a website:www.designcraftfabrication.com

This seems pretty cool.

 

Be prepared to make adjustments to the suspension after doing such a conversion. By sending 100% of the power to the rear wheels, the car's character will be drastically different, especially on wet ground. I'd consider this mod to be an off-street, competition only.

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I dunno but I think rwd is good for burnout and dounut contest also makes it easier to drift. In a drag set up use slicks in the back and probably have less drivetrain losses.

 

hmmm....I wonder if anyone has made a setup to convert the sti's vccd to 100% rwd on demand....that would be sweet.

 

would they mention that you'll break rear axles left and right once you convert to rwd? face it, awd systems don't have beefy rear axles.

 

why do you have to do RWD converison to drift? puss!

 

Would you be willing to teach me? I'd love to know ^_^

 

Unless you have 300+ hp and some bald *** tires, you aren't going to have much luck drifting an AWD...

 

This isnt true! Cars drifting in the D1 Grand Prix were drifting with sub 200 hp cars. I dont know if the AWD factor will require more hp?

Also isnt it true that those who drift prefer super sticky tires? Drifting with super slick tires would cause uncontrolled slides.
Thats the reason why they were using sticky tires at the D1 GP?

Anyone want to confirm this or deny this? Prove me wrong

 

Yes, but the cars drifting with less than 200 hp are very light and RWD. Drifting an AWD requires more HP.

And yes, drifters do prefer sticky tires for their control (but those cars that have sticky tires also have gobs of power - so there is no problem spinning them). I was just stating the very least of what you need to drift a WRX. Ideally you would want 400+ hp to use sticky tires with a WRX. Oh, and you would have to do something about the drivetrain. Sticky tires and 400hp on a stock WRX drivetrain = terrible things

 

Drifting is cool and all, but it's not worth converting the wrx imo. AWD is one of the reasons i bought the WRX in the first place.

 

Well if they could make a system for the wrx to switch from rwd to awd with a flick of a button, I would be all for it, but I don't think i would want to sacrifice my awd forever. I do agree it would be sweet to have a car that can grip and slide.