BEST and WORST Beginner Drift Cars - And Why You Shouldn't Buy a 240sx

[@JankyDrift]

Do you agree or disagree with the ranking? And if you're outside of the US, what does the list look like where you live?

[@Jyyrgen]

sadness is realizing i will only ever drive a silvia on the sim

[@JankyDrift]

Well if you learn how to steal cars and save up for a ticket to Japan it's attainable lol.

[@00fersonev61]

Bro factually saddening💀

[@CoreysZ32]

You can get whatever you want. Just need to work hard and prioritize it. It's only never if you give up.

[@dikkodikko6262]

no cap 😂

[@Sl33pyh3ad.]

Don't give up bro I just got a sr20 swapped s13 for less than $10k, just gotta keep looking the deals are out there

[@billyum4302]

Great vid! To add to the points you made, you should go over the pros/cons of buying an already built drift car vs building one yourself. I see a lot of new drifters struggle with that too.

[@JankyDrift]

Def a great idea for a future video. "Buying vs building a drift car". Depends a lot in your knowledge working on cars I think. As a beginner I'd say buy something more stock and uncomplicated, but the deals you get buying something pre-built are unreal.

[@xxwoseldxx2164]

hey i saw your ad on youtube and decieded to check you out and i already love your channel!!! keep it up!!!

[@MrGeeMoney1983]

As someone who owns a S14 240sx you speak the truth. About parts and being taxed! But it's still the best chassis for Drifting if you can find an affordable example. I got lucky.

[@maggiepie8810]

If you're in Sweden, you can pick up a turbo-charged 740 or 940 for a fraction of the price of a BMW or 350z, or even most Miatas. It will only push something like 160hp, but they're very solid cars. They’re super easy to work on. Spare parts are widely available and cheap. They're also generally reliable. An added 'bonus' is that the interior more often than not is both gross and ugly, so you won't feel bad about ripping all of it out.

[@Daniel-od1hq]

I love your videos man, your kind of humor is my favorite.

[@evangriffin6250]

Hey man just wanted to say I’ve been loving the videos lately and I couldn’t believe you weren’t a bigger channel ! Hope to see some more great content in the future

[@JankyDrift]

I can't believe it either lol. Appreciate it!

[@Pharaoh_The_Great]

All the rich kids and car hoarders ruined the s chassis market plus the drift tax on top of that… in Japan it’s a different story because all of their s chassis are clean, affordable and turn key. The FRS and 350z is the “new s chassis” cars.

[@tweetchris46]

I’ve started out in a miata. Going great tbh.

[@Finicky9]

In Ireland there are a bunch of options for driving drift cars without buying one, like drift school or renting

[@swifticy117]

The E36 you don't have to reinforce the rear subframe mounting points just the E46. But yeah, welding the diff is good enough to start drifting right away and if E46 reinforce rear subframe. If it comes with an LSD then of course you don't have to weld it. The 328, 330, and M3(e46 for all 3) have stronger axles. M3 can come with either hollow or solid axles, apparently hollow ones are stronger and lighter. For these cars I would recommend a whole cooling system overhaul. For mine I replaced my water pump with my thermostat when it gave out. Then later on my soft lines went out. Then my hard lines. So I would recommend do soft lines, hard lines, radiator reservoir/expansion tank, thermostat, water pump, aux fan switch, expansion tank coolant temp sensor and level sensor. Other than that my e46 has been a great car to me.

[@PalmBeachPetPhotography]

I'd argue this. I sheared the front diff bolt on my 98 328 twice. Upgrading that section is clutch. Also, my 92 325 ejected the front half of the rear subframe simply kicking out a uturn. Hella sketchy.

[@OBriMotorsports]

Well sorted list!

[@Daniel-od1hq]

Great video!

[@TeodorBabbage]

1) Can you share the parts of the drifting simulator you showed on the video? 2) Is it better with a screen or VR headset (like you in the video)? 3) can you share the parts of your drifting simulator and how much would it cost? And maybe some cheaper substitutes (in case yours is very expensive)?

[@insnstv]

glad i saw the ad that brought me here..

[@NoahHoff16]

Good ad you brought me in from a whole other channel

[@JankyDrift]

Appreciate it - Hope you like the content!

[@kondor99999]

PAPA JANK. Genius.

[@thumperkreck]

I appreciate all of your honesty regarding s-13 chassis. My only problem is that I currently own a virgin or Unicorn Garage kept, 1990 240sx 5 speed hatch in black. 2nd owner ( all from, criuse, 134a air that works)perfect dash, 143k. In working speedo. No rust. What do I do with it now? Pics readily available. Cheers 🍻...

[@JankyDrift]

@@thumperkreck sell it for a million dollars or whatever that'll go for lol. Honestly if it were me I'd have that be a clean long term project and keep it off the track. Would feel too bad abusing that thing given how rare it is to find one clean.

[@thumperkreck]

@JankyDrift Thank you for your advice. Likely keep as I just received oem rear fender flares. Who knows? Also, now looking at 1984 AMC Eagle SX/4 awd 2 door hatch, black. Cheers 🍻...

[@00fersonev61]

Bro what u think abt the Lexus sc300?!

[@kadehamersley3894]

as someone who loves soarers, manly sc400, these cars are older and unreliable plus the need a manual conversion or find a 1jz gte with a manual which are expensive. just get a 350z if u want a drift car unless u really love the soarer as I've broken a few just test driving🤣🤣

[@JankyDrift]

Essentially what my response would have been. Can't speak to the reliability but they're hard to find parts, and pretty much all of them came auto.

[@akioasakura3624]

🔥🔥 admin what do you think about the a70 Supra? Where I live they’re not very expensive and I’ve seen many nice ones.

[@JankyDrift]

Having owned one for a long time I'd personally stay away from the 7M. If you can get a JZA70, the 1J is obviously awesome. You can find MA70s pretty cheap in the US too but there aren't a lot of companies making drift parts for them. The newest ones are also over 30 years old at this point and held together with duct tape and zip ties lol. If you follow the "drift what everybody else is drifting" rule of thumb in your region, I'd guess that isn't the a70. They're cool cars though.

[@akioasakura3624]

@@JankyDrift ah okay, thank you sir

[@micahtron5000]

What rental or experience packages are there for drifting irl? I wanted to do the bmw experience in Germany but spent all my money at nordeschleife

[@dempa3]

Nice suggestions. I expected old cheap rwd volvos.

[@JankyDrift]

Yeah you would think cheapest thing possible but takes more money and work to get them sliding well compared to just buying a better chassis to start. Similar with tires, people think buy the cheapest all season tires but higher quality and more sporty tires makes for a better drift car.

[@dempa3]

@@JankyDrift I don't know if it would make a good video, but a suggestion on which mods/car packs and/or settings can emulate these beginner cars well in Assetto Corsa, might be interesting to know.

[@Shredzac]

In Thailand and the Philippines it would be Cefiro and E36/46

[@JohnMarley4]

Haha that’s my s14 on your cover page. Luckily I bought it over ten years ago

[@JankyDrift]

Small world lol. Sorry, it was a random Google image search result.

[@I_Lovetacos]

Here from the ad!

[@Kaunjayrudraa]

I will love to have your advice I want to buy a new sim racing wheel the option are t300rs and cammus c5 with the pedals. With my research cammus c5 is a better but the pedals are okayes only accelerator and brake . I would love to have a clutch but by budget will not allow it. But the thrust master t300 rs has the clutch included. Both of the wheels cost the same for me please help me.😊

[@JankyDrift]

I personally wouldn't buy anything without a clutch, it's a HUGE part of drifting.

[@Kaunjayrudraa]

@@JankyDrift thank you but i don't know if i will be drifting with it i will mostly race with it but i will like to have a clutch with a shifter . can you give me your final verdict .

[@Kaunjayrudraa]

i will use a ebay shifter

[@JankyDrift]

@@Kaunjayrudraa my real recommendation would be to save your money and wait for the moza r3 to come out, or look at the r5. Out of the two options you gave I would probably go with thrustmaster just because they're a major brand with a long history and their support is likely better.

[@Jay_CZ4A]

Im getting a Well pretty much now owning ill never dirt my Silvia.

[@augustwhite7390]

Hey could I mod assetto corsa on macbook pro with an emulator? Just to try it out before I get a pc, which will take a few years to save for. The macbook is my mom's old one for work but it is still only a year or two old. I know mods for controller assist exist but I don't know if I could play on an apple computer, even with an emulator.

[@JankyDrift]

Do you not have a console? They sell assetto on both playstaion and xbox.

[@augustwhite7390]

@@JankyDrift I want to play with my friends who use mods they said I can't drift with them until I get mods. My friend is going to try to help me get an emulator and set it up on there

[@Taffaff]

It will always amaze me how much diversity americans (and even europeans) have in terms of beginner cars, here in Brazil we get to pick between a chevy chevette, a chevy (opel) omega, if you have money an e36 and if you're rich a 350z lol.

[@JankyDrift]

One of the hard parts about putting these videos together is trying to account for regional differences. I guess this is most accurately "best in the US". That said... the chevette looks like it'd be fun to slide around.

[@chec138]

Tbf as a romanian here your only choices are the bmw 3 series (be them e30 which costs an arm and a leg now, e36 which is slowly getting out of hand or e46 which are still good bang for buck), be them in stock form or full competition level

[@Taffaff]

@@JankyDrift oh, 100%, i've had the chance to throw a stock one around a skidpad, it's definitely a whole other ball game when you have 78hp, narrow stance, a live axle and a short wheelbase. makes you thankful that it snap oversteered and lift-off oversteered like a mf. and honestly, having that difference makes it interesting to watch too because it gives you a different view on things you may never have even considered.

[@Taffaff]

@@chec138 damn, i wish we had that availability here. bimmers are already at a premium at around R$40k-50k for a pretty decent e36 325i, the parts are expensive too, so unless you earn like R$10-15k(roughly 8-11 times the minimum wage) a month it's hard to attain and maintain one. for comparison a chevette is around R$10k for one in good conditions and 2-3k for a fucked one, Zs are upwards of R$230k...

[@Olabruh]

no lexus/toyotas.. i thought stuff like gs350 and is from early 2000s were good :(

[@JankyDrift]

If I did an extended list I might have included the is300 somewhere, and potentially first generation BRZ/GT86. I owned an IS300 for a few years and it was a fun car to slide around in the rain. Off the top of my head, the drawbacks being that the 2J engine prices are super inflated these days, and car prices for ones with manual transmissions tend to be inflated because only something like 5% of them were originally sold with a manual. To be clear, no bias against toyotas... I've owned 5 including my current daily driver 😁

[@Olabruh]

@@JankyDrift yeah u right about the 2j inflation. amazing vids as always

[@njdorset1050]

welp i failed this already the only rwd cars we see here are is250, mark x, Altezza and maybe the occasional v35 skyline all the owners of those cars want 25 to 40k because rwd is a premium here even if its automatic dont even look at manual( add 5-10k to whatever price) even a bare chassis is still 15k. ive been building a drift car for 2 months now its a mustang 302 swapped mitsubishi minivan that shares parts with the evo itll actually be started and driving in 1-2 months hopefully

[@JankyDrift]

Would be interested to see that build, sounds cool.

[@CrazyCat229]

240sx, AE86 DRIFT TAXES -_- LOL

[@mostlyuselessgarage]

Oh gawd no, don't recommend Miata's! They're already becoming rarer and more expensive by morons engine swapping and racing them 🫤

[@JankyDrift]

Lol its happening whether or not I recommend them. 😂

[@mostlyuselessgarage]

@@JankyDrift serious question, are there any appreciable differences between the 350z and G35 coupe when it comes to building as a drift car? I've been sim drifting for about a year and toyed with the idea of getting a drift car. In my local area G35s seem to be dramatically cheaper than 350z's.

[@JankyDrift]

So main differences being that the G35 is longer and heavier, but they've got the same engine, same trans, and I believe most of the chassis architecture and suspension is shared as well. So if you can find a G for cheaper than the Z it's not a bad buy, I was leaning towards G myself for a minute but the manual trans versions seemed to be a lot more rare (and sell for a premium) where most of the Zs I was finding were manual. So functionally, no there's not really much difference.

[@mostlyuselessgarage]

@@JankyDrift thx for the succinct answer

[@TeodorBabbage]

1) Can you share the parts of the drifting simulator you showed on the video? 2) Is it better with a screen or VR headset (like you in the video)? 3) can you share the parts of your drifting simulator and how much would it cost? And maybe some cheaper substitutes (in case yours is very expensive)?

[@JankyDrift]

If you check the description of this and most of my other videos I have the list of parts in my sim setup. It's definitely better with VR but either is fine. My sim definitely on the expensive side if you're just starting out, I talk about some recommendations in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXKslYiMpNSsorMfeature=shared