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Old Dec 30, 2015 | 05:58 AM
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Talking Help stock DE user ...

I have an european DE 6MT 280hp (roadster), VLSD equipped.
My car is even worst than stock one because I have a 110 Kg weight in the car boot ( ... please don't ask why ... ).

I would like to start drifting and I would like to start with new LSD + new final gear + camber / toe settings.

So, please, give me your opinions about these parts:
- LSD Cusco RS 1.5/2way (set 2way)
- 4.360 Central 20 final gear
- camber / toe settings (I don't know which use, please remember +110 Kg)

So:
- the Cusco RS 2way is the better LSD for drifting?
- 4.36 final gear is the best choice for drifting? Which is the top speed in 6 gear @ 6600 rpm?
- no idea which camber/toe using (I have grippy Michelin Pilot Super Sport 225/45R18 on front and 245/45R18 on rear)

Consider:
- I don't use my car on highway but often I get 120/130 mph ... But I drive a DE so I can't get high rpm, maybe I should use 4.08 / 3.9 for drift ...
- fuel cost is not a problem
- VDC is not a problem (european 350z have ESP OFF button, we disable both TCS and VDC with one button, maybe I'm wrong)

I'll pay $1900 for parts and work (here in Europe these parts cost a lot!), it's a lot of money for me so I don't want waste my money

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Old Dec 30, 2015 | 06:11 AM
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Why?

"My car is even worst than stock one because I have a 110 Kg weight in the baggage car ( ... please don't ask why ... )."
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Old Dec 30, 2015 | 06:34 AM
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First answer my questions, and I promise I'll tell you why

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Old Dec 30, 2015 | 06:43 AM
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Does your girlfriend weigh 242lbs?
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Old Dec 30, 2015 | 06:50 AM
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Exactly. She lives in the car boot.
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Old Dec 30, 2015 | 07:16 AM
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How do you drive 130mph without a highway? Really long driveway?

"Consider:
- I don't use my car on highway but often I get 120/130 mph ..."

Pics of car and girlfriend before expert advice.
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Old Dec 30, 2015 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by jhc
How do you drive 130mph without a highway? Really long driveway?

"Consider:
- I don't use my car on highway but often I get 120/130 mph ..."

Pics of car and girlfriend before expert advice.
If fast and furious can have a runway the size of a continent, he cannhave a driveway the size of a highway.
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Old Dec 30, 2015 | 07:33 AM
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It's plenty of fast streets where I live, I can get 120 mph in my city too.

But, hey, we are off topic. Any help for my mods?
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Old Dec 31, 2015 | 02:43 AM
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First question about Cusco RS. For drifting which is better, Cusco RS or Cusco RS F-Spec?
How LSD 2-way work with TCS/VDC/ESP? Can I drive with ESP on and disable it only for drifting or ESP works in the wrong way with the new LSD and I have to disable it all the time?
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Old Dec 31, 2015 | 05:44 PM
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Lose that weight in the back and it will drift just fine... But really it shouldn't have a problem drifting in its current form
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Old Dec 31, 2015 | 08:55 PM
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OP failed to mention that she's dead...but still technically in the boot
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Old Jan 1, 2016 | 04:41 AM
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Maybe he is trying to drag someone around behind the car like a trailer while drifting. I did see that on a television show last year. 4.08 gears would make it easier to cut the tires loose, but if your on a budget tires are going to get expensive.
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Old Jan 2, 2016 | 04:44 AM
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You don't need anything but a place to go drift. The stock DE does just fine. You want grip in drifting so you can achieve better control. However, I wouldn't go with something as sticky.

Your planned mods won't HURT anything. But until you start getting serious, you don't need any of it.
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Old Jan 4, 2016 | 05:53 AM
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With LSD 2-way powerslides occur most frequently?

Here I read
I knew it would help this out, but I did not expect it to work so well in just road-holding in general. Take a freeway quasi-tight onramp for example, that I used to take at about 55-60 and felt that was safe but still pushing the car a bit. Now that same onramp I feel just as stable at 65 or so.
Here another one about Cusco RS:
Not to mention that turns I used to be able to take at 50mph or so, i can take at 70-75 now
DE is 240 hp, so if 2way LSD feels more "stable" powerslides are harder to get with a stock engine and you have to push a lot more to get a powerslide ... maybe I'm wrong ... what do you think?

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Old Jan 5, 2016 | 08:41 PM
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3.9 or 4.1 gears will work, what 2 way dif you buy doesn't matter, any will work well for a drift application.
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Old Jan 6, 2016 | 01:28 PM
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Just bought Cusco RS 2-way ... no final gear, stock should be ok, 2 gear seems perfect for drift on the 280hp ... with shortest final gear second gear is too short ...
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Old Jan 27, 2016 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jhc
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"My car is even worst than stock one because I have a 110 Kg weight in the baggage car ( ... please don't ask why ... )."
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Old Feb 19, 2016 | 08:44 AM
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any 2 way will work great. some 2 ways will lock at different point 50, 60, whatever, if yours can be changed, just put it to 100 and that solves all your issues.
the final gear is nice to have just because we don't quite have the torque to keep the wheels spinning on larger courses. Most stuff you will be drifting 2nd anyways until you really start to get the hang of things, at which point you just put your foot to the floor, get into 3rd and never let up. Otherwise now that you have your dif, I would go all suspension.
Now, what the f*** is in your car that weighs soo freakin much?
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