| From your profile I see you didn't prep the car for drifting. First off, you need to address the cooling issues of the car. You should be running electric fans at the very least. When the car is sideways there isn't much flow across the radiator and crank driven fan isn't going to do the job. Second, you should be running a lower radiator hardpipe so you don't starve the engine of coolant. Third an upgraded oil cooler would be helpful. As for the intercooler, I think Z1 has done a V mount (intercooler/radiator) setup. Else you should probably run electric fans on the backside of the intercoolers to pull air through them for the same reason as the radiator. Also run a rollbar, if you're racing it can not only add to safety but also stiffen up the rear shock towers by acting as a strut tower bar. But seriously most people don't drift the Z32 because they've got very little steering angle in the front. So the car doesn't appear very sideways when sliding. The S13/S14/S15 chassis have more aggressive steering (by aggressive I mean the wheels make a larger angle with the centerline of the car at lock) than the Z32. I'm not saying you can't drift a Z32 but for the effect other cars are much more suited to that type of driving. The Z32 is more of a GT car.
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15:04:42 06/18/07
