Yes, I bought a cheap 328i explicitly for the purpose of sliding. Currently doing a big refresh of bushings and chassis reinforcements across the board. Hope to have it done and ready for a shake down in the coming weeks.

 

Yep. about to turn my 330 into one this summer, but so many bushings....

 

Personally going for the powerflex kit which has rear subframe, trailing arms and front lower arm bushings

don't think I'd need to go all the way .. no?

 

The e46 is definitely a great platform to build off of, and with the dropping price, I can see them shooting up in popularity in the next couple of years. I bought my 325ci with the intention of it being a dedicated drift car, and so far, I'm loving it!

 

Definitely. I got myself a cheap 328i. Welded the diff and dropped it on coilovers and it already loves the abuse.. looking for any info regarding upgrading the cooling system if anybody wants to help out.!

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Seems like there's a good amount of us in SoCal. Anyone interested in renting out Grange for a private day? If we get 10-15 people together, it's super cheap.

Update: Finished round one of mods to my 328i drifter. Dropped the subframe and did the reinforcement kit + all the bushings. Welded the stock 2.93 diff and went to Grange. Even on stock suspension, the car felt great, but the 2.93 rear end sucks for drifting at low speed. Going to pick up a 3.46 diff, throw in some stiffer springs, and it should be ready to rip.

 

I agree with Carl they are great, fun, cheap drift cars
Here is a pic of my 330i in action :thumbsup:

 

Even though I don't much care for drift, I went to the Formula D event in Ft Worth Saturday night. I'd just flown in from SoCal and my sister's house is about 15 minutes down the road, AND a good friend is the engineer for one of the Falken Tire cars.

The drivers are incredibly skilled at the Pro level. I couldn't do that stuff.

Without an LS swap I don't see an E46 making sufficient power/torque. The car my friend engineers makes well over 1,000 hp with a turbocharged LS.

The car in the second and third photos was there. Eliminated himself when the rear end got into the tires.

The pro cars are pretty amazing. The engineering is far more advanced and interesting than I'd thought. Wouldn't take much to turn one into a monster of a grip car.

 

what steering racks do you guys run?

 

I'm also curious, is there anything you can do for angle besides slr kit? I got a 325i for dirt cheap over the summer and I'm starting to think I want to make it a cheapo drift car? I'm not trying to pro or anything lol I just want to have some fun with the thing until it brakes honestly haha

 

You can get tie rod adaptors.
They move the tie rod balljoint with an adaptor that carries the control arm balljoint to the knuckle. Adds a good amount of angle. I think you have to cut your tie rod a bit though I'm not 100% sure because it might be too long to get the toe back straight. No sketchy welding or anything, just have to make the threaded part shorter I believe
Partshopmax is making an angle kit for the e36/e46 chassis
It'll change the Ackerman also in favor for drifting
You'll have to run specific wheel setups otherwise it will hit the inside firewall, or just get bigger spacers
Nerptech has handbrake extensions and suspension components ( I'm running these)
Condor bushings have bushings solid, offset, spherical you name it ( I'm also running these)