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Drifting the daily EA

Postby Shredder_LTD » June 13th, 2014, 5:17 pm

So I was presented with the opportunity last Tuesday to attend a drift school at Tailem Bend motorsport park organised by Simon Michelmore however there was nothing in my garage that would have been suitable (BA GT aside) and therefore I was left with no other alternative than to throw some bits at the daily Falcon...
With 4 days to prepare the daily was as follows:
1990 EA Falcon GLi
3.9 MPFI L6
5-speed manual with what feels to be a heavy duty clutch of some description
2.5" cat-back 'zorst
Pedders SSL springs and shocks

With a couple of late nights work the EA pulled onto the Tailem bend straight for scrutineering now sporting a mini-spooled diff with 3.23 gears and a hydraulic handbrake.

The trusty old family barge caused a bit of confusion amongst the other participents, instructors and spectators as it did stand out against the sea of Japanese cars.

After a few laps of the track most were impressed at how well the relatively stock Aussie cooner handled the punishment of trying to keep up with it's imported counterparts.

The bug has bitten and I think the old EA is going to see the track quite a lot more in the future...

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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby ed40 » June 13th, 2014, 10:46 pm

That's sick man!! Any vids?
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby EBOOST » June 14th, 2014, 10:05 pm : Shredder_LTD Likes this post

Amazing.

Want to do this to an ea-ed pretty badly haha
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby EBOOST » June 14th, 2014, 10:12 pm

Also what hydro handbrake lever and master did you go with?
And did you just tee it Into the stock line?
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby Mr1nfamous » June 15th, 2014, 4:09 pm

Stewy's laurel is looking mint.

It's surprising how well you can actually slide these things. Dale did a track day a few years back in his and it surprised me. The problem is when trying to push them further to a competitive level as there really isn't any drift related "off the shelf" suspension components for these, such as knuckes, rack spacers etc.
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby Shredder_LTD » June 16th, 2014, 9:13 am

EBOOST wrote:Also what hydro handbrake lever and master did you go with?
And did you just tee it Into the stock line?


Ebay special handbrake with a 0.7 master cylinder and yeah, just cut the line to the rear brakes, extended it into the cabin, made a couple of flares and hey presto a Falcon with a working handbrake

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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby Shredder_LTD » June 16th, 2014, 9:20 am

Mr1nfamous wrote:Stewy's laurel is looking mint.

It's surprising how well you can actually slide these things. Dale did a track day a few years back in his and it surprised me. The problem is when trying to push them further to a competitive level as there really isn't any drift related "off the shelf" suspension components for these, such as knuckes, rack spacers etc.


Pretty sure I was at the same track day in my GT..
You can buy swaybars and coilovers, after that you're pretty much on your own.

I'd be interested to know what the guys drifting BA-FG Falcons run up front to get more lock
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby Rollin » June 16th, 2014, 9:33 am

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Stick some of those in and you won't regret it.
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby Shredder_LTD » June 16th, 2014, 11:29 am

Rollin wrote:http://www.boostedfalcon.net/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=29827

Stick some of those in and you won't regret it.


I may be just having a retard moment but from what I understand these adapters allow the fitment of AU upper control arms to E-series front suspension to allow more caster somehow?
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby ed40 » June 16th, 2014, 11:49 am

Yeah but it still won't give you lock like a modified Jap car. That and a piss weak chassis means you can never be competitive enough to win any awards. Oplese probably got the closest to drifting an eseries like a Jap car that I have seen.

However an ex saloon car and a twin cam turbo in the right hands might get somewhere!!
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby Mr1nfamous » June 16th, 2014, 12:07 pm

Fordy used to go alright when he was still drifting.
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby EBOOST » June 16th, 2014, 12:23 pm

So you just cut the rear brake line and don't run rear brakes now?
Sorry that's the way I read it but I am most likely wrong.
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby Shredder_LTD » June 16th, 2014, 12:38 pm

EBOOST wrote:So you just cut the rear brake line and don't run rear brakes now?
Sorry that's the way I read it but I am most likely wrong.


Brake line from the reservoir comes into the cabin and into the master cylinder on the hydro then back out of the hydro to the rear brakes.
When using the foot brake everything works as normal but pulling the hydro locks the rears like no under-dash cable crap I've ever seen. just cant use the hydro while on the foot brake.
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby EBOOST » June 16th, 2014, 1:20 pm

So you just cut the rear brake line and don't run rear brakes now?
Sorry that's the way I read it but I am most likely wrong.
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby GLiTurbo » June 16th, 2014, 5:05 pm

Nice diagram
You make that youself in paint? :)

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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby Shredder_LTD » June 16th, 2014, 5:23 pm

That I did lol
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby EBOOST » June 16th, 2014, 7:31 pm

Haha good job. Thanks mate
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby GLiTurbo » June 16th, 2014, 8:04 pm

not a bad effort really. Haha

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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby drifttaxi » June 19th, 2014, 12:37 am

Another E series drifter Sh*t yea! The E series are a surprisingly decent drift car as far as falcons go haha
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Re: Drifting the daily EA

Postby Shredder_LTD » June 19th, 2014, 9:31 am

Needs more power, more steering lock and stiffer suspension but you're right, they're not actually that bad for big old barge.
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