My EF xr6 drift car .. THE TAXI

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » May 7th, 2014, 11:22 pm

Hey guys names ben, Just thought i would throw up some pics and info on my Ef xr6 Daily/Drifter.

So this is how i bought the car. 5sp standard 3.45 LSD, JMM DEV5 cam and head, JMM extractors and lukey catback.

First thing the taxi needed was a clutch as the original clutch had given up on life, so in went an exedy HD clutch

Next Mods on the list were nolathane bushes for the whole car (only done rear to this day haven't got around to doing the front still) KAAZ 2 way LSD as the standard LSD was basically an open diff it was that flogged out haha and some 3.89 diff gears.

Now it was time to setup suspension/handling of the car, First thing was a nolathane camber kit, But insead of using the shims how they are intended and using them to correct camber, By stacking them all at the front of the upper control arm this will result in more negative camber and more caster. I got around 7 deg caster and about 1.9-2 deg neg camber.

Next up i purchased a set of XYZ coilovers

Now she was ready for her first track day ( my first time drifting a track too) In dec last year at winton raceway

This was the last vicdrift event to be held without a CAMS approved roll cage being compulsory to run on the main track. I got a bolt in half cage made up so i can still put seats etc back in for street use

My next drift event in the taxi wasn't until last month, which was held at winton again.

My xh xr6 5sp tow rig

I managed to escape the day with a minor fender bender after a 33 skyline decided to say gday to my rear quarter haha

Here is some footage of the day including the crash haha and several popped tyres

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZoT-dE3Tr4
The next drift event i am going to is saturday the 17th of may at Calder park in Melbourne. I will post pics/update once thats done and dusted.
Long term plans for the car is to drift as much as i can this year n/a then at the end of the year i will be taking the car off the track for a while and putting a bf Barra turbo motor in. Any questions and what not shoot away, Love to see how many other E series drifters there are on here

Post by **EFFalcon** » May 8th, 2014, 9:17 am

Awesome stuff.

Might be worth looking at these AU Upper arm adapters which may be useful in your wheel alignment
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Jayedxr6 · Post by **Jayedxr6** » May 8th, 2014, 10:36 am

Well you can wheel it! You would be excellent with moar power. Turbo time?

SnipeZ · Post by **SnipeZ** » May 8th, 2014, 10:58 am

Nice nice!
I'd do the upper arm mod. Bigger sway bars front and rear then see how you go.

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EBOOST · Post by **EBOOST** » May 8th, 2014, 10:58 am

Good driving man

can't belive it does the whole track in 3rd n/a.
more vids!!!, I'll be at calder next weekend with some mates I'll come over and say hello.
Have you entered the comp?

ed40 · Post by **ed40** » May 8th, 2014, 12:11 pm

Man you are a sick driver!!! Great control, make it look so easy.... 2nd ever track day hey? Naughty naughty on the street? lol

Must be some forgiving rear tyres for it to drop 2nd and hit 3rd that easy on the spot?

Get rollins adaptors man they are ace

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » May 8th, 2014, 1:46 pm

Well you can wheel it! You would be excellent with moar power. Turbo time?

Thanks man and all the others for positive feedback

No turbo yet but will be going barra turbo motor after this year.

I will be looking into the au control arm adapters but I may be putting ba kframe/front end in when I do the conversion, undecided on that just yet.

Good driving man

can't belive it does the whole track in 3rd n/a.
more vids!!!, I'll be at calder next weekend with some mates I'll come over and say hello.
Have you entered the comp?

Yea it loves 3rd haha I even tried one of the corners in 4th and it did it pretty easy

that's in the video too haha
Na I haven't entered the comp just the practice day on the Saturday.

Man you are a sick driver!!! Great control, make it look so easy.... 2nd ever track day hey? Naughty naughty on the street? lol

Must be some forgiving rear tyres for it to drop 2nd and hit 3rd that easy on the spot?

Get rollins adaptors man they are ace

Well... There is a reason I keep it registered

haha yea I run 195/50/15s on an 8 inch wide rim.

GLiTurbo · Post by **GLiTurbo** » May 8th, 2014, 3:26 pm

That is some good steering

.tapeworm · Post by **.tapeworm** » May 9th, 2014, 4:12 pm

Nice bit of controlled chaos and the airfresheners got a work out!

hokko · Post by **hokko** » May 9th, 2014, 5:49 pm

Do u have to have a roll cadge to do drift days? Even in the beginner classes?
Nice work can't wait to do something similar!

EBOOST · Post by **EBOOST** » May 9th, 2014, 6:16 pm

Yeah for any vicdrift event have to have a cams approved half cage minimum.

Vicdrift run deca beginner days they're the only ones no cage is required.

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » May 9th, 2014, 11:15 pm

Also beginners section at winton which is a skid pad you don't need a cage. But yea anything on the main track you need a cams approved half cage at a minimum.

NUT347 · Post by **NUT347** » May 10th, 2014, 9:17 am

Haha mad skills!!

ClassicAU · Post by **ClassicAU** » May 10th, 2014, 9:45 am

Dude can steer, that's for sure!! Excellent work mate!! How many bloody tyres did you go through?!

galapogos01 · Post by **galapogos01** » May 10th, 2014, 9:48 am

Doing it with three dudes in the car too, haha! Love it.

Sloxr6 · Post by **Sloxr6** » May 10th, 2014, 11:24 pm

Damn that is sick, you can certainly steer. I have to admit I read the title and thought oh right ef drift car this is going to be a laugh.

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » May 11th, 2014, 10:52 am

Cheers fellas

I went through 8 brand new tyres for the day haha only had 1 passenger. No back seats with the cage in haha. Yea I always get funny looks off people when I say I drift my ef, they like "ahh bullshit that thing could drift " haha so many people don't realise that you don't need shit loads of power to drift. There's a bloke I know who drifts an el sedan, completely stock motor doesn't even have extractors just 3.89 diff gears and a spool, does 3rd around winton no worries at all

rat · Post by **rat** » May 11th, 2014, 4:38 pm

Awesome effort, you've got some skills there brother! Is that the standard handbrake setup?

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » May 11th, 2014, 6:29 pm

Yea mate standard handbrake. Just some duct tape to hold the button in haha

Avanti · Post by **Avanti** » May 12th, 2014, 5:31 pm

I'm not gonna lie, i've watched this a few times just cause your quite the driver... no homo

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » May 12th, 2014, 9:33 pm

Hahaha thanks man

EBOOST · Post by **EBOOST** » May 18th, 2014, 4:06 pm

How did you go yesterday?

SNR · Post by **SNR** » May 19th, 2014, 12:33 pm

Just recognised the car, I hadn't seen this thread until now.

One of the photos I took at the Warrnambool Drag Racing Burnout Competition last month:

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » May 19th, 2014, 9:00 pm

Holy fuckin shitballs batman! You pedal that thing like a pro! I love it!!!

As others have said, a set of AU upper arms will help - you'll have more caster than you know what to do with. 9.5* is about normal (road setup with sfa camber and pretty equal shimming), but stacking the arms as you have done would get as much caster as you could ever need.

Are you planning on swapping K frames because you want the AU offset and bigger brakes? I suppose a BA motor into an EF is a bit harder because you have to mod the K-frame too.

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » May 20th, 2014, 11:08 pm

Calder was awesome fun! So much better to drift than i thought it would be. The taxi didn't miss a beat, only exception being the handbrake cable stretching so wasnt really doing any handbrake entries. Moved up from group c to b, so pretty stoked with that

Some video from the day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQfbjc8ysY4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Next event is Winter Matsuri at winton on 21st and 22nd of june. 2 Days of tyre smashing, Keen as all shit for that

And some photos. Sticker bombed my sunraysias for shits and gigs

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » May 20th, 2014, 11:12 pm

SNR wrote:Just recognised the car, I hadn't seen this thread until now.

One of the photos I took at the Warrnambool Drag Racing Burnout Competition last month:

Thats a mint photo

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » May 20th, 2014, 11:17 pm

Rollin wrote:Holy fuckin shitballs batman! You pedal that thing like a pro! I love it!!!

As others have said, a set of AU upper arms will help - you'll have more caster than you know what to do with. 9.5* is about normal (road setup with sfa camber and pretty equal shimming), but stacking the arms as you have done would get as much caster as you could ever need.

Are you planning on swapping K frames because you want the AU offset and bigger brakes? I suppose a BA motor into an EF is a bit harder because you have to mod the K-frame too.

Main reason for K frame swap is to avoid cutting my K frame or cutting the sump on the barra. But i think i might just cut the sump, and leave the original K frame in and get some of those adaptors for AU upper arms when i need more out of the car

haha Has anybody looked into getting more lock out of these front ends? Not much room to work with but curious if anybody has tried?

DJV8T5 · Post by **DJV8T5** » May 21st, 2014, 12:42 am

I will probably see you at Winton, I usually get to work all the events there...cos I told my boss I love cars. You have some good steering ability man, you do a pretty good job of it

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » May 21st, 2014, 8:52 am

I think you're better off cutting the k frame than the sump hey.

I think one or two people have fitted the rack spacers but I think you need to space the rims out a bit because they hit on the swaybar.

SNR · Post by **SNR** » May 21st, 2014, 12:20 pm

Better to cut the K-Frame because then it's easy to swap the engine if you pop one (you can just drop stuff in wrecker spec rather than buying new sump gasket etc.)

Jayedxr6 · Post by **Jayedxr6** » May 21st, 2014, 1:33 pm

Taken from TOYEL thread.

NUT347 · Post by **NUT347** » May 21st, 2014, 9:04 pm

Yeah I would want more oil capacity if anything, I would cut the k frame.

EBOOST · Post by **EBOOST** » May 22nd, 2014, 4:40 pm

Good job again, I still can't believe how easy this does 3rd-4th gear.

Shredder_LTD · Post by **Shredder_LTD** » June 10th, 2014, 3:54 pm

Nice driving mate. Car looks like it corners pretty flat, have you got coilovers all round or just in the front?
I took my daily EA out on the track a few days ago and she had more bodyroll than the biggest loser

LooseNutsCC · Post by **LooseNutsCC** » June 10th, 2014, 9:29 pm

nice job nice and smooth drive too... im gearing up to set up my daily BA xr6t as an occasional drift car what have you done thats most significant to make it not feel or act boatlike??

EFdrifttaxi · Post by **EFdrifttaxi** » June 12th, 2014, 3:19 pm

Shredder_LTD wrote:Nice driving mate. Car looks like it corners pretty flat, have you got coilovers all round or just in the front?
I took my daily EA out on the track a few days ago and she had more bodyroll than the biggest loser

Coilovers all round

pretty keen to chuck some bigger swaybars in, will corner real flat then.

SnipeZ · Post by **SnipeZ** » June 12th, 2014, 3:24 pm

I just sold a set of front and rears with bushes. Unlucky.

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drifttaxi · Post by **drifttaxi** » June 19th, 2014, 12:29 am

LooseNutsCC wrote:nice job nice and smooth drive too... im gearing up to set up my daily BA xr6t as an occasional drift car what have you done thats most significant to make it not feel or act boatlike??

Coilovers 100% haha Decent set of coilovers for sure

Jayedxr6 · Post by **Jayedxr6** » June 19th, 2014, 6:35 am

I reckon big sway bars make the most difference

LooseNutsCC · Post by **LooseNutsCC** » June 22nd, 2014, 9:48 pm

drifttaxi wrote:
LooseNutsCC wrote:nice job nice and smooth drive too... im gearing up to set up my daily BA xr6t as an occasional drift car what have you done thats most significant to make it not feel or act boatlike??
Coilovers 100% haha Decent set of coilovers for sure

yeah well read my thread man thats got my plans in it... idk if i will do em all but yeah check it out