How Much Work Does It Take To Turn A Mustang Into A Drift Car?
When this SN95 was bought, it wouldn’t start. Now it’s on its way to becoming a legitimate drift missile.
When it comes to the question of how much work is needed to go drifting in an SN95 Mustang, we finally have an answer. YouTuber ChrisFix has taken the plunge and bought an auction-sourced SN95 Mustang on the cheap. His goal was to show how the average person can transform a car like this into a capable drift car, all while doing the work from home, with basic hand tools.
Taking the plunge even further, ChrisFix admits he’s also using the opportunity to learn another driving skill. “I never had a chance to drive a manual car, because I’ve never had a manual car, so this was it. Just two months to go before my first drift event.” Luckily, he learns fast and started doing some amateur drifting pretty quickly.
Drifting a stock Mustang has its drawbacks, however. The suspension simply isn’t set up for drifting, nor is the differential or interior. Actually, aside from it being rear wheel drive, it makes for a pretty unimpressive platform to start with. In the video, he notes: “The stock seats had no side support at all… The suspension on the Mustang was very soft, and I was floating around like a boat on the track.”
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Aftermarket parts come to the rescue, though. With a hydraulic e-brake, dual caliper brake setup, coilover suspension, and a rebuilt diff, the Mustang is transformed for the next few drift practice events. Lumbering handling was all but eliminated and controlling a slide became much easier.
So there you have it. It actually doesn’t take too much to turn an SN95 into a drift car. But the one thing to remember is that the “driver mod” plays an important role as well. Before it’s all said and done though, Chris wants to sneak in something else. “There’s one more thing I wanted to install before the end of the year, and that was the angle kit… This angle kit modification was one of the most important modifications to my car.”
With work that easy and straightforward, it makes you wonder why there aren’t more amateur drifters using the Mustang for their next drift project.
