The Truth About Building A Mustang For Drifting! 

I love that newedges are starting to get way more love over the last couple of years, great cars and like you said common, cheap parts and a lot of aftermarket support

“Dealing with that rear end is a pleasure” hell yea brother

hell yeah, I just picked up a mustang to do a big drift build (sold my ae86). came across this video. nice work dude, excited for the learning process!

I learned how to drive in a 2002 Roush Mustang. That learning experience included some donuts, figure 8s and entry level skids. 🙂 You're right about the terrible factory steering angle but other than that, these cars make a lot of sense. That Roush happens to be my mother's one owner car and I plan on taking it over when she's ready to part with it. It's a stage 2, recently supercharged with 330 whp and 350 tq. ❤

Thanks for sharing, good info

agreed. basically have to go full custom exhaust to get it as high up as i can and even still it scrapes every so often

How do you has the suspension set up is it stiff in the rear or soft and how is the front set up as well. I just put in coil overs and I’m building a drift newedge

OH, pro tip for the steering angle. Apparently, there are sleeves or pucks or whatever in the factory steering rack that you can shorten or remove to get more travel. Chris Fix did that to his SN95 and I believe he gained 10-12 degrees of steering angle, getting it overall into the low-to-mid 40-degree range.

BTW you don't need to LS swap it. Twisted Wedge 2V heads and a David Vizard spec cam will get you at or above 400whp. Could push it even higher with a high-compression build and some port-biasing work (like what David does) to the twisted wedge heads. As far as the exhaust issue, well, I assume part of the problem is that the driveshaft has to have a travel distance due to live axle problems. So a "fix" that I theorize might be a bit easier than a full IRS conversion (especially IRS with GOOD geometry and strength, quite unlike the Cobra IRS) would be to build and convert the car to a De-Dion axle with a Satchell Link. Bonus points if you do it with a Corvette-style rear-CV transaxle and use inboard brakes, too.

I would definitely say upgrade the entire rear end on the sn95/new edge bc I put a LSD carrier in mine, 4.10 and 31 spline axels and I haven't had any issues with it

I just bought a 2002 Mustang base with welded differential and lower drift build already

I agree, this lack of steering angle just sucks to deal with. I just bought an angle kit and coilovers basically out of necessity. My clutch packs failed twice already in less than a year, so Im just gonna weld it after i slap a dual caliper set up on it. Why did you LS swap btw? I know the 2v aint really worth upgrading

what bumper/lip is that?

Are the v6 worth it?

What angle kit you have

I drift an 04 mustang. Love everything you said in the video, except the parts about people dogging on the 2v 4.6. Everyone told me to find a 2v over a 3v because they are more durable.

There are plastic spacers that can be removed out of the steering rack to get more angle..

So im a beginner drifter who has no experience in drifting and my first drift car is a 91 foxbody gt. It does not have the stock 5.0. Ive done a 2011 crown vic 4.6 swap and a t45 trans. Im on coils, but i have not yet touched the steering angle on the car? Should i get seat time before getting an angle kit?

Oh yeah and the number 1 reason to drift a stang is KBD"S new body kit!!! whattttt looks PERFECT for this chassis!

Could not agree with everything you said more man. I drift a 1998 gt. I did a tko trans with a twin disc, because trick flow heads, cams, forged rods and pistons, bigger valves, link ecu, 200 shot of nitrous. I did a full drift domestic front end, fortune auto coilovers, ksport front brakes and I built my own handbrake setup....just like the rest of the car actually. I built the engine myself (didn't even take it to the machine shopy car had 89,000 miles when I bought it. In the wrapper. I did all bbk rear arms because its good stuff. I got her down to 3020 with me in it. I'm 6'5 240. Still has a/c and I haul a Bluetooth speaker around with me for tunes when I have a good lookin passenger. However I built my exhaust out of oval tubing from vibrant. I paid the money for a 6 foot length of it and I gotta say, it was TOTALLY worth it. My headers meet into the 2 inch thick 4 inch wide oval, pie cuts to get a 45° bend, out right before the passenger rear wheel cut at the same angle as the body. It makes 440 barefoot and 650 on spray. More than enough for me. My car never breaks, it always starts and she's an absolute monster. 305s on the back 285 up front.

i think i saw your doppelganger today at a store

Thanks

I like both

Very nice video, one quick question more on the boring side, how do you go about insuring this this, is it a non-op trailer only drift car, do you have special low mileage insurance, rates on these old stangs is crazy, i just wanna know if there's a way around it, as it is a failing point for me

My foxbody has factory 5 lug wheels and discs all the way around too. Also is turbocharged.

How will a new edge drift with 4:10 gears ? I was building for the 1/8 mile but I now would like to start learning how drift

I picked up a shitbox 98 gt vert to use as a drift car, havent gotten to really do anything to it yet as other projects are ahead of it , but my main things I hate are the angle, and the 4.6, and the fact its a vert so I have to buy a cage

I think those run 355 stock. 373 really wakes it up on the bottom end.

Bro you just made me regret selling my 02 stang and I sold it 10 years ago 😂

I got to know what front bumper are you rockin?

What kind of coil overs and angle kit are you running?

I keep telling myself that if I total my SR20 swapped S13. I’m getting a SN95.

would've loved to learn drifting in a stock car unfortunately rwd cars are a premium would've cost me 16 thousand dollars to get the cheapest auto car rwd car, worked cheaper to build a car got a foxbody 302 engine and transmission on a bet (free!!!) the chassis (fathers old project car so also free) is a mitsubishi chariot awd is being converted into a racevan with a turbo 500hp v8 and custom angle kit that hopefully can be finished in 2-3 months🤞🤞

Cobra r front bumper is sick. My favorite.

I’ve been wanting a mustang since kd made a body kit for these cars

Yes because I am too. 😂

U got a straight up flat tire lol. How did umit not rip the tire off

Why does that tire look flat though????

Mustangs ftw!!

You didn’t mention one single time that you have a friend who also has a mustang🤯

Im here because I had 1500 for a car and im determined to make that shitbox fun

yo ur tires flat, hahaha 2:37

Right rear flat…

I hate that these are getting popular bc I REALLY want one and they’re gonna get expensive haha

i think i should build one lel

I hate that I can’t slam mine

there's actual more mustangs than ford made. you can buy EVERYTHING online to build a full mustang at home

oof its LS swapped :|

You sound like you play hockey