Originally posted by SR20DET
I'm gonna disagree with ya there
I'd say the suspension(cheap stuff) gets about the same or maybe a little more of a workout autox'ing compared to drifting.
However, the driveline(expensive stuff) on your car gets abused WAY more during drifting compared to autoX or drag.
How can you say the driveline gets serious abuse from drifting?
Let's be honest and compare drifting and drag racing when talking about driveline.
What is getting the blunt end of force applied to it when you have a set of 10 inch slicks or even drag radials an you drop the clutch at 4 grand?
If your driveshaft is aluminum, dont worry bout it, well then again what else will go if the shaft wont? U joints are very easy to kill especially if they are zerk fitted, the ring and pinion are taking quite a bit if snap to them each time you drop the clutch and make them snap to propel you forward and if none of that goes then you still have to worry about your tranni.
Now in drifting I can really only think of messing up my clutch at most because there is no hard shifting going on so for the most part, my tranni is safe. My gears are turning like normal with a little speed but no snap and hard launches so the rear end is going to be just fine, losing grip and keeping a loss of grip wont hurt the clutch simply because well , there is little force being applied to the tires(driveline) to burn the clutch or slow it down at all and in drag racing there is nothing but an immidiate pressure being stuck to it all at once.
Please never say anything involving driveline again, please never again.