mate r31 is great choice for thrashing
1stly as you said you can smash it and bash it out with a hammer
2ndly you get plenty of women...
locked diff in a r31 is a winner. yes it does not have irs but thats also the advantage to having live axle locked up with rb30e. slides so easily.
as for your question : "Does the stock rb30 powered aussie 31 drift alright?"
look here for your answer
http://kero.drifthost.com/videos/marks4doo...1.DriftLand.wmv - 8.2 meg from very quick server
that's pete (fatz) driving my r31. stock rb30e engine, shitty 2 1/4" tip. and diff locked up. suspension was very very very used koni shocks which were in their 4th car by the time they made it into my car. not bad for a stocker me thinks.
also here are some in car videos of the car being drifted at wakefield.
http://kero.drifthost.com/videos/marks4doo...eld.Park.01.wmv
http://kero.drifthost.com/videos/marks4doo...eld.Park.02.wmv
http://kero.drifthost.com/videos/marks4doo...eld.Park.03.wmv (once again all hosted on very quick server)
and this video will give u idea of how much an rb30e can take - about 4+ minutes sitting on the brakes in 1st gear ripping a burnout at wsid (shithouse burnout in the end i know!!)
http://kero.drifthost.com/videos/Mark.D.Th...ws.Radiator.wmv
i still own this car. it is a 1988 R31 Silhouette. From the outside, the only mods I have done are Series 3 conversion (means round taillights at rear, and sloped headlights at front with different grille, bumper and bonnet). and it IS FOR SALE. it has had the rb30det taken out of it (putting it into my old hr31 coupe).
inside it has full 6 point roll cage and stripped interior. roll cage has since been painted black so that it's not visible from outside. roll cage has made the car stiff which is a winner for the track - rigidity of it plus the locked diff makes it go around corners a dream.
pics below of cage (note - doors have trims on them now) - pics are of when car got stuff installed hence messy in pics.
cage was designed so u can fit wheels in the back seat still.
looks plain on outside so you never attract any interest. but good on inside. very light.
car comes with some wheels and tyres. about 12-16 in fact. sets or pairs.
heres's some of em
to make car handle even better you simply install s13 struts and control arm into front. you can then go s13 coilovers in front if you so desire. they also fit in rear too. other shit can be bolted in also etc.
anyway thats about all for now. car is nsw registered. rego until 31/07/06. if interested let me know.
cheers, mark