[HabitualLineCrosser]

Hey guys. Soooo I take my xterra to the road course and drift it. It drifts nooiice. My summer car is a 2022 brz and I still have a blast hooning the xterror.

Question 1.. I have a diff lock bypass, will it hold up to this kind of abuse? The open diff is harshing my vibe but I don't wanna wreck the locker/diff. 2wd diff lock high speed drifts? I hit up to 120kmh or so. I would like to just lock it while parked, and leave it locked until parked and off track etc.

Question two.. Any suggestion on getting the e-brake to lock up hard? Cable is tiiite but there is little bite on the shoes. It will lock up, but not as well as I like.

Yes I know blablabla xterra not meant to drift ladidoo idc still gonna send it.

 

[early 2010]

If the rear axle is 2008 and newer it should be stout. When you lock it do a couple low speed left and right S-turns. That will just make sure the locking teeth are fully engaged. Wiggle them in tight.

You are limited on the rear brakes. The park brake is just those little shoes. And using them at speed will cause rapid wear. They are for holding power (park brake), not stopping power. Not that the disk brakes are impressive either. The calipers and pads are pretty small. There really isn't any massive brakes kits for the rears. You might be able to make some brackets and hang some big drift calipers on there. But those stock brakes are just not cut out for that kind of abuse.

 

[PManess1]

Lockers are usually pretty stout once engaged. Out of curiosity, is your X a 6 speed?

 

[HabitualLineCrosser]

If the rear axle is 2008 and newer it should be stout. When you lock it do a couple low speed left and right S-turns. That will just make sure the locking teeth are fully engaged. Wiggle them in tight.

You are limited on the rear brakes. The park brake is just those little shoes. And using them at speed will cause rapid wear. They are for holding power (park brake), not stopping power. Not that the disk brakes are impressive either. The calipers and pads are pretty small. There really isn't any massive brakes kits for the rears. You might be able to make some brackets and hang some big drift calipers on there. But those stock brakes are just not cut out for that kind of abuse.

Thanks that's a good tip and great news as well. I'm a 2014, and didint know there was a change after 08. I just figured 05-15 was the same. My last truck was an 05 off road.

In my experience factory drum e brakes on a lot of cars such as civic, accord, brz/frs etc are excellent at aggressive lockup at high speed. Since it locks rapidly, the wear is minimal. Was hoping somebody may be aware of a particular e brake shoe which has huge bite. We are dealing with way taller tires on a truck though, and doubtful to get any kind of brz like e brake experience. Guys gotta dream.

 

[HabitualLineCrosser]

Lockers are usually pretty stout once engaged. Out of curiosity, is your X a 6 speed?

6MT all the way. I will get out to more of these track days for suuure to test this out.

 

[Jard]

The diffs are fairly stout, as stated above.
I would be curious which is harder on the diff. Drifting, diff is spinning with light/moderate load but at high speed?
Or off-road rock crawling, diff is heavily loaded but at much lower speed?

Drum parking brakes, how we hate them. I wonder if you parts search other manufacturers that use this shoe, toyota, nissan, ford, etc...... if you could put a more performance oriented shoe on.

Maybe look at doing a caliper upgrade, one that has an integrated ebrake lever on the caliper. Maybe?

 

[scottgas]

They use drum parking brakes for a couple reason. 1: drums actually make better parking brakes than disc. 2: helps prevent rotor warpage from setting the parking brake on hot rotors. Setting a disc parking brake on a really hot rotor can cause warpage due to uneven cooling of the rotor.

Highly doubt you will find more aggressive shoes for the parking brake.

Best overall for drifting would be a proper hydraulic drift brake system.

 

[Brian086]

Power Stop semi-metallic parking brake shoes are the best I've ever used on this truck. You'll need to bed them in, then re-adjust to tighten them up to get the best performance. Cheap too. $16 on rock auto.

Hawk LTS are the best pads I've found. Not cheap. You'll need to order through a specialty dealer.

I have a manual and tow extensively so I shopped around quite a bit over the years to find something to lock the truck down when loading/unloading the car hauler, and pads with decent friction and temperature.

Mine is a 2wd 6MT with an eaton trutrack. Back in the day when I drove it in the winter it slid around pretty nicely. Need very very fast hands because the rack is slow, and the short wheel-base truck can rotate very quickly.

Honestly I'd be afraid of rolling it on tarmac or dirt sliding it around.

 

[Claytron]

The real question here is will a hydraulic e-brake for a 350z fit on an Xterra, I want one for rock crawling in my 6MT

 

[HabitualLineCrosser]

Power Stop semi-metallic parking brake shoes are the best I've ever used on this truck. You'll need to bed them in, then re-adjust to tighten them up to get the best performance. Cheap too. $16 on rock auto.

Hawk LTS are the best pads I've found. Not cheap. You'll need to order through a specialty dealer.

I have a manual and tow extensively so I shopped around quite a bit over the years to find something to lock the truck down when loading/unloading the car hauler, and pads with decent friction and temperature.

Mine is a 2wd 6MT with an eaton trutrack. Back in the day when I drove it in the winter it slid around pretty nicely. Need very very fast hands because the rack is slow, and the short wheel-base truck can rotate very quickly.

Honestly I'd be afraid of rolling it on tarmac or dirt sliding it around.

Amazing tip thank you! Will look for those one day. Fast hands required to drift it for sure, and that's part of the fun. I can have as much fun hooning this thing as my brz or mustang.

 

[HabitualLineCrosser]

The real question here is will a hydraulic e-brake for a 350z fit on an Xterra, I want one for rock crawling in my 6MT

This would be very interesting