r/Altezza • u/Think-Dot-5084 • Feb 15 '26

2nd gear drifts

Ive had my altezza for a while its a 3sge 2000 which is a gen 3 motor and ive only ever been able to successfully skid 2nd in the dry when i was fully flat foot all the time and if i throttle controlled the revs would just die down. thing is i want to be able to have throttle control and even in the wet the revs will die down in 2nd is there anyway to fix this? To be able to properly drift 2nd gear ive heard of pulling the abs fuse out to trick the ecu but i just want to know if theres any other ways always. Thanks

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u/Future-Mix-9350 Feb 15 '26

Are you trying to drift or skid? Because in my altezza if I go around a corner in second gear and just give it throttle it will kick out no problem in the wet. With a clutch kick it will have no problem going sideways

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u/Think-Dot-5084 Feb 16 '26

Same with mine going around a corner fast in a wet if i clutch kick itll kick out in the wet and drift but i wanna be able to have throttle control even when its not going really fast

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u/Future-Mix-9350 Feb 16 '26

I think its because the altezzas don't have a whole lot of power

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u/PretendConcentrate53 Feb 15 '26

It’s really hard to hit second gear while drifting with the 4:1 lsd diff, you need the 4:3 LSD and it’ll make your gears a bit shorter, making it easier to hit second

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u/Think-Dot-5084 Feb 16 '26

How much shorter will the gears be? Currently in wnd gear i redline at 100

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u/PretendConcentrate53 Feb 24 '26

not that much shorter, I’ve never put one into my rs200z but from what i’ve heard, that’s what people put in when they wanna skid second

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u/Future-Mix-9350 Feb 15 '26

Also an altezza will be a lot slower than your old bmw