Falken Tires/Drift Showoff!!
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Falken Tires/Drift Showoff!!
ok, so who's going?
SUNDAY. MARCH 2nd 2003 at Irwindale Speedway
10AM-6PM.
I will be there for SURE!!
check out the link = http://www.driftshowoff.com/index.php
SUNDAY. MARCH 2nd 2003 at Irwindale Speedway
10AM-6PM.
I will be there for SURE!!
check out the link = http://www.driftshowoff.com/index.php
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hmm, initially I was gonna pass (these events get real lame, real fast) but now I see Yoshinori Koguchi will be there and hes been a long time favorite for a while so I may end up going. With "1000's" in attendence though, I doubt I'll get to talk to him. Guess we'll have to see, im not too into "drifting" for show.
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Not only are 3 guys gonna be there, but their cars will be there as well! Also, the $150 clinic will have pointers by those 3 pros while the $40 doesn't. Too bad I can only afford $40
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Originally posted by Infini IV
Not only are 3 guys gonna be there, but their cars will be there as well! Also, the $150 clinic will have pointers by those 3 pros while the $40 doesn't. Too bad I can only afford $40
Not only are 3 guys gonna be there, but their cars will be there as well! Also, the $150 clinic will have pointers by those 3 pros while the $40 doesn't. Too bad I can only afford $40
Bah
Youd just be paying an extra $110 to have them tell you the same thing the other people would tell you.
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I think you mean lift off the gas and stear like crazy. IMO power sliding is not drifting, it's power sliding. Wish I could make it, but I live in Michigan.
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Originally posted by adamlewis
Bah
Youd just be paying an extra $110 to have them tell you the same thing the other people would tell you.
Bah
Youd just be paying an extra $110 to have them tell you the same thing the other people would tell you.
Yea, I don't consider power-sliding as drifting either. Power-sliding takes very little skill to do, as SureShot said, it's easy. But It does take skill to keep such a long drift goin 90-100 mph.
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Originally posted by Ni5mo180SX
Ive seen quite a few drifting competitions but never one where they drifted at "90-100"mph. I think this is a common misconception.
Ive seen quite a few drifting competitions but never one where they drifted at "90-100"mph. I think this is a common misconception.
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.........I have a lot fo the D1 competitions on video and I dont think ive ever seen a drift intiiated at 100mph. Please tell me which round you were watching when you saw this happen??
"Drift, the new rice"
"Drift, the new rice"
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You don't have to be going 90+ mph to get trailing throtle overstreer. I can get my RX-7 into a preatty good drift at about 60mph on an on ramp near my house. If the turn were tighter, I wouldn't even have to go that fast. I could drift my 95hp Fiat X/19 all day long, it was very easy. Trail brake a little to deep, turn in with your foot off the gas, and get ready to counter steer. You apply throttle when you want the car to stop sliding. That's drifting as I know it. Even a well setup FWD car will oversteer when driven "properly" at it's limit.
I have never been to a drifting event so I don't know what kind of speeds are common, or what technique is used. I just assumed the "classic" way of getting oversteer was used. Hopefully I will make it to one somday. From what videos I have seen, the guys snap the hand brake, then once the car rotates, put your foot in it, and power oversteer. Is this right? I do however road race, I have a compitition licence, and drive a real race car. On a race track I can drift with the best of them. I know it's slow, but I just can't resist the occosional drift.
Many "ricer drifters" think that flooring a rwd car around a 90 degree corner in first gear is "drifting" that's what I call power sliding, and have a hard time accepting.
I have never been to a drifting event so I don't know what kind of speeds are common, or what technique is used. I just assumed the "classic" way of getting oversteer was used. Hopefully I will make it to one somday. From what videos I have seen, the guys snap the hand brake, then once the car rotates, put your foot in it, and power oversteer. Is this right? I do however road race, I have a compitition licence, and drive a real race car. On a race track I can drift with the best of them. I know it's slow, but I just can't resist the occosional drift.
Many "ricer drifters" think that flooring a rwd car around a 90 degree corner in first gear is "drifting" that's what I call power sliding, and have a hard time accepting.
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Originally posted by Ni5mo180SX
.........I have a lot fo the D1 competitions on video and I dont think ive ever seen a drift intiiated at 100mph. Please tell me which round you were watching when you saw this happen??
"Drift, the new rice"
.........I have a lot fo the D1 competitions on video and I dont think ive ever seen a drift intiiated at 100mph. Please tell me which round you were watching when you saw this happen??
"Drift, the new rice"
BTW, I'm heading to Japan this summer, so I'll have a video collection to remember of my own
Edit: Oh yea, where abouts in So Cali are you? I'm over in South Pasadena
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I'm definitely going to be there. Got a free ticket to go so can't let that go to waste. If even if I didn't get a ticket for free I'd still go. I hope I see more Rx7's out there. Geez, I hope I can get a video camera this time!!
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Originally posted by Ni5mo180SX
.........I have a lot fo the D1 competitions on video and I dont think ive ever seen a drift intiiated at 100mph. Please tell me which round you were watching when you saw this happen??
"Drift, the new rice"
.........I have a lot fo the D1 competitions on video and I dont think ive ever seen a drift intiiated at 100mph. Please tell me which round you were watching when you saw this happen??
"Drift, the new rice"
We need to hype up drag racing again so people leave the canyons and "drift events" alone and go back to straight line driving.
ps.
SlideSquad sucks. Have you ever seen them in action? Theyre the Understeer Kings.
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Originally posted by wan
ps.
SlideSquad sucks. Have you ever seen them in action? Theyre the Understeer Kings.
ps.
SlideSquad sucks. Have you ever seen them in action? Theyre the Understeer Kings.
Infini IV- I purchased my car in Pasadena Im in Orange County in the Laguna Niguel/Aliso Viejo area.
If either of you two are up for it, next saturday we're (local FC drivers) holding our own little "togue" run. We're about 3-5 FC's that usually practice around here with some other cars that tend to come along. If you're intrested let me know and we can meet up.
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Originally posted by Ni5mo180SX
.........I have a lot fo the D1 competitions on video and I dont think ive ever seen a drift intiiated at 100mph. Please tell me which round you were watching when you saw this happen??
"Drift, the new rice"
.........I have a lot fo the D1 competitions on video and I dont think ive ever seen a drift intiiated at 100mph. Please tell me which round you were watching when you saw this happen??
"Drift, the new rice"
Drift is only the new hit trend because of all people like you who watch too much Initial D and then go ahead and name their car the White Comet...
Don't hate it cuz you can't do it...
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hmm this looks interesting, especially since it won't be guys with hondas pulling the e-break like so many of those crap "events." not too far away from me either .
Oh and what the heck is a toyota chaser anyway?
Oh and what the heck is a toyota chaser anyway?
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Originally posted by bingoboy
hmm this looks interesting, especially since it won't be guys with hondas pulling the e-break like so many of those crap "events." not too far away from me either .
Oh and what the heck is a toyota chaser anyway?
hmm this looks interesting, especially since it won't be guys with hondas pulling the e-break like so many of those crap "events." not too far away from me either .
Oh and what the heck is a toyota chaser anyway?
Here is a link for you to see :
http://www4.org1.com/~tomtom/arsnova/car/JZX100.html
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Originally posted by InitialD FC
Drifts can be initiated at a speed of 90+mph...
Drift is only the new hit trend because of all people like you who watch too much Initial D and then go ahead and name their car the White Comet...
Don't hate it cuz you can't do it...
Drifts can be initiated at a speed of 90+mph...
Drift is only the new hit trend because of all people like you who watch too much Initial D and then go ahead and name their car the White Comet...
Don't hate it cuz you can't do it...
Id like to see someone not spin or crash when intiating a drift at over 90mph.
So drift is the new hit trend because of people like me who
A) Dont drift
B) Dislike drifting to a degree
C) Get bitched at by drift fanatics like you for not embracing drifting.
Thats interesting
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Something just struck me. I didnt take note of your user name till just now, InitialD FC? Wait a second, did you just make fun of me for watching too much Initial D?
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Originally posted by bingoboy
hmm this looks interesting, especially since it won't be guys with hondas pulling the e-break like so many of those crap "events." not too far away from me either .
hmm this looks interesting, especially since it won't be guys with hondas pulling the e-break like so many of those crap "events." not too far away from me either .
Nismo... I havent touched a canyon since a certain road got closed down for maintenance. Just out of curiosity, where do you guys run at?
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Originally posted by Ni5mo180SX
Id like to see someone not spin or crash when intiating a drift at over 90mph.
So drift is the new hit trend because of people like me who
A) Dont drift
B) Dislike drifting to a degree
C) Get bitched at by drift fanatics like you for not embracing drifting.
Thats interesting
Id like to see someone not spin or crash when intiating a drift at over 90mph.
So drift is the new hit trend because of people like me who
A) Dont drift
B) Dislike drifting to a degree
C) Get bitched at by drift fanatics like you for not embracing drifting.
Thats interesting