The Perfect Drift - Source: Autoblog

"You know the famous soccer announcer (football to you internationals), Andrés Cantor, who screams "Goooooaaaallllll" after a score? A bit of performance genius has had some Japanese drift announcers overcome in similar ecstasy. When M. Kawabata launched his Nissan S13 (a 240 SX to us Yanks) into the corner, he threw the car around so quickly the rear end enters the turn first -- and then he kept it under control. It's being called "drifting history" and "the perfect drift" and "the best drift ever.""

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBSVq...layer_embedded

another angle. A-MAZING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyOVq...layer_embedded

 

no way

 

same dude, older vid..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELQGA3KMdt0&NR=1
this guy is all sorts of extreme lol

 

siiiick

 

freakin' awesome! way to put me in prospective of how long a road (no pun intended) of practice is ahead of me.

 

pshhh he ain't got nothing on takumi fujiwara...

 

damn i watched that video so many times, ppl keep posting it lol

Reverse angle is fun, Ive done it a few times at eltoro[ wide open airport] hehe

 

 

I heard he once drifted the entire downhill section of Mount Akagi at night with one of his hands duct taped to the steering wheel.

 

Yea seen this video before and it is pretty fkcn awsome!

 

Oh!, so this is a sort of like a, "I'm losing my drift! Smile and wave!" Kind of drift. Maybe?

 

that was nice...but that crash was nasty

 

I love how calm he looks when they show the the view from inside the car.

 

Yea it was. Probably one of the worst motorsports crashes I've seen in a while. Wonder how fast they were movin.

 

yup ths sht was fuckn nuts!

 

i remember reading somewhere that they were entering at like 180 Kph.

 

did anyone notice in the crash video just before 2 minutes...the spoiler almost like killed the camera guy

 

First wow, that was amazing.

My question is, in the first link, you can see him inside the car at the end of the video. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBSVq...layer_embedded)

What kind of transmission is that? I don't think it was a dog, as I don't think he let go of the gas at all.... Are pro drifters rocking fully clutchless transmissions? I mean, it makes sense, but I never thought about it. He is shifting gears mid drift, like it's nothing. What do those things cost? Like $15K? Maybe they are the norm overseas?

Just something I noticed.

 

Edit: Wait, now that I look at it more, he might be lifting off the throttle just a little every shift. (wow) If so he is rocking a dog box. He might also be putting the clutch in though.. Hard to tell by just the leg movements though. A lot could go on with those pedals. Looks like he is definitely sequential though. (no H)

Thanks
~Tweak

 

Looks like a sequential but he used the clutch on all shifts. The first downshift he is still on the clutch after pulling the e-brake.

 

I was wondering, if he was just chilling on the clutch that whole time... interesting. Thanks.

 

From the outside view he was on the clutch till he was backwards.

 

I have 2 questions after seeing this;

1 - what did he do to get that insane steering angle.

2 - what tire is he running to get that insane amount of grip.

 

That crash video.. they were going 182 km entering that corner. why do i know? i speak japanese and heard them say so lol

 

1. Modified knuckles (spindles)

2. I'm sure he's running some pretty big Toyo Proxes. Maybe between 225-235's front, and maybe somewhere between 245-275's in the rear I'm guessing depending on how big his wheels are.