any drifters here ?

[ashley roachclip]

there is going to be a drift fest here iiin a monthh , August 20 , 21st. Was wondering if any of you guy's or girls do any drifting with your 4 eyed friends ...

[jazzcat2001]

drifting is really getting popular with domestics? :?

[4eyedfox86]

My friend is real into drifting, but he doesn't have a ford, or a domestic for that matter. He's got a nissan 240 SX and in a little bit it will have a T3 turbo on it. Drifting is alot of fun as long as you don't get caught on the street. I wish my 86 could do some drifts but it sort of ass happy and will severly spin out of control. How big is this event. Normally I see a lot of drifting overseas. But this is in the states right?

[GT350R]

This guy was a drifter.

http://webpages.charter.net/dwbean/images/turboskirters/comments/lucas.jpg

[twister]

The fast way around a turn where all four wheels slide evenly. Since the total friction circle traction of each tire is being used, all the available grip that the tires have is being put to the ground. Racers call this "drifting". This not to be mistaken for the idiotic Japanese Option Magazine video stuff which makes a mockery of proper driving technique

[mike577]

imo drifting is a neat sport that looks like it requires a little skill and finess, it may not be very poupular here in the states yet, but look at how nascar started back in the day, just a bunch of booze runners raceing to see whose car was faster

[Evil86lx]

Drifting = The figure skating of motorsport's.

It look's like fun and all but I'm not really into the whole being judged on style etc. I prefer my motorsport's to have a clear cut winner.

kyle

[f4fntm]

The fast way around a turn where all four wheels slide evenly. Since the total friction circle traction of each tire is being used, all the available grip that the tires have is being put to the ground. Racers call this "drifting". This not to be mistaken for the idiotic Japanese Option Magazine video stuff which makes a mockery of proper driving technique
I don't quite understand this. If it involves fast cars hauling azz, it's a good thing, isn't it? If a vid was posted here showing someone hanging the tail out in their Mustang, wouldn't you say, "cool!"? Do you mean to say that drivers in drifting competitions are unskilled? I have driven my Mustang hard around a road course before, and loved it, but I also love goofing off and getting totally sideways. A four-wheeled drift is a thing of beauty. :tu:

P.S. - FWIW, I understand what drifting involves, but I've never seen a drift competition, nor watched a video of one...

[twister]

The fast way around a turn where all four wheels slide evenly. Since the total friction circle traction of each tire is being used, all the available grip that the tires have is being put to the ground. Racers call this "drifting". This not to be mistaken for the idiotic Japanese Option Magazine video stuff which makes a mockery of proper driving technique
I don't quite understand this. If it involves fast cars hauling azz, it's a good thing, isn't it? If a vid was posted here showing someone hanging the tail out in their Mustang, wouldn't you say, "cool!"? Do you mean to say that drivers in drifting competitions are unskilled? I have driven my Mustang hard around a road course before, and loved it, but I also love goofing off and getting totally sideways. A four-wheeled drift is a thing of beauty. :tu:

P.S. - FWIW, I understand what drifting involves, but I've never seen a drift competition, nor watched a video of one...I honestly feel that the new "drifting" does take skill, however, it is the same BS that we did in high school in a wet parking lot, just for money. As said above, it is the automotive version of figure skating. Any time that a driver is judged on style rather than speed, I feel that there is something wrong. You pointing out that if I saw a video of a Mustang the the rear hanging out, that I would love it is unfounded. The ONLY way that I would love it if the guy in the Mustang was slideing past a Camaro on a tight, twisting road course and had to drift the car to pull off a well planed pass.

I am a hard core road racing fan, I can tell you the differances between classes in NASA, SCCA, ALMS and GARRA. Think of me as a hard core hockey fan, now imagine my reaction as I am waiting for a L.A. Kings game and figure skaters come out.....

driving line

http://lamustangclub.com/forums/vbgarage.php?do=getimage&id=42

and now with the drifter's line in red

http://lamustangclub.com/forums/vbgarage.php?do=getimage&id=43

[FATHERFORD]

I think its neat. I do it in my truck all the time :lol:


Reason why i go through tires every 20k miles.

[ashley roachclip]

I think from what I've seen , and read , drifting when done properly , is much like solo racing .
You are racing against others , but you are also trying to beat yourself ...
TIme is of the essance in solo racing , as it is in drifting .
The event I went to was informative as well .
How did you learn to slide your car sideways , on dry pavement ?
SOme of us did it playing around ,till we oot comfortable with it . Others don't have that kind of nerve , so they will go to a teacher .
The reason I bring this up is this , there were a half dozen instructors at this event , and they went thru and rode with the drivers , and gave them pointers , and then got behind the wheel of your car , with you in pass. seat , and showed you what your car was capeable of , and what you could do .
And there were a number of people that left the event , better drivers after the day .
I say any time you can bring a group of people off the streets , to play , let them do it , and support them

[frankiesaysrelax]

I love whipping around turns with all four tires screaming and leaving individual skid marks, but any real motorsport involves a start and a finish line. Drifting = teh gheyness

[not-a-stang]

How did I miss this topic?

Actually, I was in the whole drift scene big time last year. I worked for Rotora, a maker of hi-po brake systems, and we had a drift car we campaigned. It was a 92 Nissan 180sx with a Bomex widebody and S15 front end. We placed 3rd at the Chicago leg of the Formula D.

Actually, there are competitive domestics...ie Rhys Millen's GTO, Sam Hubbintte's Viper, and Ken Gushi's Stang. Team Falken Tires has a '05 Stang and a '69 Camaro drift machine. And then there's Bubba Drift: an 80's El Camino and the black Firebird.

Go check it out. Its fun to watch..and funner to try.

[not-a-stang]

Oh, and when we were up in Nor-Cal, I know i saw the Drift Patrol: an aero 5.0 LX done up like a cop car, but with drift referenced door insignia.

[f4fntm]

And then there's Bubba Drift: an 80's El Camino and the black Firebird.
:lol: