Drifting thread

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Post by evel » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:03 pm

Just book a day about 5 months in the future and tell everyone to take the day off
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Post by BRM » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:40 pm

So...
Knuckles are nearly useless for us..
And Kieran and Luke run Iconcept tierods and spacers?

What's this about using FC tie rod ends?

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Post by siren676 » Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:19 pm

Think the fc tie rod ends are better designed to reduce bump steer and are easier to find than stock mx5 ones
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Post by BRM » Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:42 pm

straight bolt on?...

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Post by Furai » Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:58 pm

Im running iConcepts with one extra spacer, only need the FC Super Now rod ends if you are real low and get binding, which I dont. Supposedly stock Bilstein rod ends(Maruha sells) and S13 ones work but I havent looked into those as another option

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Post by BRM » Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:01 pm

reason why to go for FC or S13 rod ends?

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Post by siren676 » Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:02 pm

Will be doing tie rods at some point and will have to do ball joints as the rubbers on mine have broken
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Post by Furai » Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:40 pm

You know you can buy those boots for like $6 each from ADL?


Soo I went drifting for the first time in about a month on the full Hampton downs track on Valentines day, was awesome fun.

Had a mix of dry and a bit wet at times so it was quite hard at times. But I was making sure to use all the track
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Sometimes a little too much
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I had my Dampers cranked to full Yuuta to compensate for the soft sidewalls of the Yoko A Drives on the back.

Heres the little video
http://youtu.be/gGnmtA5AHmE

I have some new springs coming so I can get a bit more grip, and my Longchamps/Watanabe set should show up soon hopefully too[/img]

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Post by Snapfrozen » Tue Feb 18, 2014 8:21 am

Tried my hand at this drifting fad yesterday. First time I've bothered with my MX5 as it hasnt really interested me before. Enjoyed myself more than I expected but with the car set up for grip I had a few problems that I wasn't expecting. Nevertheless a good day :lol: And only spun twice :P

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Post by Furai » Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:34 pm

Good job man!

What problems did you have?

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Post by Furai » Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:16 pm

Just had someone post up some short clips of my car from the outside(Cheers Gilbert!!)

Driving around someone who spun
http://youtu.be/YP7mrnbiOy8

And making it over the hill, Ill admit it was mildly moist....
http://youtu.be/b_nT0-8W7wQ

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Post by Snapfrozen » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:33 pm

Expected:
Oil too hot, could only get in about 10-12 laps before I had to cool down.


Unexpected:
Split the valve cover to intake breather hose and pissed oil over my manifold, obviously it's old and brittle
Tyres started going off far sooner than I expected when I was drifting, they were still fine for grip
Water temp would get up damn quick, wasn't expecting the factory radiator to be so shit.

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Post by chris » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:37 pm

Yeah - the factory radiator doesn't hold up particularly well at all..
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Post by Furai » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:56 pm

Factory radiator was fine on track for me just not skidpan, No surprise about the tyres though they overheat fast. What were you running?

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Post by Snapfrozen » Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:39 pm

They're Heros. Basically rebranded federals. Refusing to buy my semi slicks until I have my new wheels :P

Engine comes out this week so on with the build 8)

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Post by Furai » Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:03 pm

Haha then thats why, even my Eco A Drives took similar abuse at Hampton

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Post by CordedBowl » Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:22 pm

Fricken cool shots Snap.

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Post by Furai » Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:30 pm

My friend Andrew took some mint photos at the last drift day, even stock 1.6s make smoke!

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Then to get some more grip I went to softer springs at the back
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Ready to go in

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Then I made a mistake with the adjustment
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Post by Furai » Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:46 pm

So I had an afternoon session at the track Friday night, was good fun.

Tried some second DZ03Gs all rou for drifting, Once warm worked good for a few laps then I cooked them...
http://youtu.be/QTnN2dN3BL8

A friend got some videos from the outside, theres more on his channel of tandems and a couple mishaps...
http://youtu.be/Xdtc8GptGng

Heres the video in-car
http://youtu.be/JB9PoyI7F6s

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Post by Furai » Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:33 pm

So I had a friend take a video from the last drift day from the outside! Was quite cool, you can see me trying to go fast enough to keep a D1 car happy and doing some off roading...

http://youtu.be/R4l67fZuqB8

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Post by Joel » Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:07 am

what brand and size tyres are you running on that last picture?

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Post by Furai » Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:32 am

185 60 14 Toyo Trampios, awesome shaped tyre but discontinued and only available in Japan. Front was 195 55 14 T1R which I have just sold

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Post by MrGrey » Wed Mar 19, 2014 7:35 am

seriously awesome vid furai :)
you drive like a baws!

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Post by Furai » Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:39 am

Cheers MrGrey! 8)

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Post by Furai » Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:04 pm

Did some drifting,
http://youtu.be/bkaqU60p3UA

Smash
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Matsuri style kick out of door
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Fitting knuckles Saturday

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Cs did a good job on them
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