new drifter

Post by **Stuart** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:52 am

I think the point is Terry, that Bladerider competes in the D1 proper and therefore probably knows more about drift set ups than most of us. Aesthetics will always be a matter of taste, but you cannot argue with a decent spec list :thumb:
Only my two penneth of course.

Bladerider · Post by **Bladerider** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:30 am

Sorry,

You are corect that its not my cup of tea, my apologies if this sounds like Im "having a dig" its just that we (the drift community) tend to get very bored of people wanting the "drift look" and then saying they "are drifters" without either having a car that is capable, an idea of what is required or even having been to a practice or competition day.

I guess all of us (drift enthusiasts) have the following "to do" list...

Buy car
Practice
fit decent seat and harnesses
practice
Fit coilovers
Practice
Get a diff
Practice
Uprate some more footwork - arb's, rods, links, etc
practice
more power
practice
fit more footwork - camber arms, solid bushing etc
practice
change the brakes, fit hydraulic if required
practice
maybe fit bodykit for more track/more lock
practice
more power, finish car mechanically, maybe fit a cage
by this time you should be competing
practice
compete
practice
compete
fix dents and bodywork
make car look pretty

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:41 am

shouldnt there be a:

get tyre sponsorship deal

in there

fair point though

Bladerider · Post by **Bladerider** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:11 am

LOL,

Tyre sponsorship is the Holy Grail for drift drivers.

I am a very very lucky boy to have full Yokohama sponsorship. I cane 3 or 4 pairs of tyres a day at events !!! i could do more but tend to take it easy on them when I can !!!

Worst ever was a practice day on an airfield using admittedly second hand rubber and I went through 12 part worns, and two pairs of decent roadrubber !!!

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:49 pm

how the heck do you get all the tyres there?

:hijack:

Post by **Ben** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:53 pm

Damn - I must drive like a girl - I've done 4 tracks days and i'm still on the same set of tyres ....

Bladerider · Post by **Bladerider** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:19 pm

Yu'd be amazed at how many tyres you can fit in a stripped out S13 !!

Plus I used to have the superhero powaaahs of Mistah Smeeeth !!!

Boxy,

For help, feel free to send you mate my spec list I have just posted up as a guide for what to do to the car.

J.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:40 pm

murano3 wrote:Damn - I must drive like a girl - I've done 4 tracks days and i'm still on the same set of tyres ....

:isgay:

hold on.... i have done 1 and the ring and 12500 miles on one set too.... doh

Bladerider · Post by **Bladerider** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:50 pm

LOL

My rears obviously get ripped to shreds in just a few yards.

But my fronts last reasonably well. About 3 days use (say 50 runs) before the edges are barbequed.

Some of the guys with bigger power and more extreme setups are devouring a set of soft compound Advan cut slicks in three or four runs !!! I get about 10 runs on my rears for example. They are using 265/35/18's and Imon 215/40's !!!

James from Yokohama brings all our tyres on an artic and they get changed for us as well - how cool is that !!!

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:14 pm

Bladerider wrote:James from Yokohama brings all our tyres on an artic and they get changed for us as well - how cool is that !!!

very cool 8)

is there the possibility of using this connection for other tyres?