miko_supra Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Anyone ever tried out one of the drift school days. Any thoughts or recomendations... I had a quick look at this one http://www.driftracing.co.uk/?p=Drift-Gift-Days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Have a word with Suprash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Have you tried drifting at all yet? It'd be cheaper to go to a DWYB day at Santa Pod and ask Lex to jump in the car with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Have you tried drifting at all yet? It'd be cheaper to go to a DWYB day at Santa Pod and ask Lex to jump in the car with you. Depends on who you go with, hahahahaha, Ash and I took up the 200sx today and ended up with the engine knocking There was someone up there with an old Volvo 340 and fair play to the kid, was giving it some proper stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike3.0 Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 I want to go, this bad weather is causing me to worry. I need a bit of practice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Depends on who you go with, hahahahaha, Ash and I took up the 200sx today and ended up with the engine knocking Ouch. You going to be dropping a new block in, or rebuilding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Ouch. You going to be dropping a new block in, or rebuilding? Ash stopped before the knocking got too bad, so fingers crossed it should be easily rebuildable. It is his missus's drift car so we had best get it done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Have you tried drifting at all yet? It'd be cheaper to go to a DWYB day at Santa Pod and ask Lex to jump in the car with you. Do make sure your car is in good mechanical shape before Lex drives it though. He will take your car and razz the nuts off it. He's a great drifter but I saw him driving the chargespeed Supra at Suprapod and I nearly wept with the abuse he gave it. A car set up for drift is also a different beast to a road car. I drove Lex's drift car a few years ago and it was far easier to drift than I could have imagined. So give drifting a go (perhaps wait for Suprapod 2010 if you want to be in good company) and then see if it is something for you. The other option if you want to learn the car more is book a winter track day and hope it rains. That gives a real world experience of what a car does in the wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Do make sure your car is in good mechanical shape before Lex drives it though. He will take your car and razz the nuts off it. He's a great drifter but I saw him driving the chargespeed Supra at Suprapod and I nearly wept with the abuse he gave it. That is true, some of the taxi guys where absolutely HAMMERING the cars round. Drifters do go ball outs both into corners and on the throttle A car set up for drift is also a different beast to a road car. I drove Lex's drift car a few years ago and it was far easier to drift than I could have imagined. So give drifting a go (perhaps wait for Suprapod 2010 if you want to be in good company) and then see if it is something for you. Mechanically, the config is SOO different as we are finding out, and getting a sup to right level has a whole level of different bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Ive always fancied the idea but watching the bloke showing Alex how to do it and seeing the abuse he gave his car along with the surface at Santa pod put me off. Ill go with the track day in November next weekend, if its raining ill have some fun there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 I wouldn't recommend taking any show cars or in fact anything you would mind getting covered in rubber/broken or dinged.. It happens. Nothing too serious usually but little dings happen. Santapod is a brutal surface as well. Engine/clutch/diff wise, if anything is weak it will find it. The cars do get driven hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 There's also the Trackaction drift day at Oulton Park on the 19th Dec, that should be nice and easy on your car (very slippery surface). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 I know the people that run that and its meant to be a good day Expensive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 I wouldn't like to use my own car, especially for learning. Also with the price of petrol, clutch, and tyres that will get worn on the supra, £300 for everything that they will supply doesnt seem too bad. I would just like to know how to handle oversteer abit better for both safety sake aswell as a bit of fun once in a while without smacking a lampost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n boost Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 ..........................a bit of fun once in a while without smacking a lampost. Easy....just find a road a stretch of tarmac without lamposts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Easy....just find a road a stretch of tarmac without lamposts! Dont come back when you've smacked it into a curb, bush or even worse, another car then will you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n boost Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Dont come back when you've smacked it into a curb, bush or even worse, another car then will you In that case find a stretch without curbs, lamposts, bushes other cars lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 In that case find a stretch without curbs, lamposts, bushes other cars lol! Like a track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 There used to be a great pub car park over by us to thrash round but they`ve built houses on it now, bloody spoil sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarrter21 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 i did the suprapod drift thing n its got me hooked eversince. my na-tt 5spd put up with over 5hrs of abuse. (apart from boiling the powersteering fluid). also drove 3hrs up and 3hrs back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Llandow is good fun, check this video at 2:28:innocent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcarrter21 Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harris25 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 roundabouts are always good fun when its rained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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