Drifting
 

i dont know how many of you are into or have tried drifting but i am very intrested in doing a drift day or school type thing to learn more about it!
i can drift so to speak ie i can hold a drift round a roundabout with the nose pointing at the round about but i want to be taught the rights and wrongs!

has anyone done or know off anywhere you can do this?

most of my mates use drift central, or go along to trampdrift days, one of my mates own a website u might like to try, www.trampdrift.com

Santa Pod does DWYB days as far as I know.

I take it youve got a welded diff then, or a LSD as my silvia wont hold a drift due to the open diff trying to straighten me out.:furious

not yet dont have anyproblems once u reach a certain point it will hold lol!!

i see a trampdrift day i was guna go till i found out it was in wales!!! lol

Theres a drift day at lydd in a couple of weeks, pratice day is saturday, £8 for a go.

cool do you know the details ie dates?

sites page http://www.heronspark.com/

calendar http://www.heronspark.com/RunScript....&p=ASP\Pg4.asp

The entry for the fist corner is pretty darn fast, however you could skip that one and from there on in they are not so quick.

There isnt much room to the rather tough looking earth banks at the side mind if you get is badly wrong. Makes for a great spectator track as you can be sprayed by bits of rubber as the cars go past :) although it is cold as hell!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1BQbP2OGl0

santa pod are doing DWYB days £60 a car
40 cars maximum

Marshelled

Gates open from 8.30am to 5pm with drifting from 9.30am to 4pm - no lunch break

No Noise restriction

Twinning

Helmets recommended - not mandatory

Tyre changing £5 per rim + £2 disposal if needed

'Drift Rubber' will be on sale from £5 per tyre

There are toilet facilities on site and the Pod Shop will be open from 12 to 2pm selling drinks, snacks and fags as well as the usual stock. If you run short on fuel, 106 RON Cool Blue race fuel is also available from the shop

DWYB Track - 2nd/3rd Gear layout with as few cones as possible

There is also the flexabilty to change the tracks during the day to cater to what people need

Dates.
9 Jan

13 Feb

12 Mar

9 Apr

18 Apr - Skyline event : RWYB + DWYB - more info coming soon

14 May

11 Jun

9 Jul

13 Aug

10 Sep

8 Oct

12 Nov

10 Dec

Adzs12 posted a good few videos up of us lot drifting with std diffs. Never seemed to be a problem

The difference here is what some people call a drift, letting the back step out on a junction isnt going to cut the pie, i pesonally think the standard diff isnt up to the job, or maybe im expecting too much from a 20year old car.

Open diff is just about acceptable for doing a roundabout in wet conditions, a VLSD will help alot in the wet and you can do transitioning but ultimately a locked or mech diff are ultimately whats required certainly for anything dry.

You get so much more control and predictability with a locked diff. You never know if an open diff will let both wheels spin, just one and for how long it will hold 2 spinning wheels for. It will piss you off on a practice day doing that so you're best get the welder out if you want to make the best of the practice day.

i dont seem to have any problems with the standard diff but i know once i lock it it will be a lot easier!
i dont call steping the back out drifting! ill get a video up of me doing a drift and then u can decide if you can drift with a standard diff:cool:

I wasnt getting at anyone here, so no need to take it personally, i was just expressing my opinion, ive driven a s13 with a locked diff and it wasnt hard to keep it ass out style, but jumping back in the silvia i just couldnt grasp it, i want to get the diff welded but i dont want the orkward slow driving, mini roundabouts are a pain, maybe sme custom lsd mash up.:trout
If i get into the drifting big style i'll just rip the front transfer box out of my evo, different.:1la

You can drift with an open diff but it will only spin the inside wheel, so its a bit lame and if you dont have much power it isnt really going to happen lol best of locking the diff up and having a crack at it!!

As i've heard S12's are brilliant drift cars, hence why i've got one.

What are the standard handbrakes like on them? i.e. do they lock up the back wheels enough? I'm getting a hydro handbrake anyway but would be nice to try the standard one first.

Here's a lil vid of me skiddin my old volvo on my second drift day at santa pod...

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...Picture316.jpg

Personally, i'd suggest santa pod DWYB days if you just wanna muck about and get the hang of drifting.

s12 handbrakes are shite mate, i have new rear calipers and cables and they are still bad.

Ive stripped my calipers off, cleaned out the past years of grime, free'd everything up and there about 1.5%better, so i just clutch kick it, open diff is totally unpredictable, but as im not looking to keep her long and im not sure a buyer would want a mig spec diff:rolleyes: so at the mo i'll have to be selective about where i go skidding, slopped or bermed corners are fine its the nice smooth corners my car wants to 'ditch find':ghey

I can almost gaurentee you'll be able to sell the s12 with a mig spec, a lot of skidders i talk to would love a drifty s12 but there isnt many about, so i wouldnt worry about it effecting the re-sale value.

If anyone fancies putting a hydro handbrake in theirs, let me know, as some mates of mine will be doing a group buy soon!