O/T Went Drifting yesterday
Turbo Mini Forums

Hi

Went to the first "Drift What Ya Brung" of the year yesterday at Santa Pod.

Went on a Drift experience day, it was a christmas present from mum and dad

Loved every minute, first drifting I've ever done. The car I mainly drove was a Nissan Cefiro, which is a Jap import 4 door saloon with skyline running gear, RB20 turbo engine.

Here is a couple of vids of me, I'm uploading a few more to YouTube but its taking ages


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrrUE813a8A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQY1p5_Cq7A&feature=channel

James.

Fair play mate, lookin good !

My 79 Clubman Build Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=451008

Jamie.

wicked, would love to give it a try!

When i was up Santa Pod a couple of years ago for Jap weekend, i paid a tenner i think it was for a passenger ride in a skyline for a drift for about 5 minutes, was quality! Couldnt stop laughing ! would love to give it a try, and mean to do it intentially !

My 79 Clubman Build Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=451008

Jamie.

Definately give it a go,

Have a look at the website, the bloke said he mainly does it at the pod now.

www.driftracing.co.uk

Cheers fella, will give it a look

Appreicated it.

My 79 Clubman Build Thread - http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=451008

Jamie.

just been out in my transit doing a similar thing in the snow, lol.

would love to have a play in that thing though

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

haha, bro u need a get in a batty an try it look up mad mike from new zealand and have alook at his drifting, drifting here in nz is huge.

1966 MK1 1034CC TURBO MINI

that was awesome drifting for first time, i'm looking into getting a td sierra then fitting a slip diff from a cozzy, because a real cozzy for a 19 yro me is a hell of alot to insure

Jack Jones

i wouldnt have thought drifting a td sierra would be all that great tbh, get a volvo 240 glt for £100 and just weld the diff up

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

solid diff is going to be a bit much, i will be using it as a everyday car so i dont want to be going sideways round every corner i'll get told off.
i drive a m reg astra 1.7td atm, the thing is awesome in 5th it'll will pull clearly over 2 bar, it is a quick car but also returning good mpg if driven easy being a diesel and i can run it on veg aswell which makes it even cheaper
plus a 240 is huge although it would be fun

Jack Jones

Isuzu engine I take it Jack?

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

I owned a 1.8td sierra - I cant see it being used as a drift car due to its complete lack of power.

The only times I managed to get it sideways was on ice!

sure is the isuzi engine, i havent heard a bad word about them yet, have you had a bad experience?

sumpnut, i have been told the sierra should pull higher figures then my astra and that spins the wheels in third, it'll just be my learn to drift car

Jack Jones

If you haven't already done so.

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/engines-tra...ning-guide.html

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

If you want to learn to drift get an old 320i beemer or something. If it must be a sierra get a 2.0l

The 1.8td sierra's are crap.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Agreed, the 3 series beemers are quite tail happy. it's also very easy to get my 240 sideways, would be awesome with a decent diff in there.

i got one of these drift days for xmas cant wait to go on it!

good to see you had fun!

i aint on migweb the guy i brought the car off is, he also fitted a boost gauge and bleed, it is really good car, there is still aload more to come out of it, i might drop the lump in a corsa as the sierra ideas isnt sounding good, the fella i brought the car off has now got a 6pot 320 e36 bm, that think is awesome, the thing drifts nicely even with a open diff, they are a bit much to insure though for a 19 year old, plus shite on fuel

Jack Jones

Where is BBB when you need him.

^lol

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

a 6 pot 320?

whats he do with the last 2 cylinders?

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

There used to be a straight 6 2.0 in the E36 320 Joey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_E36

Edited by John on 4th Feb, 2010.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.