# Gauging interest in Drift Event **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 15, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384 "2009-01-15T05:47:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/301 "2009-02-18T06:36:50Z")
I haven’t really played much with initiating a drift other than power-over and weight transfer, e-brake is garbage on my car and clutch kicks tear shit up. ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/302 "2009-02-18T06:38:23Z")
I i havent ever used the ebrake actually. With the v8 I mainly just manji or scandinavian flick since i dont have a clutch to upset the rear end. Torque + 235/40 @ 50 psi = easy to breakloose ---
**Author:** ![Wallace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wallace/32/6345_2.png) [@Wallace](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wallace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/303 "2009-02-18T06:41:46Z")
nice. i like to e-brake on slow sharp corners but long sweepers i just down shift and pin it. not that i’m good or anything don’t take this as i can kill off ramps or anything just learning 3rd gear road drifts shady as hell. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/304 "2009-02-18T06:45:08Z")
> [@Review - Hunter Paz Funding](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/review-hunter-paz-funding/14355/2): > > nice. i like to e-brake on slow sharp corners but long sweepers i just down shift and pin it. not that i’m good or anything don’t take this as i can kill off ramps or anything just learning 3rd gear road drifts shady as hell. exactly. it’s tough to commit to 60mph into a 40mph turn, which you really have to do to get a good slide. just takes some brass ones is all, I haven’t built my nuts up enough to do it yet :rofl highest speed corner I’ve taken was in an industrial park, entered in 3rd about 5k rpms (around 65-70), flicked it, didn’t get a crazy amount of angle or anything but it was my first drift in 3rd, didn’t spin but I tank slapped it pretty bad when the car settled out. I have a nasty habit of letting off as the car’s re-gaining traction, which of course looks like crap and feels like crap. ---
**Author:** ![Wallace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wallace/32/6345_2.png) [@Wallace](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wallace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/305 "2009-02-18T06:53:38Z")
yea i did the same thing when i took a right hand turn friday. the car just let out and i grabbed the wheel corrected it and the car yanked back into place. first time for everything just happy i didn’t stuff it into a ditch. ---
**Author:** ![Wallace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wallace/32/6345_2.png) [@Wallace](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wallace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/306 "2009-02-18T06:56:26Z")
for the most part i stay into it linking back and forth until the tires stop sliding or i’m bouncing of the revs…revs come first lol ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/307 "2009-02-18T06:58:44Z")
Yeah definitely, Steve(RB25) and I went out to my spot which has a great little s-turn for practicing linking them, helped me alot last year, got pretty confident with it, but like you said…2nd gear runs out of speed quick, hello rev limiter. :rofl ---
**Author:** ![Wallace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wallace/32/6345_2.png) [@Wallace](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wallace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/308 "2009-02-18T07:04:53Z")
haha yea it sounds amazing! ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/309 "2009-02-18T07:06:47Z")
I wouldn’t really be afraid to try 60mph initiation on a track with a car that was paid for. But road= scared car is still own $6000 on = scared ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/310 "2009-02-18T07:08:48Z")
> [@95 VW Jetta gl](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/95-vw-jetta-gl/13980/11): > > I wouldn’t really be afraid to try 60mph initiation on a track with a car that was paid for. > > But road= scared > > car is still own $6000 on = scared this too ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/311 "2009-02-18T07:10:51Z")
Yeah my isurance company would be like “OH HAI we see you have been driving this car on a track, WE see it has body Kitz and no factory airbag steering wheel. We see that we are not paying you a dime for wrecking it. Have a nice day” ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/312 "2009-02-18T07:25:24Z")
I really don’t think they wouldn’t cover it for having a body kit and no airbag, and so long as it wasn’t on a race track at the time of the accident it shouldn’t make a difference, it’s your car, you pay em. What do they care what you do with it? ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/313 "2009-02-18T07:29:39Z")
IDK i have heard that removing an airbag has caused a few people to lose coverage. The nice thing though is even though i removed that one airbag my airbag system still fully functions for all the other ones thanks to the worksbell hub. ---
**Author:** ![Wallace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wallace/32/6345_2.png) [@Wallace](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wallace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/314 "2009-02-18T07:34:44Z")
i have no airbags 1991 and i paid $400 for the car. if i wreck i just have to stuff the rear end and save the motor! ---
**Author:** ![Wallace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wallace/32/6345_2.png) [@Wallace](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wallace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/315 "2009-02-18T07:36:49Z")
but i would love to get an SC300 someday. ---
**Author:** ![Wallace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wallace/32/6345_2.png) [@Wallace](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wallace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/316 "2009-02-18T07:38:10Z")
Vertex SC400 = WIN! ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/317 "2009-02-18T08:31:49Z")
> [@GOOOOOOOOOOOOO ITALY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gooooooooooooo-italy/14328/17): > > Yeah definitely, Steve(RB25) and I went out to my spot which has a great little s-turn for practicing linking them, helped me alot last year, got pretty confident with it, but like you said…2nd gear runs out of speed quick, hello rev limiter. :rofl Yeah that little practice we had gave me a better feeling about my car and how it acts. This year though with the KAAZ Diff, new wheels, and suspension I’ll have to learn all over again! ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/318 "2009-02-18T08:33:17Z")
> [@ez pass questions](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ez-pass-questions/14300/14): > > i have no airbags 1991 and i paid $400 for the car. if i wreck i just have to stuff the rear end and save the motor! Same here, but I’d rather not wreck it! ---
**Author:** ![Wallace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wallace/32/6345_2.png) [@Wallace](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wallace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/319 "2009-02-18T08:49:50Z")
> [@GOOOOOOOOOOOOO ITALY](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gooooooooooooo-italy/14328/20): > > Same here, but I’d rather not wreck it! same here. i was just saying incase something happens i would rather save my motor then my taillights and exhaust ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384/320 "2009-02-18T09:15:46Z")
> [@2006 NYSPEED BBQ Location](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2006-nyspeed-bbq-location/14188/37): > > same here. i was just saying incase something happens i would rather save my motor then my taillights and exhaust Is your 240 a SE? Because if it is, we have the same thing, I even paid $400 for mine, haha [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384.md?page=15) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gauging-interest-in-drift-event/241384.md?page=17)