Me in SEMA Pics!!

[Dousan_PG]

wooot! wooooot!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/pb8fb11de33e4d5d890c142a008667fc0/fc89fff9.jpg

here it is (http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4290561475)

[KiDyNomiTe]

Nice pics, your car would look soo much better with some sort of front lip, too bad front lips for the 240 are kinda hard to find.

[Dousan_PG]

yeah i've been looking for a while
doenst matter
paint job and body kit coming soon...

[Bbandit]

niceee!!!
now sell me those mesh!!!!! :D

[Dousan_PG]

rear's for sale (15x6.5 +14 w/ bald fm901 205/55 $200)

fronts arent mine. i just borrow them from driftingpanda

[chokudoriS13]

Congrats. Not sure if I like how SEMA is commercializing the scene.. What are your thoughts on the article?

[Equinox]

OMG! That's my MR2 from DD4 in that magazine. Where can I get a copy?!?!?! :)

[toddnappi]

That car looks sick as it is. I like the stock look with the exhaust & rims. Props for being in a magazine.

[Dousan_PG]

my thoughts. ah typical. its a new market to leach on and make parts to. so

some bad info but nonetheless, not bad!
good for a beginner business man looking for a new market and learnign what's coming down the pipes and getting big in the USA

it says signal sponsors a car in d1..not true iirc. komatu has NEVER been in D1.

thanks fo the compliment on the car toddnappi. its always chaning and more changse coming soon...as well as another (completely different) car by 2004 :)

[-E-]

very nice

[96SEChick]

That is so badass!! The article was pretty decent, but one quote I don't like was:

Imports dominate the sport of drifting currently. However, rear-wheel-drive domestic cars are perfect candidates.

OK, I know there is 1, maybe 2, Camaros that have won drifting awards. But, how many other domestics do you see at drifting competitions? I would think that smaller, lighter-weight, better weight-balanced, RWD, torquey cars are easier to prep for drifting than RWD domestics--they're usually a LOT heavier, and their extra weight and size would make it harder to get the right stiffness in the suspension to not body-roll while flying into a turn at 80mph.

Anyone have any comments on this? Am I completely insane?

[weirdstyles.net]

Originally posted by 96SEChick
Imports dominate the sport of drifting currently. However, rear-wheel-drive domestic cars are perfect candidates.

I think this as a large amount of validity to it.

From an uneducated stand-point mainly on drift in general and technical suspension; wouldnt it seem that the touqe of a v6/8 would help in the release of the wheels. Not to mention the weight of the nose, allowing the car to pivot in the front for a quick release. I am not too sure on the 00/00 distribution of the cams and birds, but I dont see why they wouldnt be near exceptable considering the zx and supras arent all inspiring 00/00. I am assuming the zx and supras are a bit front heavy, hence the longer hood and heavier engines.


Once again, from an uneducated standpont.


oh, by the way, WOOT WOOT Dousan!! Bad ass my man!

[AKADriver]

Originally posted by 96SEChick
they're usually a LOT heavier,...

Not necessarily true.

An '87-'93 Mustang LX weighs under 3000lb stock.. as little as 2700lb for a notchback.

It'll need more suspension/brake work than an S13/14, but the engine's taken care of...

[KiDyNomiTe]

Dousan where do yo get all these mesh wheels from, you have so many and they are all so nice.

[Bbandit]

dang dousan... i envy you... :(
you guys have drift events in cali
while us texans... we have cows :(

[96SEChick]

Originally posted by Bbandit
dang dousan... i envy you... :(
you guys have drift events in cali
while us texans... we have cows :(

LOL--kinda like Oklahoma, where we have.........um...........wheat

[Dousan_PG]

thanks ya'll!
yeah cali rules! :)

mesh wheels
the rear i got from a friend sometime ago
the fronts are driftingpanda's. i just borrow them

wait till i get my wheels. then they'll be more drooling hahhahahahaha...secret so i cant say right now. :)

[Brian]

congrats dousan!
hmm about signal and d1....did they ever enter a different blue 180sx in d1 or maybe even the 180 with s15 face? because i thought i had seen some drift tengoku issues and option videos with d1 coverage and there was a blue 180 type x by signal in the article. and i think maybe Bai drove it? (bai is the guy that drove the s15 at drift showoff right?)

[drift freaq]

damn Aaron they take pics of your car and you turn into post whore:eek: :D
two threads same subject at once!
hehehhehehe:eek: :D ;) J/K nice shots

Dave

[Saul240]

awesome pics man....wish i could of gone to SEMA!

[Dousan_PG]

nah signal has never been. i've have the entier d1 season on tape at home and i dont RECALL seeing them. when dorifto180sx sees this he could verify. i remember komatsu TRIeD but didnt qualify!

[Jsquared]

domestic RWDs are NOT "perfect" for drifting. far from it. the rear suspension geometry is crap for cornering, much less drifting. drifting requires a compentent IRS setup that is easily recoverable. yes, domestics have tons of torque, but their monstrous heft and bad rear suspension makes them much less than ideal.

Not necessarily true.

An '87-'93 Mustang LX weighs under 3000lb stock.. as little as 2700lb for a notchback.

It'll need more suspension/brake work than an S13/14, but the engine's taken care of...
the Fox coupes are closer to 2900 and a Fox fastback is like 3100. and you'd have to spend nearly 3 grand to get the rear suspension right (99+ Cobra IRS). the torque is definately there though. and i know what i'm talking about here, one of my roommate's is a mustang nut, i've driven his modded '92 fastback (runs low 8s in the 1/8-mi) and he has a early-90s coupe that he's dropping another worked-on (mostly externals) 302 into this week.


essentially what i'm trying to say is that domestic RWDers are far from perfect candidates for drifting, unless you have a perfectly flat perfrectly smooth road/parking lot to drift on, and those almost don't exist...

[AKADriver]

Factory curb weights are 2700-2900, just like factory curb weights of S13/14s are 2600-2800.

AE86s have a solid axle...

Solid axles are competent if comfort is less of an issue.

Your roommate's cars are drag cars, a drag car suspension is no indication of what they can do modified the other way.

[Ahhsk]

My buddy is out of the country and my car is in the shop so ive been driving the '93 conv stang. it has a bunch of parts on it Upgraded shocks, 5lug conv, sway bars, 275 rears on 9.5 wheels. when its dry the tail will go out easily but it can grab and snap the car in the opposite direction violently. it is very easy to kick the ass out.

lovely long unaimed drifts in parking lots, IDA member since March 03.

[Jsquared]

AE86s have a solid axle...

you've got to be kidding me...

Solid axles are competent if comfort is less of an issue.
no they aren't because they can't keep as much contact patch on the ground as an independent setup, and they can't handle any type of bump or undulation once they've taken a set for a corner...

Your roommate's cars are drag cars, a drag car suspension is no indication of what they can do modified the other way.
the only suspension mod on the grey Fox fastback was front springs and camber adjustability plates. the rear was stock except for a 5-lug swap. and i have friends with Fox bodies and SN95s that do some autoX and know some people with F-bodies that do autoX and open track days. live axle is the last thing you want for drifting.