AceInHole
06-26-2003, 12:51 AM
So... after getting a harness bug (grounded power wire) that killed my car for a night and a morning, trying a new ECU, picking up some spare wheels and tires, and finally debugging my harness section by section.... I took my hdSPL S14 out to go drifting at my first sanctioned drift event with dgtrials.com .
My setup for the day:
7psi
215/45/R17 FM901's on 17x7 rims up front
215/55(?)/R15 Yoko all-seasons on 15x6.5 M30 wheels in back
Unknown tire pressures....
First off: all-seasons in back with summer tires up front = mad amounts of oversteer.....
Secondly: 7psi = mad amounts of power- on- oversteer.....
The event was very fun! There were a few good drifters there (the guys that ran the event basically) that put on a few exhibitions. I heard a couple of them made the trek down to vegas for the D1 stuff previously.
Anyways.... I had 6 total runs, 2 of which were unclean, my first and last. My first run I spun twice... being very suprised by the severe lack of grip from the all-season tires (although I should've expected that). After that I was able to get the hang of staying sideways and linking turns... eventually getting to the point where I think I was pretty much at opposite lock through the tighter turns swinging right over to opposite lock on the next turn (video to come as soon as I get something to play the tape I stole of the runs :p ). I had applause on my 2nd to last run. That felt reeeaaally good. Then I spun at the beginning and end of the last run, but my last spin was a good smoke show anyways, so it's all good.
I really can't wait to do this again!!
Some crappy pics of mine and Kookz's 2nd runs can be found here:
http://pj.240sxone.com/gallery/drifting01
http://pj.240sxone.com/albums/drifting01/IMG_6385.sized.jpg
My setup for the day:
7psi
215/45/R17 FM901's on 17x7 rims up front
215/55(?)/R15 Yoko all-seasons on 15x6.5 M30 wheels in back
Unknown tire pressures....
First off: all-seasons in back with summer tires up front = mad amounts of oversteer.....
Secondly: 7psi = mad amounts of power- on- oversteer.....
The event was very fun! There were a few good drifters there (the guys that ran the event basically) that put on a few exhibitions. I heard a couple of them made the trek down to vegas for the D1 stuff previously.
Anyways.... I had 6 total runs, 2 of which were unclean, my first and last. My first run I spun twice... being very suprised by the severe lack of grip from the all-season tires (although I should've expected that). After that I was able to get the hang of staying sideways and linking turns... eventually getting to the point where I think I was pretty much at opposite lock through the tighter turns swinging right over to opposite lock on the next turn (video to come as soon as I get something to play the tape I stole of the runs :p ). I had applause on my 2nd to last run. That felt reeeaaally good. Then I spun at the beginning and end of the last run, but my last spin was a good smoke show anyways, so it's all good.
I really can't wait to do this again!!
Some crappy pics of mine and Kookz's 2nd runs can be found here:
http://pj.240sxone.com/gallery/drifting01
http://pj.240sxone.com/albums/drifting01/IMG_6385.sized.jpg