Drifting the E30?

[Borat]

Does it have any thing to do with being able to keep your speed up? Points are awarded for speed as well as angle aren't they?

[Digitalwave]

There's got to be a reason why pro drifters use top of the line tires, and I doubt it has to do with sponsorships. People use cheap ass tires just because they lose traction easier.

pro drift cars are also boosted all to hell, and can actually break traction on nice top of the line tires...also, they are sponsored by those tire companys, and as a sponsor the point is to make ppl buy yer product after seeing it in action, and as a tire company, wouldnt u want ppl to buy the top of the line tires which cost more $$? its all about the $$$$....

What I am saying is even boosted drift cars that I have seen in person all run shit ass tires, just because it makes it easy to lose traction even in a 400hp SR20DET. And the owners are cheap.

[Ryan Stewart]

Then that would make the E30 a perfect car for drifters...

[e30 gangsta]

Does it have any thing to do with being able to keep your speed up? Points are awarded for speed as well as angle aren't they?

speed, line, angle, smoke, and staying on the gas the whole way through is what you wanna shoot for.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

I've got a bunch of friends who are BIG into the drift scene.

Including my friend Quoc, who is a Drift Day instructor.

He tells me that the more expensive/softer tires allow more predictable break of traction, cleaner, more composed slides, and allow better response during the act of monge. For the best real "drifts", run some good tires.

what i know for sure is that its never "shittier the tire, better the drift" tHAT IS NEVER TRUE. Of course, when you are just starting out, you would start with shitty tires to get used to the whole counter-steering deal.

monge = act of swaying back and forth down a straight line in preperation for the upcoming corner.

I was pit crewing with my friends, helping them out with the tire changes at a drift day. With one friend, Sean, we started out with michelin all seasons all around, and then ES100s in the front. by the end of the day, we were running hankook ventus K104 in the front and ES100s in the rear.

His brother scott, started out with all-seasons all around, and then switched to falken ziex all around by teh end of the day.

[e30 gangsta]

yeah monge's are fun!! some people call it chouku dori but its all the same 2 me.

[ddongbap]

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