Panda The Pirate.

[Erick]

^ Thank you sir. :)

[Bill-B]

To bad you don't live closer to Chicago, I would have loved to see you drift with Rob at Night Shift. That would kick ass to see you guys tandem:pimp:

[Erick]

Yarrrrrrrr but the loves the attention. Gotta get my own umbrella girl:

[ian e30 318is]

Nice pics...that looks like so much fun. i need to learn how to drift.

[luTTz]

sick car man. i dig it.

what kind of tires do you run? i'm doing a drift even in my car pretty soon and i'm trying to get it prepped.

[Erick]

Right now for the poor, broke and not sponsored, I'm using 205/50/16 which is the cheapest I can find tires for. I'd recommend different tires depending on your setup. My tire of choice is 215/40/16.

There's no real rule of thumb, but more of an educated guess based on how your suspension behaves and how much power you have to keep the tires spinning. Remember, more contact patch = more smoke, but more contact patch usually = more grip. So whatever you can handle.

If this is your first event, I'd say stock up on 185s and 195s. The little grip in the back will be a great crash course in practicing throttle/steering control.

[luTTz]

awesome. i'll check out what i can find for my z3 wheels... run any camber in the rear or set it to 0?

[Erick]

Does it really matter? The camber is so unpredictable in the back anyways thanks to the semi-trailing arms :p

I just spare myself the headache and work my way around that flaw instead of trying to solve what parts and camber adjustments I need to make it work better :)

[PiercedE30]

Erick: I'll do a couple of a clutch kicks at the autox and try and get pictures of it for ya tomorrow. Ya know, for a little inspiration until your next drift event. lol

[Avus E30]

looks like too much fun..

[Erick]

Erick: I'll do a couple of a clutch kicks at the autox and try and get pictures of it for ya tomorrow. Ya know, for a little inspiration until your next drift event. lol

Hahaha, I'll play it back to my car. She's sad and depressed. Broke down in Miami about a week ago and I still have not been able to go down and check her out :( First time she breaks down in a whole season of abuse with 10+ drift events and it didnt even happen in my hands.

Tomorrow I'm instructing at a drift event though. Teaching the younglins a thing or two :)

[luTTz]

Does it really matter? The camber is so unpredictable in the back anyways thanks to the semi-trailing arms :p

I just spare myself the headache and work my way around that flaw instead of trying to solve what parts and camber adjustments I need to make it work better :)

well i've got the IE kit, i'll just stick with my track set up of -2 degrees. too much of a hassle to change it just to drift.

i guess i'll run a 205/50 tire. just get the cheapest ones i can find.

i found a site that sells used tires in the size i need. i may get a few.

[Erick]

Yeah, dont stress yourself too much with how the car is behaving. Almost always there is a way to cope with every setup, whether it'd be extreme oversteering, neutral or extreme understeering. I've known people who drifted underpowered cars setup to understeer. No joke.

Find out how the car behaves when oversteering, and apply necessary technique to keep the rear end out.

[luTTz]

Yeah, dont stress yourself too much with how the car is behaving. Almost always there is a way to cope with every setup, whether it'd be extreme oversteering, neutral or extreme understeering. I've known people who drifted underpowered cars setup to understeer. No joke.

Find out how the car behaves when oversteering, and apply necessary technique to keep the rear end out.

i'm thinking i'm gonna have some trouble. i ran at road atlanta this past weekend with NASA and i couldn't get the car to understeer or oversteer, but that was running on dot-slicks. so we'll see.

are you coming to the drift event in Cordele on the 2nd?

[Erick]

Nah, there will be a qualifier here in Florida on that same day. I'm not going to qualify for the lack of a cage, but I'll probably still be on the road course here.