Questions for E30 drifters

[Dj Buttchug]

aight well ill contribute more. This may sound really fucking dumb but this little knob is ideal for drifting entry and ebrake control.

Basically it eliminates having to push the ebrake button in to release it, which makes using the ebrake much easier. imo its a must, granted you cant afford a hydro for better means of braking

[shiboujin]

Wrong. Rallye events are on closed routes.

That's subjective. You can argue about that all day long.

And once again, we are so far OT it's hilarious.

[Mike The Bavarian]

Wrong. Rallye events are on closed routes.



Fucking retards.

driftng in japan started on the streets.

[Massive Lee]

that how drifting originated

Wrong. Rallye events are on closed routes.

everyone's done it

Fucking retards.

[Mike The Bavarian]

i never said i dont engage in spirited driving on the street from time to time. however, i keep it in my fucking lane. here's what happens when you dont:







he entered my lane in a corner and plowed my shit.

Yeah that's very true. but read what they said many times. they had people waaay ahead to check for traffic and the roads not often travled. you don't go into other lanes without that.

[Dude]

i never said i dont engage in spirited driving on the street from time to time. however, i keep it in my fucking lane. here's what happens when you dont:







he entered my lane in a corner and plowed my shit.

holy fuck. Did he live?

[Dude]

This thread actually got pretty good.

[Chaos Theory]

The rear trailing arm places the spring about half way down on the arm itself. EG when you have a hard to get off bolt, you get a pry bar to get more leverage. The Closer to the axis of rotation, the less work the same amount of force does.

IE general rule of thumb for E30s is to half the rear rate and that is what it's like on most other cars.

Thank you, that actually made a lot of sense.

[shiboujin]

It's generally accepted that a drift set up(and most off the shelf "drift spec" coilovers) for most cars would be 8KG front 6KG rear, why would the E30 be different? The front is heavier than the rear so why would you want a stiffer rear spring rate?

8k/6k is a general EFFECTIVE rate combo. Actually on the soft side IMO.

The rear trailing arm places the spring about half way down on the arm itself. EG when you have a hard to get off bolt, you get a pry bar to get more leverage. The Closer to the axis of rotation, the less work the same amount of force does.

IE general rule of thumb for E30s is to half the rear rate and that is what it's like on most other cars.

[Stephen]

I don't know how to explain it in the right terminology, but I think it has to do with the rear suspension trailing arm design; where the shock and spring is independently separated and making your rear rate "act" like 50% of what it actually is..

Opposite of this would be something like a Miata.. where the rear strut assembly is a "true" coil-over.

Someone correct me.

because of the arm, it acts like a lever givng the wheel leverage on the spirng

[ak-]

I don't know how to explain it in the right terminology, but I think it has to do with the rear suspension trailing arm design; where the shock and spring is independently separated and making your rear rate "act" like 50% of what it actually is..

Opposite of this would be something like a Miata.. where the rear strut assembly is a "true" coil-over.

Someone correct me.

[Chaos Theory]

It's generally accepted that a drift set up(and most off the shelf "drift spec" coilovers) for most cars would be 8KG front 6KG rear, why would the E30 be different? The front is heavier than the rear so why would you want a stiffer rear spring rate?

[accident]

no, the floor pan got punched in by the bottlecap and the roof crinkled. the door didnt close right after that

[lolcantturn]

Did your E30 recover from that?

[accident]

i never said i dont engage in spirited driving on the street from time to time. however, i keep it in my fucking lane. here's what happens when you dont:







he entered my lane in a corner and plowed my shit.