Questions for E30 drifters

[accident]

until you kill somebody.

[Mike The Bavarian]

that how drifting originated. people are always acting like they don't drive alittle wild on the street sometime...it happens. everyone's done it

[NuthinFancy]

that how drifting originated. people are always acting like they don't drive alittle wild on the street sometime...it happens. everyone's done it

THANKS. Couldn't of said it better myself.

[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.

[lolcantturn]

Did your E30 recover from that?

[accident]

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

[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?

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[Dude]

This thread actually got pretty good.

[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?

[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.

[Massive Lee]

that how drifting originated

Wrong. Rallye events are on closed routes.

everyone's done it

Fucking retards.