Who's drifting their stock M20?

[etxxz]

no way i can afford two girlfriends....i'm on thin ice between my school and "standard" of life if you want to call it that. what are you studying?

[Erick]

It can be done. They got pretty good torque. Suspension will help it wonders though.

Thanks,
- Erick

[bimmer_E30]

ok can u drift stock eta???

[e30 gangsta]

no way! what do you mean by "shortly"??? what's that in gangsta years?

i start building my new e30 next week ;)
CAN"T FKING WAIT!!!!

unless you wanna pay for my parts, house, and school its going to keep going @ whatever pace i can afford/ have time for. Unfortunalty i cannot upgrade my car as fast i used to seeing as i have a certain level of life that i would like to maintain.

AS for your diff question. Welded diffs drive like crap all around. They put unwanted extra strain on your car and could break. There is no need for your wheels to be always locked, and it would suck driving that daily. Either pick up a kazz 1.5 way for like 1k or buy the upgraded packs from bimmerworld. You can check out diffsonline also.

In the end if you need to do it on the cheap i guess go welded.

If you have some expiriance with diffs then do the packs.

If you wanna be a baller get a kazz or a diffsonline diff.

Up to you though.

[etxxz]

drifting = welded

you want to have fun with your car, do some auto-X's maybe some road racing, leave the LSD...you can actually replace the clutch packs in it with (bmw is it?) for around $60 and its like shimming the diff...i'll be doing that to my upcoming 2.93.

[evil_twin]

Hey guys... New question!

3.73 LSD or 3.73 Welded for drifting? I just picked up a 373 LSD to replace my 410 welded, but I don't know if I should run just the stock LSD or have it welded? I think I am going to do an M50 swap soon, and then from there go to an M52 in the future.

[etxxz]

* waves *

damn car has been down for almost a year now. Cage should be showing up soon. So ill be on the track shortly.

no way! what do you mean by "shortly"??? what's that in gangsta years?

i start building my new e30 next week ;)
CAN"T FKING WAIT!!!!

[Erick]

If you ever plan on attending an event... give me 1-2 months notice, and I'll try to plan a trip up there.

Transporting my car would cost too much money and honestly would not be worth it over all, but I am always down to fly up there and see the different communities. I was pretty stoked to see the CA crowd a few weeks ago.

- Erick

[Fidhle007]

Erick, will you ever make it up to the northeast sometime or are there not enough events up here to make it worth the trip? I'd love a drift lesson now that I have a lot more horsepower, even if I never go to an event I think the car control is invaluable.

[e30 gangsta]

i bet erick wants to kill someone right now, erick is the only real hardcore e30 drifter around (e-rich too).

* waves *

damn car has been down for almost a year now. Cage should be showing up soon. So ill be on the track shortly.

[E30_fiend]

I should be spending a few weeks with the e30 with SoCal. Any of you guys are more than welcome to come to events happening over there in the meantime.

- Erick

I'm down bro. I've been waiting to see your car in action in person.


E30Fiend

[duodvlhntr]

Good Lord I do hope I get to meet most of you at the e30 picnic this year.

I don't understand this whole, "Drifting isn't a real sport" thing. Nor do I understand the people who say so. If drag racing (which, I do believe started in the streets) is a real sport, then why isn't drifting? More importantly, it's motorsports. That's what really matters. It's also more than that. It's like racing and concours wrapped into one big, smoky pacakge. Anyone who is slightly interested in cars can appreciate that.

On a topic related note, if you're going to spend a lot of time bouncing off the rev-limiter, I highly, highly suggest replacing the oil pump drive gear bearing. And checking the block for cracks. But you probably already knew that...

[Erick]

Not everyone wants to kill people they don't agree with. Just because your teen e-thuggin hormones drive you to violence doesn't mean that's the only way.

Exactly. Just like everything else in this interwebz, there is a whole lot of mis-information going around, especially regarding something new such as drifting. I just share my knowledge based on experience to help clarify for others so that way it's not just random bragging about.

I don't have "drifter enemies". In the end, it's something where we can all relate. I am always more than happy to help out a fellow newcomer out.

Like I said before, I'm not against drifting in a safe environment. Parking lots and streets are not safe environments. I have been to drift events before. Both professional and non-professional. It is a very technical sport and it is very cool to watch. But only on a track. That's the only good place to do it.

Erick, I would love to see your car in action bro. It is a sexy ass car that I just wanna see in person.


E30Fiend

That comment is mildly arguable, but for the sake of me not having the time to properly explain why, I'll let it go. Yes it's not a safe environment, but the reason "why" is always obvious: (apparently not so) common sense. But besides that, it is still illegal. So even as safe as you might be out there, there are still heavy consequences to endure.

I used to slide on the streets, it's basically a public fact, but lately there has been so many events locally that I have no need to take it to the streets anymore. 90% of the time, the track is a safer environment with room for error (& practice).

I should be spending a few weeks with the e30 with SoCal. Any of you guys are more than welcome to come to events happening over there in the meantime.

- Erick

[Jeremiel5]

I was in LA a week ago. I got to chill with Jesse, Jon, Mariano, and a few other guys.

My car should be at Willow Springs at the end of June if all goes as planned. I have recently driven stock KA-powered 240sx's to 500whp 1jz powered RX7s. A good driver should always be able to make the best of what's given to him.

Here's a recent picture of the event where my motor blew hours before. I was driving the orange car:


All the car has is some old K-Sport coilovers and a welded differential.

By the way, the less power you have, the less ebrake you should be using.

- Erick

TIGHT! damn mann, I wish I knew! thanks for telling me Jesse and Jon! I just met Mariano, but Jesse and Jon got my phone number and they didn't even tell me you were down here! dang it! i guess i ain't cool enough, pshh! lol

I'll PM you my celly. give me a call when you're down here. I got an alpineweiB that i'm working on right now, but straight N/A for now and then turbo next year or so. are you bringing your e30 this June? are you going for the ProAm? I wish you the best, bro! but definitely hit me up when you're down here

[E30_fiend]

Like I said before, I'm not against drifting in a safe environment. Parking lots and streets are not safe environments. I have been to drift events before. Both professional and non-professional. It is a very technical sport and it is very cool to watch. But only on a track. That's the only good place to do it.

Erick, I would love to see your car in action bro. It is a sexy ass car that I just wanna see in person.


E30Fiend