A purists nightmare - E46 drift build
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UPDATE
soo dd77 season closer went pretty well this past weekend.
For the first time we used Sam's trailer for both cars!
It was a chilly morning both days but not as bad as past years for the fact that it is the last weekend in October lol
That's my buddies 1jz swapped s13 pitted with us as well!
Now on to the real interesting part lol.
We had another incident which turned out not as well as the last one. On advanced coming down the roller coaster hill sam over rotated infront of me. On that part of the track with it being downhill it's very hard to throttle out of the way and he wasnt able to do that and in turn I was already at angle and had nowhere to go as well lol. Everyone is okay!
SURPRISINGLY my door still opens fine using the inside handle! The window did not break as well, where it is is where it was when we hit. I'm just glad it didnt break from where it was otherwise myself and the girlfriend would have been eating glass.
It is also worth mentioning that both cars were still drivable. Ended up using the trailer landing gear and a ratchet strap to pull Sam's rad support and front end as straight as it could get for the limited tools.
Here is the video my girlfriend got from the run it happened, I also got it on my helmet cam but I still need to save it so I can post it!
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Ouch, glad everyone's OK and the damage is not too bad. Up to that point looked like fun!!
What's the deal though with the guy standing in the infield, safety stewards would/should be cringing at the lack of protection if a car goes off. Death wish or is he agile when he needs to be?
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the low speed of this track sure makes collisions like this safer.
do you get extra points for being so close to each other or is that just part of the fun?
Dan
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the low speed of this track sure makes collisions like this safer.
do you get extra points for being so close to each other or is that just part of the fun?
This originates from early drifters during the oil shortages who would draft eachother to get better fuel economy on the track.
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Ouch, glad everyone's OK and the damage is not too bad. Up to that point looked like fun!!
What's the deal though with the guy standing in the infield, safety stewards would/should be cringing at the lack of protection if a car goes off. Death wish or is he agile when he needs to be?
They are there to take pictures! Gotta be on their toes!
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Ouch, glad everyone's OK and the damage is not too bad. Up to that point looked like fun!!
What's the deal though with the guy standing in the infield, safety stewards would/should be cringing at the lack of protection if a car goes off. Death wish or is he agile when he needs to be?
Those are media guys, there are 2 flaggers on this particular course. It's more so up to the drivers to be aware of what is infront of them. When in tandem you are only going with the number of people that you communicate with before leaving the start line. Which is basically a common waiver between each other if shit like this was to happen. Drifting is a different animal than road racing and etc.
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the low speed of this track sure makes collisions like this safer.
do you get extra points for being so close to each other or is that just part of the fun?
All of what we do is purely for fun. There is a competitive side to drifting but that's not what we do. Grassroots drifting is much different from competitive, and so is the operating cost lol. So yes we are literally putting money up in smoke
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the low speed of this track sure makes collisions like this safer.
It’s low speed when you’re sideways.
@TkuhnGlad and you guys are alright! Cars can be fixed.
@Boris3 don’t worry the guy is wearing yellow he is impervious to cars
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It’s low speed when you’re sideways.
@TkuhnGlad and you guys are alright! Cars can be fixed.
@Boris3 don’t worry the guy is wearing yellow he is impervious to cars
For the record everyone, the last speed I could see on my helmet cam was 35mph. Which is off the front wheel so its true speed not spinning wheel speed.
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Got the girls unloaded from the trailer. Little battered and bruised from this year but we have all winter!
In the above photo you can see how Sam's front end is shifted if you look at the front tires.
and here's some more detailed photos of the damage to my car.
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UPADATE!
Been fairly quiet, snagged up a mint ass center exhaust bracket while at the junkyard.
Also got a sweet intake off amazon lol will post photos once installed but its really well made for $140 and is basically a AFE replica. Pretty amped on it.
AND SOME GREATTT NEWS!
I cannot thank @Sam_Holzmann and his dad enough for the transport to and from the body shop.
The car is back at the shop and STRAIGHT!
Now this was done as a side job so all we had them do was pull the quarter straight, hang the door and get the metal as close to where it originally was.
Some putty work and paint to seal it and we are in business!
SUPER excited to be able to get working on the car again now
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Looks like they did a decent job for a drift car!
See.. if you weren't in Wisconsin where there is an off season for drifting you probably would have left it!
Hahah I'm thankful for an off season, it allows the cars to progress and get the refreshing they need. And honestly I absolutely HATE the stereotype that a drift car should be smashed and shitty.... that's not how it should be lol the midwest has a pretty good reputation though for having fairly nice built and refreshed cars. Thanks to the off seasons. Drifting is a rolling car show.
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Hahah I'm thankful for an off season, it allows the cars to progress and get the refreshing they need. And honestly I absolutely HATE the stereotype that a drift car should be smashed and shitty.... that's not how it should be lol the midwest has a pretty good reputation though for having fairly nice built and refreshed cars. Thanks to the off seasons. Drifting is a rolling car show.
I 100% agree. If you are not looking good doing it. It shouldn't be done!
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