http://videos.streetfire.net/video/M...son_444660.htm

It looks a lot easier from the outside. Took me over a hour to start getting the hang of it.

Great fun !! Definately my new hobby

 

have fun buying alot of tires.. otherwise drifting is bad ***.

 

Looks like you starting picking up throttle control towards the end there. Happy Learning friend. Me... I need 4 sets of tires because of this. LMAO

 

looks like he is using stockers for the rear...


looks like fun

 

yup. up to a certain point I thought it was either full or no throttle - I learned there is a lot of "feel" needed

the rear tires are just my oem rims with used tires we get almost for free from some near by garages.

 

why were you practicing after it rained, thats one of the main reasons you spun out so much, a stock z has plenty enough torque to get it sideways when its dry. and yours looked and sounded s/c'd. when its wet your front tires hold almost no traction making it harder to go in the direction you wa

and whats up with that wing bro, lol

 

Looked like you had it down towards the end, let us know how everything goes here in a couple of weeks

 

Had my second lesson today
ill put together a cool clip but in the meantime

popped my drift cherry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bErSLcM-fIQ

 

ahhh. nice to see someone enjoying a little drift action!

 

That was funny. At least you werent doing it in traffic... like I was

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLy2IysP2B0

my second lesson

 

your car would look so much cleaner without that bench on the back..

nice drifting..

 

You mean my really expensive Veilside cf bench

and thanks

 

I've always had a hard time explaining this but try to ease up on the steering wheel. The steering wheel will do most of the work for you as long as you have decent grip on the front wheels and your throttle input is on point, you just need to get going in the right direction and just adjust accordingly after that pretty much (yes even in the wet, as long as your front tires arent slipping).

Like I said I've always been horrible at explaining it so you should just watch some in car footage of drivers with similar power. Here is an example http://vimeo.com/3078403 if you skip to 5:30 there is some in car of Aaron Losey and as you can see he does most of his low speed steering input with one hand lol. Seems very relaxed and smooth. It comes with experience but thats what you should be shooting for (minimum steering input, not steering with one hand lol).

 

I completely understand that. After I fight for a few minutes trying to figure it out with just the verbal instructions from my teacher - he then takes the wheel and shows me...he makes it look so easy & relaxed - I still have a lot more to learn

 

I always practice when there is a lot of snow in an emty parking lot - and once I wanted to try when ther was ice rain - bad idea !!!
If you can't control the car anyways you should not try it on ice !

 

Looks like you are having fun and catching on pretty quick! Thanks for sharing.

Does the Z have any temperature problems while smoking the tires off of it with minimal air flow coming in?

 

after an hour and a half temperatures were still normal operating temps

 

motavating man. i was learning on my own and it wasnt all that of a good idea. i read and read and thought it wasnt all that hard but when i got to doing it all i was doing was half as donuts. sad i know.

 

keep up the nice work