drifting a c3?
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St. Jude Donor '07
Ive done donuts with slicks at 6500 rpm and my rear end is still there. I doubt that was the smartest thing to do. I need to take aprt the rear end anyways. I figure I want some carnage to look at after I take it apart . 
Drifting
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From: Big Pine Key FL
Originally Posted by turtlevette
Yep. A quick look over and then drive it around for a bit. A good driver can pretty much tell if the car is solid. Its not like you are hitting super high speeds in the drifting. A good driver is in touch with his car and knows when to pit if something don't feel right.
That is a far cry from rebuilding the whole rear end or putting a Ford 9" tractor axle in the damn thing. Where do you guys come up with this stuff?
Less worry warting time.....more seat time. Get out there.
That is a far cry from rebuilding the whole rear end or putting a Ford 9" tractor axle in the damn thing. Where do you guys come up with this stuff?
Less worry warting time.....more seat time. Get out there.
Lapping days are NOT racing though mistakes or failures can and will kill you just the same. They ARE good places to get seat time and work on your skills. I encourage everyone to participate and keep the nonsense off the streets. Granted ALL of my racing experience is on 2 wheels and I have no national podium finishes. I do have district and regional podiums and wins.
In my experience racing requires a lot more preperation time, maintnenace time, and attention to detail than jumping into a car and flogging without being practical it because a good driver can recognize a problem and pit before he hurts Himself, another driver, or a spectator, or...
I'll bet the sanctioning organizartion you run with has a rule book, saftey requirements, and a tech inspection before thy will even let you on to the track.
A guy asked a question and I answered it with my opinion, I'm sorry if you didn't like it.
Oh I forgot one detail, maybe drifting isn't racing.
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Originally Posted by 84rzv500r
Lapping days are NOT racing though mistakes or failures can and will kill you just the same.
In my experience racing requires a lot more preperation time, maintnenace time, and attention to detail than jumping into a car and flogging without being practical it because a good driver can recognize a problem and pit before he hurts Himself, another driver, or a spectator, or...
A guy asked a question and I answered it with my opinion, I'm sorry if you didn't like it.
Oh I forgot one detail, maybe drifting isn't racing.
In my experience racing requires a lot more preperation time, maintnenace time, and attention to detail than jumping into a car and flogging without being practical it because a good driver can recognize a problem and pit before he hurts Himself, another driver, or a spectator, or...
A guy asked a question and I answered it with my opinion, I'm sorry if you didn't like it.
Oh I forgot one detail, maybe drifting isn't racing.
I think the average joe's like us can take our cars out and have fun without having to bring a pit crew trailer and 10s of thousands in spares and equipment. I'd like to see more people flog C3s, so i won't discourage anybody.
when you gonna put yours on a track?
Melting Slicks
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From: San Antonio TX
Just my .02 on this. To me do what ever makes you happy and above all have fun. If you want to drift a C3 take a shot at it. Any weak points will show up and then you just work through them. Another point was made is to just get some C3's out there in the public eye. Who knows it might start a trend. 
. Could you just imagine a bunch of Big Block C3's with open side pipes drifting talk about tire smoke and thunder the ground would shake. Those poor rice drivers would not know what to do lol.
. Could you just imagine a bunch of Big Block C3's with open side pipes drifting talk about tire smoke and thunder the ground would shake. Those poor rice drivers would not know what to do lol.
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Originally Posted by Yellow73SB
Ive done donuts with slicks at 6500 rpm and my rear end is still there. I doubt that was the smartest thing to do. I need to take aprt the rear end anyways. I figure I want some carnage to look at after I take it apart .
Melting Slicks
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From: San Antonio TX
Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
Dude seriously, when the rest of us open their eyes in the morning they know reality has checked in unlike you who keep thinking the stuff that happened in your dream is true, you post like you've been racing modding...whatever...working on cars for years and years and years...man, your belly button just stopped bleeding from when they cut the umbilical chord
Bad morning lol.We all know by now to have a pound of salt near by lol.
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
Dude seriously, when the rest of us open their eyes in the morning they know reality has checked in unlike you who keep thinking the stuff that happened in your dream is true, you post like you've been racing modding...whatever...working on cars for years and years and years...man, your belly button just stopped bleeding from when they cut the umbilical chord
Heres one from at night.
What is racing modding?
Last edited by Yellow73SB; Feb 26, 2006 at 03:58 PM.
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
don't comment my typing, I write better english than you...there's a comma missing there, racing , modding ....
My english isn't very good.
And I wasn't commenting on your typing. I just thought that it meant something else.
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Drifting
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I try to do one event a month on the bike...
I have a Glenn Region SCCA schedule right here, I'll likely hit the May 7th Solo outing cause it's at a parking lot at work, use it to see how well I have read the rules in preparation and what class to run, then do the school at Seneca Army Depot May 20th/21st and go from there if I like it.
I have a Glenn Region SCCA schedule right here, I'll likely hit the May 7th Solo outing cause it's at a parking lot at work, use it to see how well I have read the rules in preparation and what class to run, then do the school at Seneca Army Depot May 20th/21st and go from there if I like it.
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by Yellow73SB
Alright Ill take a video next time.
Heres one from at night.
What is racing modding?
Heres one from at night.
What is racing modding?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sOl4LrIzH5c
Drifting
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My C3 is pretty hard to drift. Once it starts stepping out, you have to correct it pretty quickly, or it's not coming back. That could probably be changed with some suspension tuning and less aggressive tires, but I'm not sure.
Surprisingly, my old Mercedes 300E drifts amazingly well. I took it to an autocross once, and since I was doing so poorly, I just decided to have some fun sliding it through all the corners. It took absolutely no effort to keep it sideways for as long as I wanted. I think the open differential might have contributed to that.
Surprisingly, my old Mercedes 300E drifts amazingly well. I took it to an autocross once, and since I was doing so poorly, I just decided to have some fun sliding it through all the corners. It took absolutely no effort to keep it sideways for as long as I wanted. I think the open differential might have contributed to that.
