drifting a c3?
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Racer
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From: Woodbridge VA
drifting a c3?
My wife is looking to pick up a new drift car. She really wants to try drifting a C3 Corvette (a 69, in fact, would be her preference). I've got to be honest, I have no idea how well such a car would do, or what sort of modifications (reinforcements?) would be necessary to pull it off.
So what do you guys think? Is it doable?
So what do you guys think? Is it doable?
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From: Chattanooga TN
I would think the stock rear trailing arms/bearings and spring would not take well to drifting, but I don't really know. There is not a lot of reinforcement from the top for side loading them. Also, a 69 would be a much more expensive experiment than say a 79.
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Originally Posted by markdtn
I would think the stock rear trailing arms/bearings and spring would not take well to drifting, but I don't really know. There is not a lot of reinforcement from the top for side loading them. Also, a 69 would be a much more expensive experiment than say a 79.
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From: Redondo Beach, California
Originally Posted by ravn
My wife is looking to pick up a new drift car.
"drift car" is. Can you please provide a simple explanation? Thanks?
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From: Who says "Nothing is impossible" ? I've been doing nothing for years.
Pretty sure you gotta have an aluminum wing to do it though 
Brings back memories of when I was younger, driving home from a night out
Brings back memories of when I was younger, driving home from a night out
Drifting
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From: Big Pine Key FL
Originally Posted by rihwoods
You can't drift unless you have done it in the dirt...so go get in a Sprint car and learn what drifting is all about..on a 1/2 mile DIRT track...
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From: Oita, Japan
Originally Posted by MotorHead
Pretty sure you gotta have an aluminum wing to do it though
Le Mans Master
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From: Ocala FL
Originally Posted by Yellow73SB
I have to admit it does look fun.
So I slid it sideways a few times in the lot, then put it in a drift and drove out of the lot, onto highway in front of Goodyear/Loral, and headed for 77. I dropped down the ramp, still in a drift with the tail to the left, went around the circle onto 77 and headed south, still drifting.
I decided I had control of the van in the white stuff if I could do that and had better get straight before a cop found me and thought I was reckless.
Heck, it was 1 am, a foot of snow, and still coming down. He probably couldn't have caught me anyway.
Now they do it for money (like everything else) for big crowds. The goal is kind of like me in the van, see who can keep the tail out the longest and be the fastest while doing it.
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From: Redondo Beach, California
Originally Posted by TonySinclair
Drifting, you know...the latest retarded ricer fad to come out of Japan: