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[Hubert Young]

Yeaaasssssszzzzz... Sounds like you had fun in Chicago?!

[Zach]

Hey Hubert, if you get a chance would you post up those clips from Sears Point. When you put your camera on my car.

Thanks,
Zach

[blargonator]

hey alex. i recently got a porsche. a 1977 924. manual 4 speed no power steering no A.B.S. so essentially no luxury items but anyways my question was have you ever drifted a porsche?

[hatebbobbarker]

Originally posted by blargonator
hey alex. i recently got a porsche. a 1977 924. manual 4 speed no power steering no A.B.S. so essentially no luxury items but anyways my question was have you ever drifted a porsche?

read his bio

[z-dorifto]

do they have scales at G-Demention? I need corner weight/alignment on the car bad. Thinking of getting those Cusco front UCA's ~$370 shipped... any chance you want to start working on Battle Version one's soon? I can supply materials, etc... Let me know when is a good time for alignment.

[scrapin_frame]

Originally posted by AlexPfeiffer
Talking about fat chicks, i have a great story about chicago.

We get there, have dinner and get to the hotel. The japanese guys are on there way out to find a place to drink. We head upstairs and take a shower. One of the guys does a search for strip clubs in the area, and also find out there are a couple casino's. This is in a little town called Juliet. Everyone admits they rather look at tits then loose money at the casino so we all get together and head out with the japanese guys. We find this small place called the cellar and its off by itself. I bravely walk downstairs to find out the deals. There is a small window with a bouncer,

Me: how much is it?
Him: $5 each
ME: Is it full nude
Him: no, they have paisties and panties on but they take it off for the lap dances
ME: how much for lap dances
Him: $10 for 2 songs
ME: I've got about 8 people, Any deals?
Him: No, we have 5 girls working and one is a real hottie.
Me: Ok, (as i stop for a second) let me find out.

So i go outside and im like, no way should we go in there. They ask the japanese guys and orido is like "I want a drink, lets check it out" or thats what i kinda got out of the translation.

So we pay the entrance, walk in, see this thing dancing, and i mean thing. It wasnt a woman by any means. We get a drink. Then 2, and i had to take a shot. The next thing goes on, so funny cause there was no mic, the bartender would just yell out for the next girl. The aveage weight of these things was about 200lbs. So now we have to see what the "hottie" looked like. Getting kinda scary as a couple of them start comeing over to try and talk to us. One chick asks me,

Her: Wears yoall from?
Me: chicago
Her: what part?
Me: West side
Her What part of the west side?
Me: (out of excuses but luckly her name was called to go on stage)
Her: You got a dollar?

She gets a dollar from one of the guys, and as she walks away says, "you better come up with some better lies", then we figure out that she needed that dollar to put in the gute box so she had a song to dance to. We got a real kick out of that one.

Anyway the hottie goes on, she is like 40 years old and looks like a crack whore with sagging fake titties. We had enough and pounded our drinks and headed over to the casino.

*mental note* visit the cellar next time i go to joliet

alex, i am curious... at the joliet event, you seemed to have some trouble getting the tail of the golf cart to slide... what was going wrong there??
any chance ya might build a drifting golf cart just to go out and give the crowd a laugh? i would love to see smoke rollin off the tires of a golf cart as it slides sideways
thanks for coming out and showing us what real drifting is..
in central illinois, there arent really any drifters at all... there are a couple guys i know that went out and tried drifting and ended up eating curbs, now they think drifting is stupid.. they were actually in the car show.. right next to eachother, the white s13 with silvia conversion and black steelies, and the orangish s2000 with ssr wheels and supercharger
sorry, didnt mean to ramble on... anyway, i hope yall come out again, it was an awesome event!

[tonesdef]

Originally posted by AlexPfeiffer
Talking about fat chicks, i have a great story about chicago.

We get there, have dinner and get to the hotel. The japanese guys are on there way out to find a place to drink. We head upstairs and take a shower. One of the guys does a search for strip clubs in the area, and also find out there are a couple casino's. This is in a little town called Juliet. Everyone admits they rather look at tits then loose money at the casino so we all get together and head out with the japanese guys. We find this small place called the cellar and its off by itself. I bravely walk downstairs to find out the deals. There is a small window with a bouncer,

Me: how much is it?
Him: $5 each
ME: Is it full nude
Him: no, they have paisties and panties on but they take it off for the lap dances
ME: how much for lap dances
Him: $10 for 2 songs
ME: I've got about 8 people, Any deals?
Him: No, we have 5 girls working and one is a real hottie.
Me: Ok, (as i stop for a second) let me find out.

So i go outside and im like, no way should we go in there. They ask the japanese guys and orido is like "I want a drink, lets check it out" or thats what i kinda got out of the translation.

So we pay the entrance, walk in, see this thing dancing, and i mean thing. It wasnt a woman by any means. We get a drink. Then 2, and i had to take a shot. The next thing goes on, so funny cause there was no mic, the bartender would just yell out for the next girl. The aveage weight of these things was about 200lbs. So now we have to see what the "hottie" looked like. Getting kinda scary as a couple of them start comeing over to try and talk to us. One chick asks me,

Her: Wears yoall from?
Me: chicago
Her: what part?
Me: West side
Her What part of the west side?
Me: (out of excuses but luckly her name was called to go on stage)
Her: You got a dollar?

She gets a dollar from one of the guys, and as she walks away says, "you better come up with some better lies", then we figure out that she needed that dollar to put in the gute box so she had a song to dance to. We got a real kick out of that one.

Anyway the hottie goes on, she is like 40 years old and looks like a crack whore with sagging fake titties. We had enough and pounded our drinks and headed over to the casino.

bwahahahaahahahah that sucks man. Hahaha is that why Scott was asking me about titty bars hahahahahahaahah

[brainfood]

If you had to choose a differential, kaaz or nismo for an s14 which one would you choose. I know you dont own an s14 but if you have any opinions that would be great.
Also I am going to buy front tension rods and probably a rear upper from you when I get my kei office coilovers on the next month or so and was wondering if I come to you if you can do my alignment and help me with my setup?

[AlexPfeiffer]

hatebbobbarker,
The stock spring rests on top of the stock rear toe link for the 350z. What we noticed with chris's and bryan's car is that after we changed the camber link and got it to the right camber settings, the toe link was too short to get the proper alignment settings. So lucky they already changed their rear to a full coil over that rides on top of the shock. This way we could change that toe link out for an adjustable one and get the right settings we needed. Its kinda like the same thing with the 240's, if you change just the camber link and you car is lowered to the point you have to make the link a bit longer, you run out of adjustment on the toe link as well. So its best to just replace all the links at once, then you dont run into adjustment or alignment problems and you get the tightest feel.

z-dorifto,
Yes, I have a set of scales at G-Demensions that i use when i do alignments. I'm probably not going to have those UCA's any time too soon so get those cusco ones. $370 seems like a good price to me.

blargonator,
Sorry dude but you recently bought one of the worse cars to ever own, if you think its cool, thats fine but i personally hate that car along with 944s, 928s, MR2's, boxsters, 75-79 camero's, 79-86 blazers, SVO's, and some others i cant come up with at the top of my head. 924's should have been in a trash heap and recycled by now.

brainfood,
They both work well, just the kaaz is a bit loud sometimes. I dont personally favor one or the other.

[blargonator]

woot! i got VWs leftovers. well we all have different tastes but yeah i do like my car. might be as problematic as a DSM right now. but it will all be worth it in the spring. it might not be able to go sideways but i worked for this car for the last 3 or 4 years. might have only costed 1,000 but im glad i got it.

[scrapin_frame]

Originally posted by AlexPfeiffer

z-dorifto,
Yes, I have a set of scales at G-Demensions that i use when i do alignments. I'm probably not going to have those UCA's any time too soon so get those cusco ones. $370 seems like a good price to me.

if you're wanting to buy cusco, i gotta plug Nukabe...
www.napsusa.com

[pork_poney]

Alex, man, i am very impressed with you. you drift painfully well, in an s2000, and all while being rather handsome. (yes, i'm heterosexual, just straight forward, lol, sorry) anyways, you're good. Any tips as far as purely just getting started goes? i've learned alot about cars and drifting, and i've been driving two years on a restricted. but i need a car, what did you start on?

also, tell tony angelo that one of my friends is eyeing his lady (that one subaru girl) so if he starts getting death threats or something, not to worry, just let me know and i'll have a talk with the kid, lol.

[hatebbobbarker]

Originally posted by scrapin_frame
if you're wanting to buy cusco, i gotta plug Nukabe...
www.napsusa.com

its kind of a given, they are cusco's us dist. aren't they?

[AlexPfeiffer]

pork_poney,
One thing to remember in this comunity is you mess with one of us, your messing with all of us. I'm sure tony can handle it, if anything goes down, we all have his back.



Why you guys talking about cusco on my post?!!!! I'm the only one allowed to talk about other companies on this post!!!! Do you see me giving shout outs to my dealers?

No, so shut it!!!

[yarzan]

I got another question (to bring this back on topic lol) were u immensly interested in physics? what made u wana make suspension parts for cars? did u go to college to study physics? if so, which one? dont u have to know an uber amount of math before doing the sort of things u are?

[pork_poney]

haha, of course man. i'd have his back too. you guys all seem cool. i am still really interested in drifting, i just don't know if i can afford to do so. as a guitarist of 7 years, with a girlfriend, my funds are pretty tied up, and i worry about breaking my daily driver, assuming i ever get one.

[AlexPfeiffer]

yarzan,
Being a mechanic in teh racing comunity and having to setup the cars for the race track got me into the design of suspension parts. More or less the engineering portion of it. As a driver, i wanted the best for my car, and i wanted a better understanding why certain things worked. More or less the physics or the physical traits certain designs have. I wanted to win, so baiscly I took the time to tune my suspension and to get the feel that would bring my lap times lower. I feel its a black art, something you cant learn in a school. You can however understand the basics, or the physics and engeneering of it, but all in all, the ability to tune "feel" is something that comes from experience.

[AE86_drift]

So Alex, what did you think of the Midwest drifters when you went to Joilet, IL? Rob was awesome huh(turbo miata)? You were doin good till your car broke. What happened? I heard later it was an axle. Is that right? You were funny as heck on that green gator whippin around like that

It sucked when Ken Gushi hit the wall too.

[AlexPfeiffer]

My impression of the drivers in the mid west was that they are pretty good for beginners. Dont get me wrong, but to me they are all still beginners. I was impressed at there level of driving for thier first big event, but they still have alot to learn.

[AlexPfeiffer]

double post, sorry

[brainfood]

Hey alex I dont know any other way to get a hold of you I didnt see an email on your website I wanted to come by today (wed 20th) possibly and get some front tension rods and rear upper control arm for my s14 as long as I can find a set of kei office xr's in stock tommorow I will be making the trip up from orange county to get them and was wondering where you would be or the best place to pick them up tommorow would be. thx!
brainfood@sbcglobal.net

[madmax13]

Alex, what do you think about the potential to the S-12, and would you recomend it to a college student on a shoestring budget?

[Toycoma]

Originally posted by madmax13
Alex, what do you think about the potential to the S-12, and would you recomend it to a college student on a shoestring budget?

i know im not Alex but, i drift with a kid that is using a S12 and i would have to say no. he adapted s13 coil overs for the front and has some diffrent springs in the back but the s13 coilovers seem to be to short compair to the back springs so it looks like a funny car. it would be easier and cheaper just to get a s13, throw on coil overs, a clutch, and a diff and go have fun. and if you ever want to sell it, it should go pretty fast and you might even get your money back that you put into it.

[Cade]

Alex - Just a few questions for ya bro.
1.I know your a big fan of and very partial to the '86, but have you given any thought of going to a diffrent chassis?
2.And if not, what other car would be your next choice?
3.Also, if your answer to the first question is 'no', then is there anything you have been thinking about changing up on your '86 ?

Thats all for now, just wondering what all is going on in the noggin of yours. Also dont take these questions as me hinting that I think your car sucks or anything. Your are definetly my fav driver out of the 2, I mean 3, umm the 573457 diffrent drift series.
Keep rockin

[spag]

Alex - My question is, is the 4AC worth it? I've been a fan of drifting for quite some time now and I was given a 85 Corolla SR5, Yea yea its no GTS but does the 4AC have the slightest potential just for me to learn in? Should I put cash into it and learn my car and such or is it a waste of time and money? Dont have enough cash to do any kind of age swaps... Thanks man.