To Stay Drifting, Crazy Things You Have Done...

BigGameHit · 03-09-2010, 02:45 PM

The other night I sat in a parking lot changing out bent suspension items. It was about maybe 20 deg or so In Northern Japan. I have access to shops but honestly didnt feel like going to them for such a quick job. I went back to my outside parking lot roots.

While doing this I started to think, Im not alone in this. Post up crazy things you have done to stay drifting.

Ill start it off.

-worked in spaces so tight at the junkyard that the bottom of the car was about 4 inches from my face

-Worked in snow blizzard

-Worked in thunderstorm upside down on my back with mud flowing down my shirt

-Many motor/transmission/clutch swaps

-No sleep for hours

-No food

-Dropping hot dates

-Driving miles away to aquire parts

-Skip lunch to work on car

-Join the military oddly

-JB weld and Hot Glue items

-Drove around for hours looking for junker tires

-Sell things on Ebay

-visit Hardware store along with Lowes and Home Depot

....many more gotta run

ajcdrift · 03-10-2010, 10:17 AM

- JB Kwik'ed a leaking part (at a ProAm qualifier)

- Random drives for parts

- Pulled all-nighter to fix car, ended up driving quite a ways to borrow my friend's car for the event

- Sat out for large portions of events while trying to diag and fix car troubles

- Zip-tied bags of ice to my radiator and intercooler and poured cold water through them after each run, cut a big hole in my hood with an angle grinder and bought flex-a-lites from Forrest Wang, then continued to run at 125C in order to qualify then tandem at the Vegas ProAm qualifier.

- Missed many things in order to drive in events

During my street days:

- Yanked a smashed rear end back out with a chain and the same telephone pole I crashed into, nearly getting whiplash in the process

- Searched Google Earth for potential places to drift

- Drove for hours looking for good places to drift

- Came back after gtfo to take a ticket for a friend who would have been arrested

There is definitely more I'm not thinking of atm.

This should be a fun thread to read!

Andrew Coomes
ajcdrift.com

Slapshotnerd · 03-10-2010, 10:40 AM

Keep it on the track.

street drifting is a crime.

Dori Star · 03-22-2010, 10:58 AM

boo jacob, always gotta kill everything.. hahahah

1. used a styrafoam chinese food container as a cone marker (brando, you still owe me for what you ran over)

2. using rope around your tow hook to pull another car out of a ditch

3. ziptied pieces of bumpers back together just to get you home

4. pawn for parts

5. ziptying suspension components just to get you home.. hahha

driftnutz · 04-15-2010, 11:37 AM

Well I'm a noob to the full on drifting culture so watch this space!

Although I have travelled serious milage and missed big family + friends events to try and capture drift action through my very own lense. not to mention I'm gonna be travelling from the uk - melbourne fl then drive upto ATL for round 2 at road! I am seriously hooked.
1 saturday I drove 2.5 hours one way to watch D1GP japan vs UK then did it all over again on the very next day as I didnt do my homework to know that it was a 2 day event.

+ sold my pride and joy bling bling Mercedes (full chrome engine) to buy me a s14a Silvia 200sx

03-09-2010, 02:45 PM	#1
BigGameHit Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: MD/Misawa AFB, Japan Posts: 395	To Stay Drifting, Crazy Things You Have Done... The other night I sat in a parking lot changing out bent suspension items. It was about maybe 20 deg or so In Northern Japan. I have access to shops but honestly didnt feel like going to them for such a quick job. I went back to my outside parking lot roots. While doing this I started to think, Im not alone in this. Post up crazy things you have done to stay drifting. Ill start it off. -worked in spaces so tight at the junkyard that the bottom of the car was about 4 inches from my face -Worked in snow blizzard -Worked in thunderstorm upside down on my back with mud flowing down my shirt -Many motor/transmission/clutch swaps -No sleep for hours -No food -Dropping hot dates -Driving miles away to aquire parts -Skip lunch to work on car -Join the military oddly -JB weld and Hot Glue items -Drove around for hours looking for junker tires -Sell things on Ebay -visit Hardware store along with Lowes and Home Depot ....many more gotta run Last edited by BigGameHit; 03-09-2010 at 02:48 PM.

03-10-2010, 10:17 AM	#2
ajcdrift Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2	- JB Kwik'ed a leaking part (at a ProAm qualifier) - Random drives for parts - Pulled all-nighter to fix car, ended up driving quite a ways to borrow my friend's car for the event - Sat out for large portions of events while trying to diag and fix car troubles - Zip-tied bags of ice to my radiator and intercooler and poured cold water through them after each run, cut a big hole in my hood with an angle grinder and bought flex-a-lites from Forrest Wang, then continued to run at 125C in order to qualify then tandem at the Vegas ProAm qualifier. - Missed many things in order to drive in events During my street days: - Yanked a smashed rear end back out with a chain and the same telephone pole I crashed into, nearly getting whiplash in the process - Searched Google Earth for potential places to drift - Drove for hours looking for good places to drift - Came back after gtfo to take a ticket for a friend who would have been arrested There is definitely more I'm not thinking of atm. This should be a fun thread to read! Andrew Coomes ajcdrift.com Last edited by ajcdrift; 03-10-2010 at 12:53 PM. Reason: redundancy removal

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03-10-2010, 10:40 AM	#3
Slapshotnerd Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,919	Keep it on the track. street drifting is a crime.

03-22-2010, 10:58 AM	#4
Dori Star humping hachiroku's! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: So Cal Posts: 473	boo jacob, always gotta kill everything.. hahahah 1. used a styrafoam chinese food container as a cone marker (brando, you still owe me for what you ran over) 2. using rope around your tow hook to pull another car out of a ditch 3. ziptied pieces of bumpers back together just to get you home 4. pawn for parts 5. ziptying suspension components just to get you home.. hahha

04-15-2010, 11:37 AM	#5
driftnutz Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 33	Well I'm a noob to the full on drifting culture so watch this space! Although I have travelled serious milage and missed big family + friends events to try and capture drift action through my very own lense. not to mention I'm gonna be travelling from the uk - melbourne fl then drive upto ATL for round 2 at road! I am seriously hooked. 1 saturday I drove 2.5 hours one way to watch D1GP japan vs UK then did it all over again on the very next day as I didnt do my homework to know that it was a 2 day event. + sold my pride and joy bling bling Mercedes (full chrome engine) to buy me a s14a Silvia 200sx