You know you're in Texas when...

spock · 04-11-2004, 01:56 PM

(Tsunami's gonna love this) You know you're in Texas when a rusted-out El Camino kicks everyone's arse at Drift Showoff.

banged240_drift · 04-11-2004, 08:57 PM

was that in houston?
i couldent go

CrazyHawaiian · 04-11-2004, 09:08 PM

HEHEHEH!!! SWEET!!!

REVLIMIT · 04-11-2004, 10:13 PM

Haha...I wish my car was tuned right when Drift Showoff was down here

stupid *Censored**Censored**Censored* drop spindles...does that El Camino have any suspension though? I would think a El Camino woudl roll a whole lot more then that.

04-13-2004, 06:18 AM

el caminos roll a lot well i guess anything would with the air bags and shocks blown out. thats funny shi tthough

soultron · 04-13-2004, 08:47 AM

good god.
what a beastly idea. with a little fiberglass in the front
and some suspension work, that thing could haul.

and you could move alot of extra tires with it.

Tsunami · 04-13-2004, 02:10 PM

Tschuyia Says: You've just been OWNED by an EL CAMINO!!

LoveMyGTS · 04-16-2004, 07:51 AM

Actually, he had some suspension work done to it and engine work, he comes to our texas drift events regularly.
Here is a pic of mine.

04-16-2004, 08:46 AM

no... i wanna see the perdy el cochina again!

DailyDrifter · 04-19-2004, 10:07 AM

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Originally posted by chrisfromda909
no... i wanna see the perdy el cochina again!

Yea the Elky rocked!!
http://www.tamscc.org/vids/grind101_.../domestics.zip

Inside
http://www.tamscc.org/vids/grind101_.../el_camino.zip

CrazyHawaiian · 04-19-2004, 12:54 PM

Cool to see more domestics out there drifting. Wish I could get ahold of those guys and let them know about the club.

Tsunami · 04-19-2004, 01:30 PM

It's really cool to see more domestics get out there and pound the pavement. (I would if I had the $$). He'd have to be pretty good to overcome all that understeer and low power. Somebody said it was modified. I wonder what he did to it.

Btw CH what do you mean by "the club?"

DailyDrifter · 04-19-2004, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CrazyHawaiian
Cool to see more domestics out there drifting. Wish I could get ahold of those guys and let them know about the club.

They're on my DailyDrifter/ Grind events staff. I'll have them shoot you a note.

The elky has a modded 350 and suspension work. It's not a ragged out El camino. It looks like it but, its pretty well setup. They run SCCA in it as well.

CrazyHawaiian · 04-19-2004, 11:20 PM

Power//slideways is actually a club for people that drift us domestic cars. Its not just for us Hawaii guys or anything. I started the club in hopes of getting everyone across the USA interested in drifting domestic cars to share info, and let the world know about what we are doing. We would like to see more people join (inc you!). Its free and you dont have to do anything (no meets, etc). More of just an informational club I guess. People can put up profiles and hopefully get their names known for sponsorship oppurtunities and stuff. I figgured since quite a few people were under the impression that drifting domestic cars is impossible or dumb (just stuff I read online), it would be good for people that are into it to have some support. Make them feel better knowing that other people think its cool too, and its deinately possible.

DailyDrifter, thank you very much! Watching that video of the domestics drifting at your events really hyped me up!! Good stuff!!!

DailyDrifter · 04-20-2004, 07:38 AM

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DailyDrifter, thank you very much! Watching that video of the domestics drifting at your events really hyped me up!! Good stuff!!! [/B]

No problem dude. This Texas so you're gonna see some Domestics at our event. go to our site and check out the event photos. There's always a handfull of domwestics. Heck two of the top 3 were domestics. Elky and the Z06. We have a few camaros your body style and some firebirds.

hachiroku-fc3s · 04-20-2004, 11:07 AM

Firebirds??? I hadnt seen any of those. Got any pics??

DailyDrifter · 04-20-2004, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hachiroku-fc3s
Firebirds??? I hadnt seen any of those. Got any pics??

let me see if I can dig some up. I'm not talking about the Smokey and the Bandit Firebird. Like the new Trans-am/ Firebird.

Let me see if we got any pix of them.

hachiroku-fc3s · 04-20-2004, 05:33 PM

Yeah yeah. That's cool. Just hadn't seen any firebirds in the mix. Seen camaroes, just not 'birds. Wanna see it.

REVLIMIT · 04-20-2004, 05:50 PM

Hmmm...did the El Camino do any better then the footage thats in that video? I'm just wondering...I'm not trying to talk *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* or anything...but if he won that event....then....man......I dono....

spock · 04-20-2004, 05:51 PM

I got some pretty good footage on video. If you can show me a place that will host it I'll show you.

nissanguy_24 · 04-20-2004, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by REVLIMIT
Hmmm...did the El Camino do any better then the footage thats in that video? I'm just wondering...I'm not trying to talk *Censored**Censored**Censored**Censored* or anything...but if he won that event....then....man......I dono....

Well you Hawaiian resident guys, who may or may not be of native hawaiian orgin, or even possible mixed orgin, (trying not to offend anybody) Have probably the most advanced drift scene in America.

And i doubt the Texas scene is very advanced in general. So it will probably not look great to you. Not trying to put down my texas drifting brothers, its just the brakes, way out there, there are probably not many drifters in general. In a few years though things will change.

drz · 04-26-2004, 02:26 PM

True none of the competitors at the Texas Drift Showoff aren't world class by any means, but the event did collect some of the best drifters in the region. The vids previously posted (Domestics/El Camino in car) were taken at the first drift event I drove the El Camino, but I improved greatly at the Drift Showoff. I still have a ways to go, but I did much better at the competition than I had expected to.

Here's a vid of the top 4 finalists in the drift competition and their respective runs:
Texas Drift Showoff - top 4 finalists
The video is 36MB and zipped to prevent streeming.

Many thanks to James Evans for letting me rag on his El Camino for the weekend.

We have an event highlights vid coming in the next couple days with some really great footage from the event. Keep an eye out!

nissanguy_24 · 04-26-2004, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by drz
True none of the competitors at the Texas Drift Showoff aren't world class by any means, but the event did collect some of the best drifters in the region. The vids previously posted (Domestics/El Camino in car) were taken at the first drift event I drove the El Camino, but I improved greatly at the Drift Showoff. I still have a ways to go, but I did much better at the competition than I had expected to.

Here's a vid of the top 4 finalists in the drift competition and their respective runs:
Texas Drift Showoff - top 4 finalists
The video is 36MB and zipped to prevent streeming.

Many thanks to James Evans for letting me rag on his El Camino for the weekend.

We have an event highlights vid coming in the next couple days with some really great footage from the event. Keep an eye out!

Thanks for the clarification, And congradulations. If you can do that in an el camino you must be very talented.

Tsukai240 · 04-27-2004, 11:50 AM

it was pretty amazing seeing that thing out there. i just posted a new thread about it entitled truck drifting!?!?!?!?

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04-11-2004, 08:57 PM	#2
banged240_drift Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: dallas/ft.worth Posts: 260	was that in houston? i couldent go

04-11-2004, 09:08 PM	#3
CrazyHawaiian Sample One Time!! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Hawaii Posts: 1,276	HEHEHEH!!! SWEET!!!

04-11-2004, 10:13 PM	#4
REVLIMIT The camaro drifter guy Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Waipio Gentry, Hawaii Posts: 233	Haha...I wish my car was tuned right when Drift Showoff was down here stupid CensoredCensoredCensored drop spindles...does that El Camino have any suspension though? I would think a El Camino woudl roll a whole lot more then that.

04-13-2004, 06:18 AM	#5
chrisfromda909 Guest Posts: n/a	el caminos roll a lot well i guess anything would with the air bags and shocks blown out. thats funny shi tthough

04-13-2004, 08:47 AM	#6
soultron Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The Willy NC. Posts: 1,059	good god. what a beastly idea. with a little fiberglass in the front and some suspension work, that thing could haul. and you could move alot of extra tires with it.

04-13-2004, 02:10 PM	#7
Tsunami Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 670	Tschuyia Says: You've just been OWNED by an EL CAMINO!!

04-16-2004, 07:51 AM	#8
LoveMyGTS Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Mongolia Posts: 42	Actually, he had some suspension work done to it and engine work, he comes to our texas drift events regularly. Here is a pic of mine.

04-16-2004, 08:46 AM	#9
chrisfromda909 Guest Posts: n/a	no... i wanna see the perdy el cochina again!

04-19-2004, 12:54 PM	#11
CrazyHawaiian Sample One Time!! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Hawaii Posts: 1,276	Cool to see more domestics out there drifting. Wish I could get ahold of those guys and let them know about the club.

04-19-2004, 01:30 PM	#12
Tsunami Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 670	It's really cool to see more domestics get out there and pound the pavement. (I would if I had the $$). He'd have to be pretty good to overcome all that understeer and low power. Somebody said it was modified. I wonder what he did to it. Btw CH what do you mean by "the club?"

04-19-2004, 11:20 PM	#14
CrazyHawaiian Sample One Time!! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Hawaii Posts: 1,276	Power//slideways is actually a club for people that drift us domestic cars. Its not just for us Hawaii guys or anything. I started the club in hopes of getting everyone across the USA interested in drifting domestic cars to share info, and let the world know about what we are doing. We would like to see more people join (inc you!). Its free and you dont have to do anything (no meets, etc). More of just an informational club I guess. People can put up profiles and hopefully get their names known for sponsorship oppurtunities and stuff. I figgured since quite a few people were under the impression that drifting domestic cars is impossible or dumb (just stuff I read online), it would be good for people that are into it to have some support. Make them feel better knowing that other people think its cool too, and its deinately possible. DailyDrifter, thank you very much! Watching that video of the domestics drifting at your events really hyped me up!! Good stuff!!!

04-20-2004, 11:07 AM	#16
hachiroku-fc3s Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: D/FW TX Posts: 549	Firebirds??? I hadnt seen any of those. Got any pics??

04-20-2004, 05:33 PM	#18
hachiroku-fc3s Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: D/FW TX Posts: 549	Yeah yeah. That's cool. Just hadn't seen any firebirds in the mix. Seen camaroes, just not 'birds. Wanna see it.

04-20-2004, 05:50 PM	#19
REVLIMIT The camaro drifter guy Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Waipio Gentry, Hawaii Posts: 233	Hmmm...did the El Camino do any better then the footage thats in that video? I'm just wondering...I'm not trying to talk CensoredCensoredCensoredCensored or anything...but if he won that event....then....man......I dono....

04-20-2004, 05:51 PM	#20
spock _\\// Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: DFW Posts: 574	I got some pretty good footage on video. If you can show me a place that will host it I'll show you.

04-26-2004, 02:26 PM	#22
drz Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 33	True none of the competitors at the Texas Drift Showoff aren't world class by any means, but the event did collect some of the best drifters in the region. The vids previously posted (Domestics/El Camino in car) were taken at the first drift event I drove the El Camino, but I improved greatly at the Drift Showoff. I still have a ways to go, but I did much better at the competition than I had expected to. Here's a vid of the top 4 finalists in the drift competition and their respective runs: Texas Drift Showoff - top 4 finalists The video is 36MB and zipped to prevent streeming. Many thanks to James Evans for letting me rag on his El Camino for the weekend. We have an event highlights vid coming in the next couple days with some really great footage from the event. Keep an eye out!

04-27-2004, 11:50 AM	#24
Tsukai240 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: houston Posts: 30	it was pretty amazing seeing that thing out there. i just posted a new thread about it entitled truck drifting!?!?!?!?