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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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Car stalled after drift

Hey guys...let me just say I'm not a pro drifter, nor do I try to be. I just like to have fun. I was driving tonight and figured hey, its raining out so why not try to drift the 8 around this corner. I ripped the e-brake, hit the throttle and I kind of lost control so I spun out (noob! haha). I noticed after I did my 360, the car stalled.

WHy did this happen?
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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Cuz you just fucked ur car up.

what else could it be ?

lessons learned. and try to stop watching 2f2f related movies.
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 10:39 PM
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lol thanks for the honest answer....i wonder what caused the stall though. I'm thinking it's because when I did the 360, the car went in reverse a little
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 10:43 PM
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lmao you turned the wheel the wrong way bro.
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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haha yeah i know man...i panicked like a little bitch when i started losing control hahaha
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 11:52 PM
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no worries, i bent my rim doing the same, slid right into a curb on a rainy day.
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 11:57 PM
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Often the ESS gets confused...and the ECU shuts the car off to protect the motor...it doesn't like seeing the E shaft rotating the wrong way
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 12:32 AM
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Something tells me that in 5 years there are going to be a lit less RX8's on the road.
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by JantzenRX-8
Something tells me that in 5 years there are going to be a lit less RX8's on the road.
One can only hope.
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 06:50 AM
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Originally Posted by JantzenRX-8
Something tells me that in 5 years there are going to be a lit less RX8's on the road.
is that a good thing or bad thing

good thing is --- car's value might go up ?

bad thing is --- lots of them got ruined by morons ?
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 07:49 AM
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 08:11 AM
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haha that's a classic picture. Look I'm not a moron who races my car at every stop light or tries to do donuts in the middle of the street. I love my 8 and I just tried something fun. I won't be doing it again. I love my car too much lol
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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e brake for a rear wheel drive car that doesnt make sense ,

use your feet and keep your hands on the wheel its not fwd you dont need to use the ebrake

practice on the foot work
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 01:31 PM
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LOL @ dills... that pic is hillarious!!
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JantzenRX-8
Something tells me that in 5 years there are going to be a lit less RX8's on the road.
yeaaah... they'll probably go the way of the 240 and 280 z's.
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by nx04
e brake for a rear wheel drive car that doesnt make sense ,

use your feet and keep your hands on the wheel its not fwd you dont need to use the ebrake

practice on the foot work
Why does that not make sense??? Its not like you can Power over on a RX-8 with ~150 Ft-lbs. of torque...
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by dannobre
Often the ESS gets confused...and the ECU shuts the car off to protect the motor...it doesn't like seeing the E shaft rotating the wrong way
^this


please stop trying to drift an automatic. That's just dumb.
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by WTBRotary!
Why does that not make sense??? Its not like you can Power over on a RX-8 with ~150 Ft-lbs. of torque...
if you know what to do you can get that car side ways so easy
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 03:12 PM
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Maybe not a moron for trying to have a little fun, but definitely for starting this thread. Why did it stall? Common-******-sense.


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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by WTBRotary!
Why does that not make sense??? Its not like you can Power over on a RX-8 with ~150 Ft-lbs. of torque...
clutch kick
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 04:06 PM
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^ WHAT CLUTCH??
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 04:15 PM
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^ hahaha auto haha

i use the ebrake in my moms van to get sideways
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 04:16 PM
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Tray drifting ftw!
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Maybe you should have read the thread
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by nx04
if you know what to do you can get that car side ways so easy
Originally Posted by Lord ET
clutch kick

Yes yes I know these but obviously he has a Auto because when I had my auto the same thing happened to me... lol
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