DRIFTING in your RX-8
06-30-2004, 11:16 PM
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DRIFTING in your RX-8
Drifting is my passion. iv participated in a few clinics and feel good about my improvement over the last 7 months. as you may know our car is a little snap happy when you really try to get it to rotate. lightning fast counterstear and steady throttle is a must for a good drifting exit. im very interested in hearing any other words of wisdom or see any picks of an 8 slideways. i hope there are more 8 owners who share my interests.......
07-01-2004, 09:20 AM
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Well, to be honest with you I love my car a little more than that. I'll run it on a drag strip, but doing donuts... The car was meant to drive straight (maybe not that hard), but is wasn't made to sit there and do donuts. Thats just my opinion and I'm sure someone will choose to argue
07-01-2004, 07:34 PM
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i assure you my car does anything but "sit there". if you pride yourself on being able to make your car go in a straight line, thats cool....i guess. instead of speed shifting and thrashing your gearbox why dont you try a more advanced move like a heal toe or even a down shift every once and awhile. our car was meant to be a track (road course) car not a 1/4 mile monster. you should have bought a mustang......jk
07-01-2004, 07:59 PM
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I haven't done any real drifting except wet autoXing at rotary revolution 
Unfortunately no photos... but when the DVD of the event comes out I should have some video! No, I wasn't going for time on those runs... :p
This car is a blast to get sideways.
Unfortunately no photos... but when the DVD of the event comes out I should have some video! No, I wasn't going for time on those runs... :pThis car is a blast to get sideways.
07-01-2004, 08:14 PM
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i want to see the video! there are some picks of my car at jzdigital.com from the falken thing a few months ago. if they are still there:/ has anyone seen the JIC car in action? his motor blew a few days before formula D!!!!! i was unable to find out why...
07-02-2004, 01:16 AM
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how easy is it to get the car to kick out? i can do it really easily on my friend's rx-7 drift setup, but i haven't had the time to try it out with the 8 in an empty parking lot yet....the only place where i go to drift is on a mountain road, so i want to try it out first in a safe, controlled environment. so how easy is it to kick out? roughly how fast is everyone going?
07-02-2004, 01:47 AM
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the best way is by shift locking in 2nd. you will be going about 45-55 mph when you turn in and then let the clutch out without rev matching in 2nd gear. if i was you i would practic alot in the parking lot and be very fast with your counter stear!!!! also, stay in the gas ( about 6000 to 7800 revs ) our car has alot of camber in the rear that makes it hard to controle a power over drift or a braking drift. the other good way is to kick the clutch in a turn. if your comeing out of a turn and right into another, just push the clutch in without letting of the gas (for about 1-1.5 sec) then releas the clutch. the back will step out slower than the shift lock.
07-02-2004, 01:54 AM
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my big prob at the falken clinic was plowing
if you charg in to fast and cut the weal to sharp, the fronts will hop up and push right threw the turn!!!!!!! swing the car away from the turn then back into the turn to get the body role to work in your favor. i kept loosing it all the way around because my counter stear was to slow and not enough angel for the front to have a good line to track.
if you charg in to fast and cut the weal to sharp, the fronts will hop up and push right threw the turn!!!!!!! swing the car away from the turn then back into the turn to get the body role to work in your favor. i kept loosing it all the way around because my counter stear was to slow and not enough angel for the front to have a good line to track.
07-02-2004, 02:05 AM
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the 7's are very easy to play with in terms of drifting. the 8 is setup for grip from the factory. im working on finding some 9 or 91/2 wide rims for the front so i will have enough grip to jerk the car around any turn. in a 7(most) all you have to do is enter the turn and hamer it but with the 8 it seams like you have to make it do everything. do you have the drift bible? the practice section of the dvd is real cool. hall *** in 1st, cut the weal, pull the e-brake and dump the clutch..........now thats fun!
07-02-2004, 02:17 AM
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another thing.....you may want to take out your abs fuse befor hand. something about the sinsors that confusses them when the weals go from turning forward to backwards all of a sudden. the car doesnt want to stop for a few sec.!!! not good if your close to a wall or something.
07-02-2004, 09:56 PM
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Hey, Mspeed...I attended the DGtrials drift event at Englisghtown NJ last Wed.
I just swapped the rear tires for a pair of FD 16X8 rims with some used 205-50-16 Goodyear hp's. It looked retarded but it drifted very well. The car has a soft floaty suspension, controls are a little sluggish, and the body takes a while to take a set, but once it was sideways it was very easy to keep sideways. I am very happy with the performance, it was my 1st real attempt at drifting in the RX8. I used to drift an AE86 Corolla with a real good suspension, the Corolla was twitchy and hard to keep sideways, so compared to it, the RX8 is soft but much more stable. I am going to drift it again this month, I can't wait.
I just swapped the rear tires for a pair of FD 16X8 rims with some used 205-50-16 Goodyear hp's. It looked retarded but it drifted very well. The car has a soft floaty suspension, controls are a little sluggish, and the body takes a while to take a set, but once it was sideways it was very easy to keep sideways. I am very happy with the performance, it was my 1st real attempt at drifting in the RX8. I used to drift an AE86 Corolla with a real good suspension, the Corolla was twitchy and hard to keep sideways, so compared to it, the RX8 is soft but much more stable. I am going to drift it again this month, I can't wait.
07-03-2004, 01:36 AM
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im trying to make a good video of my car sliding around, but it might take a week or two before im able to get it on here i wish i was a little more computer literat but o well.
i wish i was a little more computer literat but o well.
07-03-2004, 10:33 AM
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Originally posted by mspeed11
was it easy to power over with those tires or what? how did you get it to rotate? tell me more!!!!!
was it easy to power over with those tires or what? how did you get it to rotate? tell me more!!!!!
It was very easy to to power over with those junk tires....
07-03-2004, 04:49 PM
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Actualy I'm going to go with the full Racing Beat Suspension package to start with...it's cheap, and it shouldn't totaly degrade the car's nice ride. When I can afford another nice daily driver I'll go wild with coil-overs and stiffer bushings and stuff.....
07-03-2004, 06:45 PM
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Originally posted by mspeed11
im trying to make a good video of my car sliding around, but it might take a week or two before im able to get it on here i wish i was a little more computer literat but o well.
im trying to make a good video of my car sliding around, but it might take a week or two before im able to get it on here
i wish i was a little more computer literat but o well.
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Originally posted by mspeed11
the 7's are very easy to play with in terms of drifting. the 8 is setup for grip from the factory. im working on finding some 9 or 91/2 wide rims for the front so i will have enough grip to jerk the car around any turn. in a 7(most) all you have to do is enter the turn and hamer it but with the 8 it seams like you have to make it do everything. do you have the drift bible? the practice section of the dvd is real cool. hall *** in 1st, cut the weal, pull the e-brake and dump the clutch..........now thats fun!
the 7's are very easy to play with in terms of drifting. the 8 is setup for grip from the factory. im working on finding some 9 or 91/2 wide rims for the front so i will have enough grip to jerk the car around any turn. in a 7(most) all you have to do is enter the turn and hamer it but with the 8 it seams like you have to make it do everything. do you have the drift bible? the practice section of the dvd is real cool. hall *** in 1st, cut the weal, pull the e-brake and dump the clutch..........now thats fun!
07-05-2004, 08:37 PM
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good things good things. . . . is any one else in the austin area? does anyone have drifting stories to share or a video of an 8 doing something other than drive in a straight line that they can post. im so very interested to hear anything about anything!!!!
07-06-2004, 03:03 AM
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why is it that some people come out of no were with "I HAT DRIFTING....ITS NOT A SPORT!!!!!" . . . . . .ok then what is it? and why are you so hostel about it? i have come to the conclusion that most people that "HATE" drifting is probably due to the fact that the only time they tried it they hit something. why else would a owner of an RX8 have so much contempt for the sport of drifting....yes i called it a sport! and if a panel of judges is good enough for the Olympics why is it not for a car related event? just some thoughts.......
07-06-2004, 11:25 PM
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i just venting from an earlier altercation. im good at altercations...ok experienced, to say the least. "Shelly's man" was expresses his utter contempt for drifting and the drivers in another post at the lounge or some ware. o well
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Originally posted by mspeed11
i just venting from an earlier altercation. im good at altercations...ok experienced, to say the least. "Shelly's man" was expresses his utter contempt for drifting and the drivers in another post at the lounge or some ware. o well
i just venting from an earlier altercation. im good at altercations...ok experienced, to say the least. "Shelly's man" was expresses his utter contempt for drifting and the drivers in another post at the lounge or some ware. o well