SOON, I HOPE! do you by any chance want to film something to put on here? something short and simple. Oh ya, did you go to the texasrxs thing tonight?

What kind of film did you have in mind? I didnt get a chance to goto the texasrxs tonight b/c i was busy. I have only been on one of their "unofficial" drives in the hills. It was nice...:cool:

i dont know really.....something in a parking lot and not very long. i have some home made exhuast on my car and i would like for every one to have a chance to hear it!!!!! i think the video should be of us throwing the cars into doenuts from about 25 or 30 mph. ill steal some cones from someplace if i need to:D do you have a camera or should i get my brothers from him? I think he has a trypod too. we should meet....

Nice to see some other Austin guys here. Former prez of the Texas RXs club here. I still make it down for some of the events.

I didn't see an answer to the question, but where did you do these drifting clinics, mspeed11? Dallas? Houston?

the clinics were held at gulf grayhound 1/2 way to galveston. ther is also a small oval and 1/8 drag opend to the public for $25 on thursday nights. the oval is fun to drift. the way they set it up is really cool. you stage at the start of the first straight and go almost all the way around the track befor you slide off the banked turn down into the mid feild threw the shakane and out up onto the banked turn and around to the stageing area. for the life of me i cant remember the name of the park but they are located off the belt way north east side. they even keep the lights on till about 2 or 3! how cool is that? i got to go to the formula D thing at reliant areana. the mopar viper is awsome!!! so you like to drift?

I have never tried it, but it looks fun. hmm....RE040's are expensive though... :D
I would like to go watch sometime. Maybe one weekend if I can find out the schedule. :)

Are you going to the Texas RXs drive on this coming sunday (18th)? I am trying to decide between that or autocrossing the new 8.

i think im in love....jk wow your awesome. i have to work sat and sun till seven:( i have some trash tiers that just need rims if you want to practice hehehehe im such a sucker for a girl in a mazda. you do allot of autocrossing in your miata. i bet you can drive your ass off cant you. i bet you drive better than your husband don't you????

Ive been to that drift event in houston. Although i didnt drift the 8, there were lotta 240s there...I believe that the park is called Houston Speedway (http://www.houstonspeedway.com/).

your the man! im so pumped! i just ordered K&N(silver), racing beat front and rear sway, mazda trix front drilled and slotted rotors, hawk blue pads front and rear, steal brake lines and weal extintions for the front. now all i need is my dif and some coilovers!!!! bru ha ha ha well i guess i will need more but this is good for now whats up with you takahashi? im off on friday if you want to do something. i think i would rather do the video after i get my car in the air for a day or two. i have a creeeeeeking noise coming from under the the driver front that needs to be looked at. :mad: hit me back

i have tried to do a donut and a burnout with my auto rx-8 but its impossible so i gave up lol

you probably should try it when the ground is wet. Just cut the wheal and slowly push on the gas until you feel the ass start to come out, then floor it. Keep the wheel turned all the way until the rear tiers get up to speed.....why did you get the auto?? my Xwife wanted an auto. . . notice i said X :D its cool though, when you get your turbo youll never have to take your hands off the wheal :p you might even try to pull the Ebrake from about 15 or 20 mph but make sure you cut the wheal a good amount before you yank that bad boy and when you start sliding mash the hell out of the gas.

I bet mazdaspeedgirl is having fun today. i wish i was having fun with mazdaspeedgirl.....in our cars of course :D sorry i could not resist

yea i'm sure it will be easier once F/I is put into the picture. the more hp to the wheels for a rear wheel drive car, the easier

i found the mazdatrix drifting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.mazdatrix.com/8movies/rx8drifting.mpg
this is great. . . no body role

Oh man.......i installed my k&n intake today:D that with the straight pipe exhaust sounds sooooooooo good!!!! sway bars and brakes are tomoroe bru ha ha ha

nice nice...cant wait to see em...post pictures if u can...btw check ur PM

thanx......i wish i hade a dig cam:( hay if you wont your car washed(good) call me. i work at H2O during the day. we will make it look real good!

since ive had my 8 i have played with alot of suspension setups, "i've heard" that coilovers, bigger front strut/sway bar and rear tower bar with no or factory sway bar only works very well to drift, be sure to hold down your traction control button for 10 seconds untill you see the dsc and traction control light turn on. hammer the gas, turn hard, pull ebrake, dump the clutch....then go buy new tires pending on aggresivness. a smaller skinnier tire in the rear is nice to practice with, they are cheap and much much easier to learn on since you can break them loose without much skill. oh yeah cheap frs radios are nice too so your pals can watch for the authority's while you practice, this way they can radio you to get lost before you get caught in someones parking lot " so iv'e heard"

cool cool.....iv gotn the sway bars and some cut springs and it handels great!!! the sway bars are soooooo worth the $. and that with a 2+" drop makes everything gravy. but now i need much more speed to sling it around due to the lack of body role. I do think brakes should be in the top three mods people should do for drifting. mine went out in 25k :( but i guess its a good thing because the slotted rotars are awsome!!! my next mod is a 2way dif :D that will make the most diferance to any drift car. just turning the weal will brake the back loose. and by the way, i know this is of topic but, me and a sweet s2000 did a 70mph stomp on the free way. his car was tuned well (all i saw was the big ass exhaust hanging out the back, cf hood, and 19" rims) he pulled about a foot on me till he hit the rev limit and i jumped a good car length ahead because i still had about 1200rps left in 4th. our car is geared just right for that race. my shift to 5th was perfect, and that was all she wrote .... i spanked his ass!!!!!! :cool:
i cant wait to launch aginst a s2000

keep the drift stuff coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still don't think drifting is a real sport.

https://www.rx8club.com/general-automotive-49/drifting-annoying-33194/

It's a driving technique.

Anyway, I think the RX-8 is an awesome candidate for drifting. The chassis/suspension should be a bit stiffer though. Demon camber baby :D!

actually camber in the rear is not so good for drifting........front needs it, but the rear barely needs any for a easy to rotate car. i really dont know why you are so against drifting being called a sport. every event at the Olympics is referred to ass a sport and almost all are judged!!!! but i really dont care now.....i do care what shelley thinks about it though :D

"almost all"?? Think again - most events at the Olympics are timed, not judged. Yeah, you've got figure skating, gymnastics, synchronized swimming, freestyle skiing - those are judged. So drifting is a sport just like figure skating is a sport, if you insist. Drag racing, autocrossing, road racing - those are timed automotive sports competitions.

I've got nothing against drifting - hell, I grew up drifting, driving big RWD cars in Manitoba winters, with snow covered roads for 5 months of the year! :D But it's entertainment more than a sport. You realize, of course, that the above judged "sports" are all controversial in the Olympic movement, with many people wanting to throw them out of the Olympics because they're judged?!

Regards,
Gordon

well thats really nice but i dont think any people that go to a drifting event go home saying "damn thoughts judges". your right "enjoyment".....thats what its all about. my brother drove a 1/8 mile car in high school and i can tell you that 80% of the time we went to the drag strip ( with was very $$$ and time consuming in terms of vehicle prep ) ended in disaster and disappointment. im not knocking anything or proclaiming drifting as the best "sport" ever. but i do think everyone that practices to be better than another is in some way participating in a sport! stick that in your pipe and smoke it:D sorry about that i couldn't resist. but everyone is entitled to there opinion. i ask you how would you feel if you worked really hard to be good at something,and be ranked in the state you live in just so you would be able to compete for a title....what if you won that title.........and someone looked you in the eye and said your passion is not even a sport????????? personally i could give a $#!% what people call it ...... just as long as people dont try to stop me from doing what ever it is people think im doing.

you talk alot mspeed11.... mostly to urself haha just an observation... this argument can go on forever... its like golf... is golf a sport? depends who you ask. Drifiting is cool and all and i cant decide whether or not if it is a sport... i think its more of a technique than a sport though... i mean you drift to go around a corner without slowing down... you use drifting in touge's and rally races... you DRIFT in those sports... but drifiting i guess yah is just a technique. Its like saying dribbling the basketball in all different sort of ways is a sport.... its not its just a technique you can use when you play basketball...

on the other hand, taking the bball example a step further, streetball is considered a totally different sport from basketball.