Looks savage man can't wait to see it in action
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Looks savage man can't wait to see it in action
cage looks real well.
so does the rest of the car, good stuff greg!
The hard parking will be awesome. Not to sure how the track action will go. :)Quote:
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Cheers Kev. Grab the gang and session in Mantra on the Saturday night. :afro:Quote:
Originally Posted by kev.skyline
So..... my first event went well. Did the practice day on the Friday which helped get the first briefing and attempt at the track nerves out of the way before the nerves of the competition aspect kicked in on the Saturday. :D I managed to link the track which was my main goal for the weekend, had a couple of spins, did a bit of twinning, realised the track wasn't as scary as I thought it would have been and generally got settled into the whole PD event atmosphere.
Getting stickered up with my sponsor sticker and PD stickers..
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Some action pics from Friday..
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Qualifying on Saturday was a bit of a mess. Derk had trouble getting a tyre onto one of my 10j's because unbeknownst to him the tyre was fucked, so I had to run with whatever seconds were on my 7j's. Unfortunately they were fucked, and my first qualifying run was basically a sighting lap, which I didn't spin on, but fuck me, I was all over the place. The second run went a bit better after I let a shit load of air out of the tyres, and even with delamination occurring I got a solid run in and managed to qualify in 42nd place in the ama/semi pro category, and 15th in ama, which netted me 2 championship points. :D
A couple of shots from qualifying...
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As a part of Team Drift Shed, we had decided on Friday that we would do the team drift if it was on, luckily it was, and we got the chance to drive in the big show on the Sunday. So, at my first ever PD event I was throwing myself into a drift train with a "it'll be grand" attitude, and had a fucking ball. :D I spun on the two qualifying laps and fucked it up for the lads, but... it was amazing, no stress or pressure, just get out there, drive like stink with three mates, and run a few walls. :afro:
Team drift shots...
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And one hard parking shot... because I'm still a hard parker at heart...
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What I learnt at the weekend was that, basically, the car is too low, too big, too heavy, I need decent tyres, alignment wouldn't hurt, and the stupid amount of camber on the rear doesnt aid grip levels whatsoever. I don't really care though because the car looked cool and the whole event was amazing. I'll throw up a few videos once I get them uploaded. Crap, that turned out to be quite a long post, sorry about that.
Oh, a big shout out to everybody that helped out the weekend, I'd have been lost without you. And a big shout out to all the media who came out and gave the ama and semi pro guys some attention, we all love it. Cheers.
Cool snaps Greg some smoke machine!!
I have to admit this is one my favorite car's on di. from polished cruiser to battle scared drift machine it just looks so awesome in the flesh
Is there enough clearence arch wise to get the rear camber to 0 degrees for even wear?? I know nothing about geometry setup so this could be a completely wrong way for setting up a car.
There is no clearance, the arches are taking a hammering as it is and that's running 225/40's.
Thanks for the comments. :)
You may get some subtle overfenders (dont go to mad on them) Jun style is nice and get the camber sorted, From my experience a well set up suspension is as good as 50+bhp!! IMO, nothing as bad as a front sliding all over the place or shocks been to soft and bouncing and hopping round on ya,Quote:
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Hahaha for example this is ridiculous but so good at the same time :)
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Haha it is functionally ridiculous but aesthetically it is sex! Came over for a snoop round her on the Sunday, the car has serious presence. And as the lads say it's cool to see I car that's been through all the stages from cruising and hard parking to running the wall. Fair play Greg.