p-locc25

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just wondering if ne one ever drifted their f-body's. im in iraq, been gone for a year and right before i left, i was looking at the d-1 competition, is it real hard to drift with these cars?

mattkimsey

Didn't a Mustang and GTO win the D-1 Championship the last couple years? If a Mustang can drift, why not an fbody....

It's kinda funny that American cars win in drifting too (Viper, GTO, Mustang, Solstice etc)

s10blaza

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granted its not a 4th gen but you didn't specify

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...53660645&hl=en

SpaZMaN

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oh wow....thats awsome..lol

p-locc25

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an f-body is an f-body right?

Hersker Hans

i think it might be ok, ive drifted a few different cars now, check out www.driftfun.com pics and vids of me and my mates drifting various cars, im driving the 350hp 1975 BMW 5 series .

Turning radius is important.

Park somewhere, mark in the asfalt where youre left rear tire is, or park on a line, turn hard to the left until you stand 180 degree the other way, and measure how far away youre rear tire is. we measured a Volvo 240, 5.3 meter, great turning radius! my 1986 Mercedes w124 300 has 5.7meters, also good, might be just as good as the volvo but the car is longer, but the Camaro shouldnt be longer than any of these cars, so if you get a number above 6m or something, you should do something with the turn radius. Its really annoying to spin because of bad turn radius. Of course there are lots of other things that are important for a drift car. The LS1 engine is great for it! thats for sure

300bhp/ton

Well one Australian

300bhp/ton

Why not, pretty much any car can be used to powerslide or drift in, providing the driver is good enough. It's all about setup.

Personally I don't agree with how most of the cars are setup or driven. Each year AUtocar magazine holds a sideways challenge (been going since before drifting became popular). And nowadays you get a whole host of "drift club" entrants.

They always do really well in the 1st round using their own car, but as soon as they are put in a regualr car they all pretty much bum out.

So yes an Fbody can be made to drift, a manual would probably be better than an auto. And setting up the chassis and suspension would help.

If it was me I'd choose a light weight car with a simple rwd layout, narrow hard tyres and just enough power n/a. You really should need loads of power. But so many of these muppets slams the cars and put grippy wide tyres on them - just makes it difficult IMO.

This would be my choice of sideways car:


Ford Mk1 Escort (Mk2 would be fine also). These things go sideways at a mere thought and if you have ever watched any 1970's rallying you'll know what I mean. Not sure what would be a good equiervlent in the US though.

Oh yeah, an LSD is definatley required.

g-ryde1

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have u seen Falken Racing Team's camaro. Its a beauty. Go to Yahoo Images and type in Falken Drift camaro, a few pics. its nice to see in action with the rest of the falken cars.

traction camaro

12secSS

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We have try this at Willow Springs Raceway, chances are we will do it again. One thing, you need beater tires because you will rip them apart. Here are a couple of pictures of my wife drifting my 2001 Camaro SS:











Plus a little .mov file of skip pad driftingthis is how they can teach you to hold a drift vs. power sliding. Skid Pad video

g-ryde1

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nice but look at that body roll. would definitley need stiffer suspension

Hersker Hans

Hehe, we have loads of these escorts on the trackdays here in norway, they slide ok and are light wheight, but if you want to build something like this you have to do everything to it, its not one good piece you can use again accept for the bodyshell when you want to build a track car of it. And the reason you put wide good tires on is to go faster while you go sideways, which is cooler and gives you extra points if youre in a contest.

Stiff car, preferably light, lsd, and atleast above 200hp id say.

a stock lt1/ls1 fbody have enough hp and would be a nice car to drift, just check turning radius, might be bad, se if you can improve it, get stiffer springs and or swaybars, and make sure the lsd works. Lighten as much as you can.

12secSS

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My 2001 Camaro SS does a lot of things, so the suspension is fine. I Auto-X, Road Race, Drag Race, (now) Drift, as well as daily drive it. So as you can see, it needs to be a very flexible suspension setup, which factory stock works out great. It is all for fun anyway.

Xx01CamaroZ28xX

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Your wife is a pretty good driver my friend.

g-ryde1

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werd

LS1Lust

wow awesome vid

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Thanks fellas.

Azar

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Sure ya can! Here's a vid of an "unconventional" drift car....

CTS-V

dailydriver

...with a Kiwi driver (he was born there, right??)

Many people think that rallying died with the end of the group 4 RWD cars (especially the Escort Cossie BDAs/RSs). I can see their point given the spectacle of wild, tail out slide angles and the barking and popping of the wound out N/A motors!!

WhiteKnight98TA

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I say watch out for polls