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Shady195 · 03-22-2017, 03:45 PM

Almost made a new thread forgetting I had made this one...

It's been awhile so lets do some recap from where we left off last year. Wow can't believe I decided to come back to this almost exactly a year later.

Last season was an interesting one, a lot happened and things moved quickly due to some positive unforeseen circumstances. (Read: Bachelor Party, Blackjack, and my first and last time doing Cocaine) More on that series of events later.

Last year I purchased Asseto Corsa for my PC over the winter months, it looked to be the new popular sim for drifting and I figured what the hell, if anything it'll be a great way to work on throttle and wheel control as even if its not completely realistic.. it gets you into some really good habits, at least in my opinion..

My car remained mostly the same aside from a handful of added bits to the suspension and driveline. I was running a nameless/PLM header, an OTS E85 Tune, my Tein Flex Z's along with a stiffer rear swaybar, 90A Poly rear sub frame collars, the whiteline differential inserts, 90A Transmission mount. My thinking was the stiffer bushings would really help make the driveline more responsive, and the stiffer rear swaybar would act similar to removing the front sway bar in that it would make the rear a bit more snappy during initiation.

Here you can see the bushings and rear sway bar, as well as my pit crew lending a hand.

A really good friend of mine is also into cars, but unfortunately lives 3 hours away. I don't mind making the drive and make it quite a few times throughout a year to spend some time with my buddies down there, and im lucky to have a friend with the means to own some cool tools that I get to make use of..

I decided to do a custom alignment and corner balance my car. He had just bought all the equipment and the scales to do this sort of thing and we were both excited to get our first go at it so I brought my car down and went to work..

After a long night of learning how the car reacted to certain conditions and changes, it wasn't perfect but we were able to get the car setup better than it was originally as far as weight goes.

Here you can see a wild Rob in his natural habitat picking his nose

After we got the car all balanced out the best we could, we were fine tuning the alignment when we came across a problem. Unfortunately I was unable to get the toe adjustment needed. I was 3 hours from home, i had to drive my car back and we came up with a solution. It did not h ave to be permanent but it had to work, so we cut a little out of the toe arms and welded them back up..

To be honest I got a lot of flack for this, stating how unsafe it was... and while its not ideal I totally did a drift event on them just to prove they would be fine before I bought a proper adjustable set of toe arms. I was in a pinch and needed a solution.

So while it was nothing major a lot changed with my car from the previous year. I had a few weeks until my first drift event, but i was loving how my car felt even on the street. Unfortunately all these hard poly bushings made daily driving a little less comfortable.. but RACECAR

As I drove the car more and more, I realized I was going to have to make a choice, and as time goes on the car is becoming less and less of a car I want to drive on the street everyday.. so at this point I have 0 issues turning this into a drift slut, while doing my best to keep it road legal so I can at least enjoy it from time to time between events.

On to my first event of the season:

Wow, right out of the gate I had a decent run and the car felt amazing. All the little meticulous work I had done felt like it had amounted to something.

The car flicked in nicely, it felt like it was easier to keep the rear wheels moving, and I felt just overall the car felt easier to drive.

I really felt like Asseto corsa made me more comfortable trying to Manji and that was huge. I never really did it on purpose before and while its a bit weak I felt so good being able to do that while keeping clam..

Heres a cone I took out, followed by a gopro of that run. The pic was taking right at the end of the video when I lost my steam.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjhTEhbszXw"]LVD Drift 5/27/16 run - YouTube[/ame]

The few events following this were all pretty much the same for me. I felt more confident, still not that great but I was enjoying it more and more everytime I went out.. Heres a few more runs.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPc1ZMguPIo"]LVD Drift 5/27/16 Run2 - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGgIZ33DzVE"]Helmet cam run LVD Drift 6-17-2016 - YouTube[/ame]

Anyways thats it for now... Theres more to this story but that will be in another post to come later today/Sometime soon.

03-22-2017, 03:45 PM	#4
Shady195 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Drives: '13 10 Series FRS #1203 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 850 Thanks: 7 Thanked 386 Times in 221 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Almost made a new thread forgetting I had made this one... It's been awhile so lets do some recap from where we left off last year. Wow can't believe I decided to come back to this almost exactly a year later. Last season was an interesting one, a lot happened and things moved quickly due to some positive unforeseen circumstances. (Read: Bachelor Party, Blackjack, and my first and last time doing Cocaine) More on that series of events later. Last year I purchased Asseto Corsa for my PC over the winter months, it looked to be the new popular sim for drifting and I figured what the hell, if anything it'll be a great way to work on throttle and wheel control as even if its not completely realistic.. it gets you into some really good habits, at least in my opinion.. My car remained mostly the same aside from a handful of added bits to the suspension and driveline. I was running a nameless/PLM header, an OTS E85 Tune, my Tein Flex Z's along with a stiffer rear swaybar, 90A Poly rear sub frame collars, the whiteline differential inserts, 90A Transmission mount. My thinking was the stiffer bushings would really help make the driveline more responsive, and the stiffer rear swaybar would act similar to removing the front sway bar in that it would make the rear a bit more snappy during initiation. Here you can see the bushings and rear sway bar, as well as my pit crew lending a hand. A really good friend of mine is also into cars, but unfortunately lives 3 hours away. I don't mind making the drive and make it quite a few times throughout a year to spend some time with my buddies down there, and im lucky to have a friend with the means to own some cool tools that I get to make use of.. I decided to do a custom alignment and corner balance my car. He had just bought all the equipment and the scales to do this sort of thing and we were both excited to get our first go at it so I brought my car down and went to work.. After a long night of learning how the car reacted to certain conditions and changes, it wasn't perfect but we were able to get the car setup better than it was originally as far as weight goes. Here you can see a wild Rob in his natural habitat picking his nose After we got the car all balanced out the best we could, we were fine tuning the alignment when we came across a problem. Unfortunately I was unable to get the toe adjustment needed. I was 3 hours from home, i had to drive my car back and we came up with a solution. It did not h ave to be permanent but it had to work, so we cut a little out of the toe arms and welded them back up.. To be honest I got a lot of flack for this, stating how unsafe it was... and while its not ideal I totally did a drift event on them just to prove they would be fine before I bought a proper adjustable set of toe arms. I was in a pinch and needed a solution. So while it was nothing major a lot changed with my car from the previous year. I had a few weeks until my first drift event, but i was loving how my car felt even on the street. Unfortunately all these hard poly bushings made daily driving a little less comfortable.. but RACECAR As I drove the car more and more, I realized I was going to have to make a choice, and as time goes on the car is becoming less and less of a car I want to drive on the street everyday.. so at this point I have 0 issues turning this into a drift slut, while doing my best to keep it road legal so I can at least enjoy it from time to time between events. On to my first event of the season: Wow, right out of the gate I had a decent run and the car felt amazing. All the little meticulous work I had done felt like it had amounted to something. The car flicked in nicely, it felt like it was easier to keep the rear wheels moving, and I felt just overall the car felt easier to drive. I really felt like Asseto corsa made me more comfortable trying to Manji and that was huge. I never really did it on purpose before and while its a bit weak I felt so good being able to do that while keeping clam.. Heres a cone I took out, followed by a gopro of that run. The pic was taking right at the end of the video when I lost my steam. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjhTEhbszXw"]LVD Drift 5/27/16 run - YouTube[/ame] The few events following this were all pretty much the same for me. I felt more confident, still not that great but I was enjoying it more and more everytime I went out.. Heres a few more runs. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPc1ZMguPIo"]LVD Drift 5/27/16 Run2 - YouTube[/ame] [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGgIZ33DzVE"]Helmet cam run LVD Drift 6-17-2016 - YouTube[/ame] Anyways thats it for now... Theres more to this story but that will be in another post to come later today/Sometime soon.