Drifting In The V.i.

[mentally]

when are we going to start the sport of drifting in the V.I.?
Everyone has seen it everyone likes it, but no one wants to do it or is afraid to try, would anyone out there like to try or even see an event of such here in the V.I.? let me know what u think

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[Darksideracer]

I kinda hinted about that when I joined the site. But know one really was interested in it. I don't really count because I am off island. But when I return it would be nice to have drifting in the VI. I know for sure that puerto rico are having drifting events, So why not the VI too.

[mentally]

well it would be nice to have a v.i. team compete elsewhere in the world, having a drift event here is kinda rough though cause of location, dont really know where an event like that could be hosted, but im game, i'd really like ot give it a shot

[Ribsdaman]

i think we dont have place to do it there but we can travel to puerto rico and do a thing i think they do once in a while. i could drive a charger srt-8 and Darksideracer can use his car and u mentally use da tricycle :rofl:

[mitsubishi]

ill build a sileighty just for the event... It will even have my one seat and hanging gauge cluster trademark.

[mentally]

you know i would dominate the tricycle event:rofl:

[De O]

you know i would dominate the tricycle event:rofl:

^ We all know you would hurt your self on that thing :rofl:

[mentally]

not if i geh teh full racing suit and protective gear:rofl:

[mitsubishi]

right.....

[RedBull]

we dont have enough smooth asphalt on the whole island to make a spot big enough to drift. but if we did i would definately build something to play with

[DomesticChiney]

Give me an empty mall parking lot....... lol

[StreetRX7]

LOL you have to look out for light poles.. lol..

[RedBull]

yeah chiney have you seen our parking lots recently:rofl:

[freddie_vi]

well some of you have seem to forgotten what driffting got one of our members....lol won't mention no names lmao....:rofl:what do you think Mitsubishi....?

[DomesticChiney]

LOL you have to look out for light poles.. lol..

Light Poles????? Thats what makes it fun!!! Sliding around them things!

477rwhp + Rear Wheel Drive = Lots of smoke n' slide!

Just don't ask me how to do it on my bike..... I have no idea how to drift on a bike without toppoling over...

[DomesticChiney]

yeah chiney have you seen our parking lots recently:rofl:


If you learn how to drift in a indoor parking lot with multiple floors in the middle of Philly..... You can drift anywhere!!!!!

Don't ask me.... I never done that..... but I've seen it!!! On Tokyo Drift!

[mitsubishi]

I remember. Its all a learning process. (costly one)... Confident enough to take on anyone on the island though. ask Timmy about the experience through gallows bay's twisties.

[RedBull]

damn i love the smell of racing fuel and burning rubber:crazy:

[mentally]

:slap:gallows bay have twisties????:slap:

[RedBull]

:slap:gallows bay have twisties????:slap:

i was wondering about that. i dont go through gallows bay without a truck:rofl: you seen the road there lately? if you only knew what kind of money the government is allotted yearly for the roads you would cry. i went to back country dominican republic and they have better roads than we do.

[Tekknikal]

i couldnt imagine what life would be like if all the roads here were perfect :cry:

maybe mitsu's talking about the curve out right before the dock by lagoon? dangerous place to drift though :eek:

[StX_RdRunr]

i couldnt imagine what life would be like if all the roads here were perfect :cry:

maybe mitsu's talking about the curve out right before the dock by lagoon? dangerous place to drift though :eek:

I had a friend come visit here last year. He described St. Croix as populated with refugees from Convenience land. I thought that was a great description. If I wanted perfect roads and chain stores I would live in New Jersey like my sister (who is a full profesor at Rutgers and loves what she does for the record). I will take some potholes and the people here every time.

I do like that it was a 70 Road Runner :bowdown::beer: at the end of Tokyo Drift running the Evo (I think it was an Evo).

[RedBull]

I had a friend come visit here last year. He described St. Croix as populated with refugees from Convenience land. I thought that was a great description. If I wanted perfect roads and chain stores I would live in New Jersey like my sister (who is a full profesor at Rutgers and loves what she does for the record). I will take some potholes and the people here every time.

I do like that it was a 70 Road Runner :bowdown::beer: at the end of Tokyo Drift running the Evo (I think it was an Evo).

sorry man that was a GTX and a silvia

[StX_RdRunr]

sorry man that was a GTX and a silvia

Look carefully at the fake scoop on the quarter panel. I am pretty sure it says Road Runner in small letters. GTX's had a GTX emblem about 3" high. If it was a post car it was definitely a RR as GTX was only hardtop. The copy I rented from Island Video was not in great shape though so I could be wrong.

What is a Silvia?

[cruzan7m]

:shiftdrive:Not really a fan of drifting, plus the roads on stx would destroy that $1700 suspension system not to mention the expensive tires (good tires). I would think that time attack would be better suited for stx and maybe a little more fun especially up east end

[cruzan7m]

Look carefully at the fake scoop on the quarter panel. I am pretty sure it says Road Runner in small letters. GTX's had a GTX emblem about 3" high. If it was a post car it was definitely a RR as GTX was only hardtop. The copy I rented from Island Video was not in great shape though so I could be wrong.

What is a Silvia?

I think a silvia is a japanese version of the 240sx in the us. It comes with the SR20DET turbo engine factory.

[Darksideracer]

That is correct my friend, although Canada did receive the silvia's too but they came with the the dreaded Hicas suspension which is a drifter's nightmare and is often swiftly removed. Also that silvia at the end of the movie had a rb26 swapped in it I believe...

[StX_RdRunr]

Okay, so the Sylvia is to the 240 SX the same as the Fairlady is the Japanese spec version of the 240Z (and maybe later versions of the Z). I actually saw a Fairlady parked on the street in Huntington, NY (north shore of Long Island) in the 80's when I was working as a sailmaker. I looked at it, did a double take due to the right hand drive and then noticed the Fairlady emblem. Then I remembered reading somewhere about that being the Japanese spec name. I am guessing some serviceman brought it back, it was much easier to import vehicles back then.

Turns out I was wrong about the Road Runner vs GTX. Apparently the car in the movie is an actual show car called the Hammer and it started out life as a Satellite, actually (same sheetmetal as Belvedere, RR, and GTX) and was morphed in to a custom. GTX grille, RR/GTX taillights, RR/GTX hood, custom interior. It is a hardtop so could be either. The RR was the bare bones car, frequently a post style with pop out rear windows, which was 25 pounds lighter and stiffer due to the vertical member just behind the door. Both the RR and GTX could be ordered with the 440 6 pack or 426 Hemi, base motor for the RR was the 383, base for the GTX was the 440 but the GTX was always the heavier car. Our car is the post style, manual brakes, steer, bench seat. Just a little domestic history.

Don't know how well it would do drifting though :eek: but I can guess.:rofl:

[VIZuki]

it would be fun but not to sound like the buzz kill first theres the roads...then theres money spent on tires...then if we compete on a high level the cars have to be built very professionally well which also cost money...we have to have a race team on hand. Mechanic on hand some one to pull an engine out if need be on hand. Best place to practice with walkie talkies is over by cheese burgers east end side from one point to one point...but really tires aren't cheap.......best cars for this would be a 180sx(240) or rear wheel drive corolla...muscle cars you'd have to kinda know how to control them to drift them...ohh and hondas drifting hahahahaha thats called over steer hahahaha

[VIZuki]

Okay, so the Sylvia is to the 240 SX the same as the Fairlady is the Japanese spec version of the 240Z (and maybe later versions of the Z). I actually saw a Fairlady parked on the street in Huntington, NY (north shore of Long Island) in the 80's when I was working as a sailmaker. I looked at it, did a double take due to the right hand drive and then noticed the Fairlady emblem. Then I remembered reading somewhere about that being the Japanese spec name. I am guessing some serviceman brought it back, it was much easier to import vehicles back then.

Turns out I was wrong about the Road Runner vs GTX. Apparently the car in the movie is an actual show car called the Hammer and it started out life as a Satellite, actually (same sheetmetal as Belvedere, RR, and GTX) and was morphed in to a custom. GTX grille, RR/GTX taillights, RR/GTX hood, custom interior. It is a hardtop so could be either. The RR was the bare bones car, frequently a post style with pop out rear windows, which was 25 pounds lighter and stiffer due to the vertical member just behind the door. Both the RR and GTX could be ordered with the 440 6 pack or 426 Hemi, base motor for the RR was the 383, base for the GTX was the 440 but the GTX was always the heavier car. Our car is the post style, manual brakes, steer, bench seat. Just a little domestic history.

Don't know how well it would do drifting though :eek: but I can guess.:rofl:

unless imported from japan or hawaii(which i've lived in japan and its off the hook) and us Silvia is a 240sx)the actual 240sx not s13 or 180sx(in japan) fairlady's are harder to import to the us than skylines are believe it or not but its true...I've seen one though right hand drive in white in down town whiapalo near honolulu but outside of it.

[RedBull]

it would be fun but not to sound like the buzz kill first theres the roads...then theres money spent on tires...then if we compete on a high level the cars have to be built very professionally well which also cost money...we have to have a race team on hand. Mechanic on hand some one to pull an engine out if need be on hand. Best place to practice with walkie talkies is over by cheese burgers east end side from one point to one point...but really tires aren't cheap.......best cars for this would be a 180sx(240) or rear wheel drive corolla...muscle cars you'd have to kinda know how to control them to drift them...ohh and hondas drifting hahahahaha thats called over steer hahahaha

i didnt hear rx7 on that list:rofl: and just so you know honda makes this wonderful little car called an S2000 they have been known to turn up at drifting events here and there:rolleyes: and yes old school muscle cars dont really have the suspension to drift competitively but there was a falken sponsored 69 camaro that did pretty well. naturally aspirated cars are actually much easier to drift for the fact its way easier to stay in the powerband. but drifting is for people with sponsorship or alot of money to blow cuz as has been said tires are not cheap its gonna cost me over 700bucks just to replace my front two tires. dont have the dough to be doing that on a weekly or daily basis.

[VIZuki]

yeah this is true the s2000..and most actual s2000 owners won't even consider turning those cars into a drift car..and your right there are plenty of muscle flaken sponsored drift cars..but again for us to do it here we'd have to keep it in the cheap market less expensive market cause drifting is expensive..drift tires aren't drift tires there actually really good expensive tires...rears are air'd up to 45 50 fronts are down 35 30....and where talking 200+ a set yeah we could use cheapo tires but they wouldn't work aswell but.....rally X is something we could do here which is really fun

[Tekknikal]

a lot of s2k owners are into time attack and autox much more so than drift events.

i agree it would be expensive..but not being all that familiar with it, are the best tires really needed for drift?

also im not sure what kind of facilities we have for that?
you would need good support on things like tire installation and alignments i assume?
but then, assuming you had all of that- we'd need some kind of judging, etc...

a lot of pieces to put together.

sadly, imo we need to start with the basics like getting people in gov't that care about cleaning up the roads, doing what we can to work with hovensa to lower electricity costs, etc.

that will leave us with a good infrastructure that we can build on to make these things far more feasible...i believe it can be done...but with roads as they are and the cost of current being such a deterrent to businesses, it will be difficult.

[StreetRX7]

I'm willin to drift... my cressupra... never my 7....