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Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #30 –
yah, that is one thing i don't get about ricers, we "raced" when I was in school, but that was on back dirt roads in 4x4's or just power sliding back road corners with no one around, but these kids do this stuff in traffic on a downtown street.. makes NO sense to endanger everyone else. I have no qualms about killing yourself but don't take out a soccer mom with an suv full of kids with you cause you had to get your cool on in front of the local walmart at 8 at night when everyone is shopping.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #31 –
Quote from: Bane
yeh...like that one time u took that left to sharp and almost put us into the curb? :D

but i didnt hit the curb now did i?  :hick:
It's Gumby's fault.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #32 –
Hey all,
Me and my buddies were 'drifting' about 15 to 20 years ago on gravel roads (which were in abundance where we lived).  They just hadn't made up the word yet.  I could hang the tail out in my '77 Cougar (Duke-boys style) all day and never lost it once.  Mind you, I wasn't sliding from an over-abundance of HP, just a severe lack of traction and that ole' centrifugal (?) force theory.  It was even more fun in a FWD (Chevy Citation).  It was a hoot on a gravel road (again!).  I could just pop the wheel back and forth and stay on the gas and cross it up at will.  It was like there were tracks imbedded in the road.  How much $$ do those guys go through in tires?  I'm just jealous that I can't afford the HP to drag, oval-track, drift or anything right now. 

Hey, did anybody catch the episode of Monster Garage where Jesse and his team took a brand new 350Z and hacked it up and put the drivetrain and most of the suspension in an old 240Z.  He even broke down by the end of the show and admitted drifting was fun (he thought it was a little 'you-know', too). 

Oh, I really like the El Camino, too!

Fordman3

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #33 –
yah, i got yelled by my folks cause i tripped the gas pump safty switch in my moms probe sliding it around back dirt roads.
 

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #34 –
i like the term whipping $#itiesor doing donuts

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #35 –

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #36 –
Notice the name on the side, the back, and the rear window?


Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #37 –
Yeah..so it says "Saleen".... who gives a ?  He's a hack anyway....
Long live the 4-eyes!  - '83 Tbird Turbo - '85 Marquis LTS - '86 LTD Wagon-  '81 Granada GL 2dr

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #38 –
i was thinking Macdonalds but who needs a Big Mac when your spinning the back tires

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #39 –
High-speed cornering is far from useless.  Try taking an exit ramp without it and crash your car into a tree.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #40 –
Quote from: Ifixyawata
High-speed cornering is far from useless.  Try taking an exit ramp without it and crash your car into a tree.


To a degree. Speed limits are there for a reason...I don't like endangering myself OR other people. There's no reason to go around corners at double the posted speed.

Or maybe the roads around here are just easy compared to elsewhere. I'm all for usability and thats it. Won't spend money on something I'll never use. Only time I'd need to make a high speed turn would be if my brakes go out or an accident happens 200ft in front of my car.

Of course, before all else, practice/training takes all. Just look at the cobra video posted last week. Too much power, too little brain
1988 Thunderbird Sport

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #41 –
yeah...too little brain...when the guy made a simple mistake, when he's normally at the track, i guess he should be put in jail, or lynched over a mistake

youre correct about practice/training, but how many of us have access to a driving school, the money for driving school, or a place to go learn?
It's Gumby's fault.

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #42 –
which is exactly why I don't drive crazy on the street. Something will always go wrong given enough time
1988 Thunderbird Sport

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #43 –
Hah! Saleen is a hack. For a huge fee, he'll slap on the most useless 100hp you've ever seen in a Mustang that for some reason can't out-perform a stock GT. $23,054 is a lot of money for a useless supercharger and some extra plastic on the outside.


http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?section_id=26&article_id=9484

Re: Who needs an import to go drifting?

Reply #44 –
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The car blasts forward between 3000 and 6000 rpm in almost brutal explosions of power in the lower gears and in long, sustained surges of acceleration in third and fourth. This is what you pay for here, and at $51,934, you pay dearly. But for some drivers, it's likely worth every penny.


Ah, the Saleen "club". I've been to many MCA Mustang shows (another one coming up in a few weeks), and to me, Saleen owners are getting more and more like Corvette owners--uppity snobs, looking down upon the "regular" Mustang owners, as if what they own is the greatest thing since indoor plumbing. I know exactly ONE Saleen owner who is down to earth. It's a sad state of affairs in Mustang-dom when such a lukewarm car can overtake the mindset of owners. When the original Saleens came out in '84, they were truly different, and through the Fox body styles the Saleen versions were stylish and a relative bargain. Then Steve's britches got a little big, the ego swelled, and Saleen grew into a giant, uncaring conglomerate that had no problems slapping a huge price tag on a mediocre performance car. The perception of performance is what sells them...that, and the bragging rights of the owners ("I paid more for my Saleen than you did for your Mustang", etc.).

Funny thing is...every Saleen starts as a V6 model. :)

There is only one company that is truly in tune with the new Mustang: CDC. They may not have a slew of major performance components, but one look at them leaves no doubt that the company lives and breathes Mustang....something Saleen used to do a long time ago...