Did this on Saturday. Great fun. Any advice, particularly on facial expression technique, gratefully received.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw2PnYxLfpw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw2PnYxLfpw
Oulton Park Drift Day
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LindsayMac
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You had me really excited there for a moment, I thought you were doing this in the RS...........................
Was that a sigh of relief at the end?
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Was that a sigh of relief at the end?
L
Good point. Could that be why she wants a divorce?
Don't think I'd do it in the RS Lindsay. The tyres are too close and would damage the tissue paper bumpers. Also there are some quite deep holes at the side just off the tarmac which could be nasty for splitters/sills etc. Now, Carl's car would be fine. Can we all do it in yours Carl?
That was sort of why I did it and to learn the car. It was £125 I think for the day. I certainly improved through the day and got good feel for it by the end. I'm not sure how it will translate to normal grippy Tarmac. Because it was slippy and wet you can drift at very low speed and not using much power. On normal Tarmac you have to go much faster and use more power to break traction and its altogether more violent and snappier. I think it does help to build experience of controlling the drift and avoiding over correction and handling the transition form one side to the other without spinning. And it lets you see how your own car responds when really sliding. But again with normal grip the suspension loading will be very different.
It was great fun anyway.
It was great fun anyway.
I see they mention Crail as a venue. Would be up for that if they did it. I wonder if we could get other people interested and book him up for a day? It looks like he normally does it with 4 people. Assuming there is reasonable run off. Or possibly north Weald if it coincided with another reason to go abroad.
GreigM
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Its a few years since I've been near crail, but the surface was VERY rough - potholes etc....not sure I'd want to be going sideways in a 911 with expensive wheels/suspension....also not a huge amount of run-off depending on which part of the airfield it was held. I see they also do Blyton Park which is a bit closer....
Blyton looks great. Don't think I could bring myself to go drifting on dry tarmac in the Porsche. Do you know what those rear tyres cost!
LindsayMac
Member
I would be keen on something like this, I think Greame you need to use the GT3, if you can master overgrip handling in a GT3 you've got it mastered. I once did a drifting course down at Milbrook, geat day in a Caterham.
That is a generous offer Lindsay. Thank you. I'll happily contribute to the petrol. I'll see what dates they have.
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How does the Asda Tarmac compare to Tesco? Or morrisons?
OK. But when it comes to run off area every little helps.
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