World drift record.

Post 647242 by Biff on 2013-09-26 16:41:08

My dad had a gt86 from work, nice motor to be fair. Really easy to get the rear out & yet a good everyday car. That has been modified to death like Toyota wanted. In Japan you can buy them as a blank canvas as it were, manual windows, no ac, steel wheels & black bumpers. I think it's a very clever way of breaking the drift scene. Looks like its worked.

Post 647268 by daza-b on 2013-09-26 18:15:26

my turn... lol daaaam love to have a go in that car... looove drifting lol

Post 647281 by theflyingbrick on 2013-09-26 18:53:38

I miss rwd :(

Post 647290 by jamesy12345 on 2013-09-26 19:17:44

I'm not really a fan of drifting, at least for racing. I was always taught to slide is to go slower (except on Speedway bikes!!), but that is cool. I guess for low speed car control like round an auto test course it takes some skill to do it..... but.... waste of tyres! Get it flat out in a straight line and see what it will do :D

Post 647291 by Biff on 2013-09-26 19:21:27

[QUOTE=jamesy12345;647290]I'm not really a fan of drifting, at least for racing. I was always taught to slide is to go slower (except on Speedway bikes!!), but that is cool. I guess for low speed car control like round an auto test course it takes some skill to do it..... but.... waste of tyres! Get it flat out in a straight line and see what it will do :D[/QUOTE] There is an art to it, few mates have drift cars but they do get bored & end up buying other machines. My neighbour has a 420bhp 200sx that would be insane if it wasn't set up for drifting. I didn't have time to get bored, my m3 lasted me 48 hours. Lol

Post 647293 by jamesy12345 on 2013-09-26 19:25:53

[QUOTE=Biff;647291]There is an art to it, few mates have drift cars but they do get bored & end up buying other machines. My neighbour has a 420bhp 200sx that would be insane if it wasn't set up for drifting. I didn't have time to get bored, my m3 lasted me 48 hours. Lol[/QUOTE] 48 hours...??

Post 647297 by Biff on 2013-09-26 19:37:33

Bought it 19:30 on the Thursday. Killed it 19:30 on the Saturday. Suppose that's what you get when your 24 with a lead foot & no rwd experience. Was a fun 48 hours. Lol

Post 647298 by smithy on 2013-09-26 19:39:04

Nice vid and I think them gt86 toyotas are a very underestimated car .its ashame they don't have a high power production version .drifting is not my thing ether more straight line and track for me .

Post 647302 by Biff on 2013-09-26 19:42:53

[QUOTE=smithy;647298]Nice vid and I think them gt86 toyotas are a very underestimated car .its ashame they don't have a high power production version .drifting is not my thing ether more straight line and track for me .[/QUOTE] Turbo version is in the pipeline mate, rumoured to be 300bhp. Think my old man is waiting for that one before he retires. Lol

Post 647305 by jamesy12345 on 2013-09-26 19:45:46

[QUOTE=Biff;647297]Bought it 19:30 on the Thursday. Killed it 19:30 on the Saturday. Suppose that's what you get when your 24 with a lead foot & no rwd experience. Was a fun 48 hours. Lol[/QUOTE] good effort mate! :D

Post 647306 by smithy on 2013-09-26 19:47:41

[QUOTE=Biff;647302]Turbo version is in the pipeline mate, rumoured to be 300bhp. Think my old man is waiting for that one before he retires. Lol[/QUOTE] It's about time mate they got everything but the major power.and I really like rwd especially old school solid axle like mine ,very easy to get the back out lol

Post 647320 by Biff on 2013-09-26 20:39:27

[QUOTE=smithy;647306]It's about time mate they got everything but the major power.and I really like rwd especially old school solid axle like mine ,very easy to get the back out lol[/QUOTE] They did it on purpose mate. The idea was to recreate the ae86 which was the original car to start the drifting. They knew that an n/a boxer engine would have all sorts of turbo set ups developed along with wide body kits etc etc. They passed the early models to tuners first for prototyping & research & development. There's always been a "TRD" special on the cards but they wanted the basic car to make the impact. They have developed a supra replacement since 2002 when I started working for them, Subaru were used as Toyota wanted a boxer engine & Subaru wanted a rwd coupe. I'm a bit of a toyota geek after growing up in a "toyota family" as they like to call it.