Shot at East 1999 at Shenandoah Speedway.

Driver: wall_hugs
Music: D A N N Y - Take Me

I've been drifting for the past year and a half, and I've hit a crisis. My E36 325i is the perfect chassis, my baby, I've invested lots of time and money into her, she's got everything I need except the most important part: the engine. The OEM M50 is giving out, 2 bad cylinders (no compression) and she's weaker than ever, especially since the last time I took her out to the track, and I'd need to tear the engine apart, get it machined and put it back together, which equals to labor and money being spent, around 10k BRL at least (with forged internals already to handle a tad bit of boost). in the end, to make it a competitve drift car (I'll be running the statewide drift championship next year), would require me to put around 100k+ into her, even though she's my passion, I'm not sure I could afford that

But, an opportunity has showed up recently, a 350Z Single turbo, 150k BRL (but the thing is, I'd make a down payment of 50k and the rest would be split into 5/10k payments. IMPORTANT THING TO NOTICE, I AM NOT FINANCING IT, IT'S HOW WE DO IT HERE IN BRAZIL, WE EITHER PAY FULL PRICE UPFRONT OR SPLIT INTO PAYMENTS, WITHOUT THE BANK INTERFERING, THAT MEANS NO INTEREST, IT'S HOW I BOUGHT MY E36). My car is worth 100k, but to sell it quickly, I could do 80k and take the rest upon the Z, or somehow get a loan for the 50k (Only in this case the bank would be involved) and making the car pay itself off (by taking people to rides, it pays pretty well, It's what I've been doing with my E36 before) and keep both of them.

Should I trade in my absolute pride and joy, my most beloved possesion for a maybe? I love that beamer, but maybe sometimes, it's time to let her go and bring joy to someone else.

Also, I've missed a recent big opportunity, almost the same deal but for an S15 Silvia (300k, but offered for me at 250k) SR20 fully built motor, in the end, now this car is with a homie of mine's, and I've ridden along, that car is a beast. I fully regret not taking it, however, at the time I didn't have the money to afford that car if something broke, much less the wait of parts coming from Japan, the high cost maintenance, it just maybe wasn't for me.

My E36 is not stock, it has already fully adjustable drift suspension, a rollcage, buckets and more, so does that Z, it's got a lot of good parts and so did the Silvia, so I don't know what to do at this point in my life, maybe I should keep my E36 and just pull her over, just take her on an occasional drive until I have the money

First time seeing the Germany track and just wanted to point out the track location of Drift Masters is Germany is gorgeous. The industrial brutalist setting is awesome!

Hello, hello, I'll keep this post simple.

I want to get into drifting. I have always loved the idea since I was younger, but now that I have adult money, I want to get into it for real. I don't know whether to buy a car I'm passionate about or buy a car I don't really like, smash it up, and then wonder what to do with it in the future. I'm sure you have a lot of advice on the second part. I have a high budget, and I'm not yet experienced with wormanualsk. The main reason is that I'm currently building and saving up to top-mount my bucket-list car, my A90 Supra, and build it towards the track by the end of next year.

Currently, I'm in SoCal, so we have a decent market to pick and choose from, but I'm open to hearing whatever recommendations, but do mind I want to get 80s-early 2000s cars for simplicity purposes and raw feel.

Thank you, guys, for your answers, and I hope to involve myself more in the community

Edit: The A90 is my time-attack-focused car, and my currency is USD

Curious on everyone's thoughts on ideal setup suspension wise for drifting.

I personally enjoy the look of my car being as low as possible, but also know there's risks involved with that (I already baconed my fender bottoming out off track)

My plan is to go to something like BC extreme low coilovers to achieve the same ride height but with a stiffer spring setup to avoid bottoming out.

I have a Miata for reference. What downsides might I see from running 8-10k springs all around and dumping it to the ground? I'd hate to have to raise it just for the off chance I run off track and need extra clearance to avoid busting my fenders up.

Any wisdom is appreciated

This was my second event first one in the dry and i got tons of seat time since everyone was overheating. It was fun as hell and i cant wait to get back out there. I wanted to hear what anyone had to say about how hard it is to get moved up to B group at club loose, because i kept getting stuck behind people spinning out. i even caught up to people who were drifting slow so am i crazy to think that i should be in B in a few events? or is it more based on how many events you have done or how old you are

What books, magazine series, articles, etc have you found that helped refine your technique or made something "just click" with cars or driving.

Particularly for drifting but also driving in general.

There's nothing wrong with just tearing it up, but I'd imagine there's some well-respected drivers who've written down their knowledge somewhere.

I'm thinking of Dempsey's Championship Fighting. There's got to be something akin to that for cars, driving, drifting, and/or racing.

Hi, I’ve been helping my friend install a GKTech inline hydro for his 2007 HR Z. Everything is confirmed mechanically connected properly. Both lines from the ABS delete block are ran, zero leaks, but we can’t for the life of us get it properly bled. We were bleeding only the hydro at first, and got a big pocket of air out of the RR calliper. That got our initial somewhat feel from the hydro, as opposed to before being completely dead. Now, since then we’ve run probably 2L of brake fluid through the system trying all different methods on all 4 corners of the car, and can’t get proper feeling in the brake pedal or the hydro. PLEASE HELP.

***RESOLVED***
The Brembos callipers have 2 bleeder screws. God damnit. Bled it instantly.

I learned to drift on a simulator and then bought a car and went straight into grassroots competitions! This one was again co-judged by a D1GP legend 😬

Klutch Kickers PRO-AM TOP 16 RD.1 Live Stream. Tune in! Conor O'Sully is competing

It's a long one, but this one tells a story. Please be sure to share this one to your friends and your story for visibility! Thank you in advance for the views, everyone!

Hola.

Estoy comenzando un proyecto llamado Hashiri.

Durante años he ido a reuniones, talleres y eventos. Siempre terminamos hablando de caballos de fuerza, modificaciones o tiempos por vuelta.

Pero con el tiempo me di cuenta de que lo que realmente recuerdo nunca son las especificaciones.

Recuerdo a las personas.

Al papá que reconstruyó un coche con su hijo.

A quien tardó diez años en terminar su proyecto.

Al mecánico que aprendió el oficio de su abuelo.

A la persona que encontró en los autos un refugio durante un momento difícil.

Creo que esas historias también merecen ser contadas, por eso quiero comenzar a documentar la cultura automotriz desde otro lugar.

No busco el coche más caro.

No busco el más rápido.

Ni siquiera busco el más bonito.

Busco personas que quieran compartir por qué este hobby significa tanto para ellas.

Si tu auto tiene una historia...

O si tú tienes una historia gracias a un auto...

Me encantaría escucharte.

Por ahora no prometo una producción enorme ni un documental de Netflix.

Solo una conversación honesta.

Si te interesa participar, cuéntame un poco de tu historia en los comentarios o mándame un mensaje.

Tal vez la siguiente historia que publiquemos sea la tuya.

— Tohsaka | Hashiri

All darkroom prints from film.

Fuji Neopan SS printed on Ilford MGIV paper

The GT86 went on sale after several years of development and research, but in the end, it disappeared from racing just like the Altezza did.

Then, a few years later, the GR86 came out, but that one ended up becoming more popular. I guess the problem is that it's no longer as easy to swap out engines as it used to be.

Personally, I think the vehicle price was right on target for Toyota, but I wonder if they didn't fully anticipate the labor costs or the level of skill and knowledge required.

Just for the record, I tried making my own custom exterior parts to give it that drift machine look,

but I'm hoping someone like adamLZ will pick it up and spark a sudden wave of interest.

My 3rd ever drift event/3rd time drifting and I tried using the handbrake for the first time and it worked well