drifting in perth??

[Black-Beast]

Hey guys,

Two things.

Firstly, is it just me or isn't drifting very big here yet, I was on www.secretdrift.com which is in the eastern states and almost every weekend they are drifting. I was hoping that there would be more over here as i'm really interested in getting into it. We could like have cruises and make our way to the track etc. If anyone has any sort of info on it please let me know.

The other thing is that i'm in need of a drift car (cheap as I can't afford anything else) and i don't wanna smash my R33. I'm after maybe an R31 or even as escort, gemini, or datsun. Please tell me what you think.

[Boostzor]

Like many things in perth, we cant get the numbers together to make it worth while.

[Black-Beast]

is there any way individuals can just go up to wanneroo raceway and practice??

[fane]

collie have a track that people use....and the perth boys travel down and go nuts for a day.....there are competitions and all...... go to www.dorifuto.net and there should be some bits on some of the collie days....

[Denver]

its not so much a lack of interest..

its more a lack of willingness by the local providers of the tracks, waneroo are so utterly backwards and archaic in there thinking, that any new and exciting form of motorsport they tend to run and hide from..

collies a fair hike away, and the new airport circut, may one day do drifting, but atm, there not to keen on it, and theres not much you can do about it..

was in SA last weekend for the drift nats, and they've got it so good over there, pretty mcuh every week, legal drifto, and the SA sporting car club is right behind it and even considering making changes to the way mallala is laid out to make it even better for drift..

wish the WA sporting car club was like that..

ultimately, if you have 3.5k to hire the track, and then cash to get permits, you can run drift days..

id say waneroo will be a long way off getting a clue and realising its a good thing, instead of shunning it like everything else

[stÖrmy]

3.5k is alot of money to hire a track :s

[dft13]

mate as a cheep drift car, just get a silvia, mine is a s13 det stocka, and it gets sideways nicely!!! mine was 5500k gemy or datto would b cheeper but mass body role and silvia's have good power to weight ratio's!!!

gotta have a turbo tho!!!

:kick:

[Steve]

Drift in WA - I wish, I wish, I wish.

I just came over from SA, and yeah its gaining momentum there nicely, as it is in nsw, vic and qld.

Does anybody have an idea of the cost of collie track? or contact details where I could find out?

Nice cruise and a bit of dorifto, might be worth organising as a monthly event, or even a one off.

As for a drifter, S13 manual would be the ticket for entry price, handling and cost effective, ie with very little mods and they handle very well. Plenty of parts around too. Thats MHO anyways.

[Baz]

collie have a track that people use....and the perth boys travel down and go nuts for a day.....there are competitions and all...... go to www.dorifuto.net and there should be some bits on some of the collie days....

They havent exactly updated the site in a while, does anyone know of when the next day will be at collie, might pop down and have a watch.

[Kaido_RR]

mate as a cheep drift car, just get a silvia, mine is a s13 det stocka, and it gets sideways nicely!!! mine was 5500k gemy or datto would b cheeper but mass body role and silvia's have good power to weight ratio's!!!

gotta have a turbo tho!!!

:kick:

AHAHAHA got to have a turbo AAHAHAHHAHAHA, have u heard of ae86?

guess you done watch alot of d1 hay

[stÖrmy]

wouldent you need to get some mods done for a drift car? like those sway bars or soemthing ? and some wheel mods? like to turn them in slightly?

[Kaido_RR]

drifting doesnt need mods, the more mods the easyer it becomes to drift (my thread anywayz) for example to get a stocky r33 sideways (yes it is very possable and not just power-side) it is abit hard due to weight etc etc but if it had like a 400ps and a few sups mods i belived it would be soo much easyer.

drifting is more skill than anything i belived, if in the d1 a 175ps ae86 can out drift a 450ps s15, and a r34 4dr, soarer and chaser which all weight alot can also drift and place in the 10top what can i say.

ohh yeah turn wheels in slightly = camber

[Black-Beast]

we'll how about I try and organize something. We could all meet up and drive down there how many ppl would actuall be interested. If we can't get the numbers here maybe we should try and invite other clubs as well.

[Baz]

Sounds good! I'll be up for it.

Providing my car arrives on the date it's supposed to

Would be nice to see drifting kick off in Perth and hopefully it can become a more regular event :headspin:

[Denver]

Theres a few groups trying to organise stuff, just sit tight a bit..

it takes a lot more than just a few guys saying hey, lets organise a drift day, YEAH!..

theres a lot of background effort that goes into it, trust me..

[Baz]

Yeah too true

[Black-Beast]

I'm sure it takes a lot of preparation, but i'd love to help organise it here in perth. If you guys know who to chat with to help prepare, i'm up for it.

[JXL]

this has come up a few times, its not like we aren't into drifting, bloody hell half the car scene wants to drift to their hearts content but as mentioned there's bugger all places to do it.

And now with all that anti-hoon bullshit, most places are very reluctant to involve themselves in anything that will encourage hoon behaviour.

[Black-Beast]

Ah well, that most certaintly sucks. It's because they don't have enough places for us to drift and speed, that there are so many hoons. So they have only themselves to blame.

[tigeryas]

the problem is that the hoons are what gives the rest of the not-so-much-a-hoon a bad name...

drive around, find a drift spot and pm me