What do you drift?

[Dorikin]

Originally posted by drftk1d
. But the ka sucks and i have no advanced drift skills so i just pull the e brake. but i still drift. ha

The KA doesnt suck, you just need to know how to drift first, then you'll find its plenty of power.

[AC_A340-500]

I drift my Carrera 3.2 (H.C.), mostly at the Nuerburgring and in Bitburg. For obvious weight distribution reasons, it's a bit of a handful to drift in. However with enough practise, it's possible to make one good drift after another, regardless of curve diameter, wet or dry.

Here's a link to a picture from our club's homepage:

http://www.pistenclub.de/galerie/200...ttrophy023.jpg

[Dorikin]

Lift Off Oversteer Baby!

[Boss San]

What do I drift?
I drift cars, on roads mostly.

[Boss San]

Originally Posted by Layla's Keeper

Nothing at the moment, as Layla is getting welded back together.

But my drifter is a 1970 MGB GT (on wire wheels no less). It's a non-overdrive B with a Kent cam, single downdraught Weber two barrel, ANSA four-into-two header, and 1 1/4 stainless steel exhaust system.

Plenty of torque courtesy of an oversquare bore 1800cc four cylinder as well as a nimble (if primitive) lightweight chassis means I can sling Layla around cones with ease.

Heck, manual rack and pinion steering alone means I can change direction near instantaneously.

How is the MGB GT for drifting? I know there great for everything else; superb car if you get one that's sorted out. I would have thought those old wire rims would get bent out of shape real fast if you were drifting it.
What colour is it?

[Layla's Keeper]

Layla is one of the very few 1970 MGB GT's that left the factory in Royale Blue (a sort of deep slate blue). The wire spokes do need to be retorqued after a go around to keep them from unbalancing, but otherwise they're quite strong. Still, as soon as I can afford to I'll be investing in centre lock Minilites.

And I'll go to three-piece centre lock Panasports when Layla starts wearing Sebring fenders.

As for how good the MGB is for drifting, it's superb all around. They change direction very quickly and have excellent feedback (no power steering on tight ratio rack & pinion makes for great feedback). There are a few faults with the factory setup, though. The biggest two weaknesses are the houdaille-style friction shocks and the limited amount steering angle.

The friction shocks, while durable as hell, are clearly obsolete as they don't offer up much in the way of usable damping. Spax offers a bolt-on fluid shock kit front and rear that gives you adjustable gas shocks on all corners (and Spaxes are the same level of quality as Konis), so that's the solution I'll be employing.

The limited steering angle refers to just how much steering input the rack allows, and it's not all that much. MGB's have fairly large turning circles for cars their size because of this, and it leads to a situation where you just plain can't go beyond a certain point with your slip angle before you can't dial in any more countersteer. Trouble is, that point comes up very quickly because of the short wheelbase of the 'B.

But so long as you keep this in mind, an MGB makes for an excellent and affordable car for drifting. If you decide to shop around for one, keep in mind that the post 1975 MGB's (easily recognizable thanks to their large rubber bumpers) are heavier, have raised ride heights, and the 1975-76 cars have NO SWAY BARS (all in an attempt to comply with US safety standards). But, that notwithstanding, there's a huge aftermarket for the cars, plenty of cars available since the MGB is the third best selling sports car of all time, with 513,772 cars sold from 1962 til 1980, plus another 9,000 MGC's (MGB's with Austin-Healey developed OHV straight-sixes), 2,591 MGB GT V8's (BGT's with the Rover 3.5L aluminum V8 that were only sold in Britain), and 2000 of the rare and desirable MGB RV8 (an MGB built from 1992-1995 using the Rover 4.0L V8 and slightly updated bodywork, but still the same 1962 vintage chassis).

Like you said, they're great cars in general, and once you try kicking it slideways in one of them you'll realise just how much fun they are (especially compared to 1980's Toyota and Nissan products)

[Boss San]

Sweet.
My friend restored an GT a few years ago and it was also a really nice deep blue w/ metal flake. I can't be sure that it had the wire wheels too but it might of (It was sold about 2 yrs. ago) I never saw it out of the garage but it purred real nice.