Drifting Alero....

[5spdAlero]

Im sure most of u had already tried this, but if u want to have some with ur car or someone elses car this is all u need


1. A front wheel drive vehicle
2. A surplus of lunch trays(McDonalds, taco bell...etc...)
3. A really big open parking lot ( no poles, preferably)


Back ur car up so teh rear heels are in the middle of teh trays. Pull up your hand brake and launch the car. Cut the wheel whatever way u want and u will send it into a violent and hopefully controlled spin. It is more fun than it sounds like...trust me.

P.S.- I didnt know where to post a strory like this, but since i have an ecotec i thought it would be good here. I will move if i have to

[mfuller]

That's a good way to break something.

[FormulaNERD]

Originally posted by mfuller@Jul 8 2004, 02:26 AM
That's a good way to break something.
a lunch tray maybe? :P

[mfuller]

Originally posted by FormulaNERD+Jul 7 2004, 08:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FormulaNERD @ Jul 7 2004, 08:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-mfuller@Jul 8 2004, 02:26 AM
That's a good way to break something.
a lunch tray maybe? :P [/b][/quote]
I'm thinking more along the lines of CV joints.

[5spdAlero]

I do agree with matt, but thats y u can also find someone elses car. And may i say matt ur car is teh stuff dreams are made of. Its probably the best alero ive seen in my opinion

[BLK03GXS]

Originally posted by mfuller@Jul 8 2004, 02:26 AM
That's a good way to break something.
Like bordem :thumbsup:

LOL

But seriously, dont use your alero... eveyone knows that god invented cavy's nd gayfires for that purpose :P :D LOL

[smokinAMD]

I've done it a few times with my car. I pulled out of one donut once and romped the gas, lit up the tires for a good 300 some feet. Couldn't even see out of my side windows. It was beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

[Pacho]

How could you break the CV joints by doing this?

[smokinAMD]

Originally posted by Pacho@Jul 7 2004, 11:40 PM
How could you break the CV joints by doing this?
Sliding sideways....wheels are meant to go straight, not sideways. Having the wheel push in on the joint could break it.

Thats why you gotta be sure to always keep some foward movement if you do this, it takes a lot of stress off of the suspension and what not.

[evilinside09]

did this way back in february. posted it up here for a little while.

had a friend upload the vid onto his server and i lost the URL. oh well...but yeah, it's fun.

[havik]

^^ Yeah, I was going to mention the video. Exact same set up (lunch trays).

[smokinAMD]

If you guys really want I could go make a video of it real quick, I seriously have nothing to do right now. Of course it would be better in my car. Bunch more torque then an ecotec = more smoke!

[Molson]

I'll wait for the "I broke my car" thread.

[Oldsman]

^^no kidding

[smokinAMD]

Well if you aren't too agressive the only thing you really have to worry about are the trays melting and wearing down so your rear tires contact the ground. And then you could flat spot them.

Or you could be a complete moron and get up to like 40mph and then turn the wheel and go slidding off into a curb. Now that will break your car.

[Molson]

well, you'll be throwing a SVS, for no signal from the real VSS's. it will be hard on the drivetrain, in particular the 1/2 shafts/CV joints. Not to mention the heat it will generate.

But have fun!

[smokinAMD]

Think I'll pass.

[MikeSS]

I've drifted my Alero once.....but that was in the snow....going downhill......backwards.....with the non-abs brakes locked.....had to spin it around to regain control. It was kinda fun, and scary, but not something I would do on dry pavement.

[5spdAlero]

If anyone does try it, heres a little tip. Use trays from golden coral or a plcae like that. The trays are fiberglass and they dnt wear down as quick as those peices u get at the neighborhood taco bell :thumbsup:

[bassboss]

my god fellas you can't be scared to have some fun with your cars. I drift my alero all the time on met or dry pavement. its fun and i haven't done a thing in the matter of harm to my car.

Grow some balls and have some fun!

[Redog]

Originally posted by bassboss@Aug 23 2004, 08:47 PM
my god fellas you can't be scared to have some fun with your cars. I drift my alero all the time on met or dry pavement. its fun and i haven't done a thing in the matter of harm to my car.

Grow some balls and have some fun!
Grow balls?

No Problems?

I guess you'll grow common sense after your problems start

[coredump]

^^^ What he said.

[MikeSS]

Drift Cars are like Race Cars, Purpose built suspension to take the abuse you throw at it. You couldn't race a stock alero on a track for a long period of time without it giving up the ghost.

Drifting an alero in the snow or even rain might be ok, but on dry pavement, it will start to break.

[havik]

i haven't done a thing in the matter of harm to my car.

Not yet or nothing noticable yet

[bigd6983]

exactly.........and hes going to be the one in a few months with the thread title "why did my front end go one way and my car the other.....?

[Redog]

Yeah it will be cool to read that.

Maybe we all don't have balls, but we will still have cars :lol:

Another thing we won't have, large repair bills :lol: ;)

[MikeSS]

Originally posted by Redog@Aug 25 2004, 08:53 PM
Yeah it will be cool to read that.

Maybe we all don't have balls, but we will still have cars :lol:

Another thing we won't have, large repair bills :lol: ;)
or warped Lug Nuts

[Steve03TropicTeal]

omg my nuts are so warped!

not really. but sounds funny.

no, i do 180s and 90 degree turns all the time on these wide dirt roads aroudn my house. dirt covered in gravel. very easy to wide the car around.

jsut wiggling the steering wheel back and forth for a bit aroudn 30 will let stuff come loose.

i did this a lot in mY GA, and nothin' happened? maybe its not as bad for your car on gravel? eh?

and whatever you want to do with you car.. do it! worst care u go sideways into a telhpone pole and total your car or something.

at least you enjoyed life eh?

[havik]

I see what your saying but if you want to take care of your sh*t, like most of us (at least with our cars) then drifting is ill-advised. If you mod the car to support it then yay, otherwise nay B)

[theirishgonzo]

hell i have done the foward to backwards spiun on dry and a 180 uey would the best way to do a burn out is to pull the parking break and spin the front tires then relese the parking preak and leav a strip

[5spdAlero]

drifting a front wheel drive car is fine just try and use someone elses, my buddy did it in his civic, let me break it down for u......

1.went way to fast
2.had no idea what he was doing
3.the parking lot he chose had a very big pole in the middle
4.no more civic

The moral of this story is this....
If youyr planning to do osmething like this make sure it is not car and if posslible make sure that it is a rice burning peice of a civic casue that just makes everythying more fun.


Stay in school

[Redog]

Originally posted by Steve03TropicTeal@Aug 26 2004, 11:14 AM
omg my nuts are so warped!

not really. but sounds funny.

no, i do 180s and 90 degree turns all the time on these wide dirt roads aroudn my house. dirt covered in gravel. very easy to wide the car around.

jsut wiggling the steering wheel back and forth for a bit aroudn 30 will let stuff come loose.

i did this a lot in mY GA, and nothin' happened? maybe its not as bad for your car on gravel? eh?

and whatever you want to do with you car.. do it! worst care u go sideways into a telhpone pole and total your car or something.

at least you enjoyed life eh?
It's better on a loose surface than on dry road

Loose surface would be dirt, snow, loose gravel, mud (maybe) well you get the idea

[cwm33]

wouldn't those trays make an ungodly horrible scraping noise? :huh?:

[havik]

yeah, but it's "cool" :mellow:

[MikeSS]

Originally posted by havik@Sep 8 2004, 04:26 PM
yeah, but it's "cool" :mellow:
"Everybody else is doing it"
"All the cool kids do it"

:P :D :lol: