For the guys that are interested, there is drifting at Wesbank on Wednesdays from 5 o'clock. We all meet at the short oval. So come and see how you do.

I also want to drift

Who's got a RWD i can borrow ?

I would let you take mine BUT you won't be able to handle the power

haha

I can handle anything darling

Komaan ... u know u want to see that car of yours being handled properly ...

I saw a white skyline in Randburg this morning with big drifting decals all over it. South Side Crew Drifting. It was an R33 shape, not sure if it was the GT-R though.

The drifting at Wesbank is cool... takes a old School BMW to show these jap cars what it's about

Wait Steven, I am going to try it sometime - then it will be dangerous but I might pull some good moves. I see the guys are ready for Wednesday - rotories will be practising the skill.

The white Skyline is awesome to watch - so pull in on Wednesday from 5 o'clock and check it out- and then you can take you car on and get the art of drifting

thats florin - he's the guy who organised with wesbank that we can practice drifting. in fact, he's organised plenty for the drifters in gauteng and should definiately be recognised for it.

You sure. I see that car alot here In Kimberley. Saw it yesterday aswell. Last i heard he a friend of Otto (Monster Mob Csl). They both diamond diggers here

Oh its a GTS-T

no it is florin, and i doubt he drives up on wednesdays and fridays just to drift at wesbank...but maybe he does...he is putting drifting on the map, and he is committed!

and everytime i have gone, i have seen an improvment from everyone, except T E S S.... jokes

nah it is florin. was talking to the "drifters" today and apparently its florin and otto that organised the drifting at wesbank.

Soz my bad. He wasnt at spin city today but otto was. He drove his bumper of his m3 off tonite... He challenge the rasta with ford cortina and cam 2nd best.. lol

Cuz, no picking on me, I think if I had to try it now, I will chase the people away. Rudy takes my car out now, the setup is not right for drifting as yet - so I will be patient and wait for it to be right. I can't wait.

I am so impressed how everyone has improved in such a short time.

when do you ppl think that the D1 drifters will come here for a Exhibition drift session? :}

yeah it is really good, i think give us about 2 years, we will be at an international standard.

Well that will be a good thing for motorsport is SA to be recognised internationaly for it. I just wanna see them Japs drift!!!! :}
Cant wait till i get my RPS13

i cant wait till i get my bmw back

IMO, florin and otto aren't that great... dont get me wrong they not bad.

but the CSL wasn't impressive at Wesbank... just made a bladdy noise from the exhaust, thanks but no thanks a std CSL sounds way better.

Florin isn't bad at all, but his head is getting a bit big... and from what I see, the guys are right on his tail.

Oh, and no more drifting for me, I'm hanging up my boots... also the fact that I'm setting up the car for circuit, and I've fitted semi's all around

and anyways... drifting the same corners over and over of course u gonna get good in those corners.

I got black flagged at the Z 2 weeks ago, for drifitng the top sweep on the end of the back str8 ... at a 160km/h

yeah the CSL's are a great let down.. as andreas said, how can someone take a car designed for traction, cornering grip etc and turn it into a drifting car...

Having driven a CSL, I can agree with that

also would love to know how they initate the drift, as u can't yank the hand brake, it just kills the power, and there is no clutch...

Only way I can think of is trail braking... but when I did it with the CSL, it was a lot more composed than sy an e36 or e30. back didn't slide much at all, not like the e30.

dnt kno abt florin. but otto is just plain on sux. he has a m3 aswell and he is busy with a GC8 subaru to drift with. Oh the M3 sounds exactely the same as his csl. A guy with Screwed rubbers all round(and i mean screwed that the wheels move back and for at least half a meter) in a Old ford cortina drifted better than otto in his M3

but u gotta give it to these guys for trying..and they will get good, its just a matter of time

i think florin is pretty good, not world class but good enough to be one of the top if not the top drifters in SA

And now? What bought this one?

I take my hat off to all the guys as they have all improved and can only get better - so give them a chance and enjoy it, leave the politics out please.

Cause drifting kills your car...

tyres, handbrake, diff, all suspension and engine mounts...

that the only thing i dread about starting to drift it very heavy on your car. If you drift everyday its recommended that you overall your diff every month.

the reason why i prefer not to use this forum. ppl here just cant give credit where its due. it was florin (and apparently otto - although i'm not 100% sure - but who would build an expensive drift car if they weren't into drifting???) that arranged for drifting practice at wesbank.

i haven't seen anyone else try this and succeed yet, so my applause and thanks go out to them.

florin is often in kimberley, and he is here in joburg every wednesday to encourage drifting in gauteng, adn south africa. even zwartkops is still blackflagging drifters, so for wesbank to offer support in the use of their track to practice on, that is a big commitment to the emerging trends in motorsport. i'm sure once permission is attained to practice at other tracks, the guys will be more than grateful to be able to practice under different conditions.

and as for not seeing the point of building a drifter out of a CSL - that is the owners choice. if he afford to build a drift car out of a csl - good for him. a car designed to have plenty of traction is often the better choice to build a drift car from. think about it, in order to have controlled and predictable drifting, you need as much traction as possible - and its also nice that the CSL has plenty of power to overcome the traction that it does have.

drifting is a subjective type of sport - and everyone is entitled to their opinions - but to attack the credibility of the few guys in south africa who are actually trying to promote a newly emergent type of motorsport, is a definitive show of the conservative attitude of those "motorsport enthusiasts" who share the same attitude as the curators of the zwartkops "international" racetrack!!!!

i think florin is good, and he has done alot for drifting in SA. he deserves all credit given to him

I have no politics...these are my views.

I do think Florin has a bit of a big head from this... I never said anything about whats he's doing for drifting, or what he has done. I think someone has read a little 2 much into what I said.

Why take a car that was designed by BMW to be a grip car, and everyting on it designed to make it stick like crazy

BTW, U want a car that has grip on the front wheels...

A standard Manual E46 M3 would be much better, as there is no SMG cutting the power when the handbrake is pulled, a manual box, so u can clutch kick, shift lock, etc...

As I said... my car is getting setup for track racing... on only my 2nd time out on street tyres, and stock brakes I was running on par with like the 5th quickest recorded e30 N/A lap time on the Z .

So my money now goes into semi's, brakes and better suspension...