Romans Daily/Drifter/Track Car

[180roman]

close one? as ur 4 wheels are in full lock?

btw, ballin, drifting on bbs

thanks man

yeah was pretty close, just missed his rear bar

i only locked up the fronts there, but because i was sideways and on the throttle moments before that, i'm still going sideways while trying to stop, so there was still smoke coming from the rear guards

[KürBFèéleR]

Looks like u enjoy an get the most out of your car. Thats good to see.cant wait to see more.

[180roman]

finally got around to fixing my blown turbo gasket

"theres ya' problem"


noticed i've been scraping my gearbox, a bit worrying...

[180roman]

Ridin' Dirty



check out his blog http://www.stiffdiff.com

[padraigmk3]

Congrats on the stiff diff shout out!! I still love your car. I think this is probably the only time it's come close to being washed:

[180roman]

Congrats on the stiff diff shout out!! I still love your car. I think this is probably the only time it's come close to being washed:

ha ha you know it man

[blowntwofive]

loooks goood man fun driving

[180roman]

thanks man ^^

so in true wheel whore style i bought another set of wheels LOL


Work Equips 17x9 +18 for skids

then took a few photos packing for another drift day

Team Tuffcore repping




got a half cage installed with a help of a few mates


and the car packed for winton




in the back there is 6 wheels with tires, 2 spare tires, a box of spares, a box of tools, 5L of coolant, 5L of oil, a jack stand, helmet and a pillow

and here is the review from the day's drifting:

well i survived another drift day, but not without some casualties

This drift day's casualty was my front left guard, getting munched by the tire while i was riding the ripple strip

The day started off fairly slow with hardly any runs in C class with lots of time spent siting in the start line
However from the first minute on the track i fell in love with the new front Federal RS-Rs. Its been a while since i've been able to tell the car where to go, usually spending most of the time fighting it and trying to throw it in the right direction. The grip of the RS-Rs was great, even a bit too great I might say as there were a few times i've spun simply because i would usually get the front to skip along and understeer a bit when at full lock, but that is just an excuse for me to save up for some extra lock knuckles.

I was having a bit of an issue with the handbrake cover getting stuck on the trim at the start of the day, but ditched the cover for the rest of the day to solve the problem.
The next 2 sessions in group C did not provide much track time either compared to what i was seeing in Group B. So having asked around for long enough I got myself bumped up to Group B for the rest of the day.
What a huge difference that made. Going from a peak hr traffic jam in the start line in Group C, to a free flowing open track in Group B. I was loving it, lapping it up, unfortunately the handbrake decided it had enough for the day and stopped locking the rear wheels, so I had to manage the rest of the day without it. This made for a few more spins, trying to wash off speed with more angle rather then being able to adjust it with the handbrake. And then i discoved the reason i was producing so much smoke from my front tire, the front left guard bent in on itself and was cutting and scrapping the tire fairly hard.

Having fixed the issue with some breaker bar guard rolling i went out into the next Group B session, which then kinda combined with Group C and A towards the end and turned into a massive open session, but since so many people have already called it a day by that point the flow was not too bad. So i got a few more laps in before i bent the front guard again and came into the pits to not risk damaging the tire any further.

I've had a friend's camera on my car for most of the day, so should have most of the drift footage except for the times i forgot to press record lol

[180roman]

so like winton pics time

[P78]

didn't u had a wagon for hauling stuff

[180roman]

ha ha nah Pascal, i only towed my car to the track once

i usually just drive up there, skid and then drive home

[180roman]

finally uploaded some vids from the drift day

Whenever you see me grab the door when drifting, it is to stop myself from falling out from the seat

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnpNCaKy8pM"]Winton October Drift Part 1.wmv - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72_pBavQX8"]Winton October 2011 Part2.wmv - YouTube[/ame]

[P78]

meh
y u blocking youtube boss!

[180roman]

Haven't made much progress with the car for a while since my jack was screwed, so I needed to buy a new one.

Got a costco jack now, so got working on the car over the weekend

In the past week i've lost a dump pipe nut, a swaybar D link and the exhaust is leaking at the cat coz the bolts are loose and i couldn't fix any of these things without a jack

So i put in some good wrench time into the car on Sat

Most importantly found the cause of my steering issues, 1 end of the power steering rack was not secured at all, the bracket was so loose it was only a few more threads off completely coming off
So it tightened that bitch down, so now the car does exactly what i tell it to do, feels good

Fixed some of the exhaust leaks, but still have a couple of small ones left

Re-bolted my half cage in properly with bottom plates

Discovered the reason my handbrake failed last drift day, one of the drum shoe pads completely delaminated even though they were new, so i'll be taking them back to get re-done

Removed Amp/Sub wiring from the car since i've never had an amp or a sub in the car ever lol

Bashed and flared out the f**ked front guard, so hopefully it lasts a bit longer drifting next time

Also bought a bucket seat for the car, so just need to get some rails modded to fit

Still left to do:
Knuckles
Lock spacers
Fit bucket seat
Get a steering wheel
Get 3" gutted cat
Replace missing swaybar D link

[180roman]

fitted the rear pods and valence to the car








and this is how i get out of my driveway



funny thing is, thats with the car raised lol