Okay, get this. I picked up an issue becasue it has an article on how to build a drift car. And an editorial on drifting in general. Now I could pretty much figured it was gonna be involving a 240sx. The 2nd gen RX7's are so out of style now days..... Nobody uses them for this type of article.
I was figuring a nice write up of suspension componets. But no! I see an article on swapping engines from the KA to the SR. And why you ask???? Because the KA appearently doesn't have enough power to drift. I appoligized for this little rant, but this magazine is trying to tell these kids that they need to buy an SR20 before they can drift. "How to build a drift car." And it starts out with an engine swap. I personally would not want to own a car that I have to swap the engine before I could drift.
And they are making out like drifting is just the newest thing going. I dont know about you guys, but I live near one of the oldest NASCAR short tracks in the country. And they have been drifting (left hand turns) since I can remeber. That is the thing we use to go see every weekend. Watch these guys slide those old Cameros (and various other models) around the track. I will admit it is new that they are having events just soley for drifting, but it has been around since way before I knew there was a name for it.
Oh well, what do I know. I haven't ever drifted. I will deffinetly have to get into it when I get my next Nissan. But these magazines irritate me. Sorry, rant over.
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I totally agree. Look at the biggest drifting cult car the ae86. How much power does it have? Wow 115hp and comparative torque, sorry I don't know the exact spec. Did the article have anything about suspension at all in it, or was it just "swap the sr and you will be drifting king!" Also the whole newest thing Not only your example of the short trac races, but most people know that this has been big in japan for quite a while now. I am glad that there will be more events though. :batman
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Yeah i hate that anybody with any kind of modded car now asks me if I have an SR. I don't but I do plan to get one and it's going to be that much harder when they are in even shorter supply next year. I agree that it's lame to do an article about how to set up drift and just cover an SR swap. I mean if you can't drift with the stock set-up than you'll kiss a light pole with that SR for sure.Maybe it will be easier to get ahold of one than I think when some chump kills his new 240 and then wants to go back to his Civic ways. ::evil grin::I'm trying to learn to drift with my crappy set-up now. Stock engine, Stock suspension: blown, and open diffential. Shocks and springs going on next week and I'm shopping for an LSD now.
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Re: Import tuner........
"I was figuring a nice write up of suspension componets. But no! I see an article on swapping engines from the KA to the SR [...] I appoligized for this little rant, but this magazine is trying to tell these kids that they need to buy an SR20 before they can drift."JESTER wrote: I was figuring a nice write up of suspension componets. But no! I see an article on swapping engines from the KA to the SR. And why you ask???? Because the KA appearently doesn't have enough power to drift. I appoligized for this little rant, but this magazine is trying to tell these kids that they need to buy an SR20 before they can drift. "How to build a drift car." And it starts out with an engine swap. I personally would not want to own a car that I have to swap the engine before I could drift.
And they are making out like drifting is just the newest thing going. I dont know about you guys, but I live near one of the oldest NASCAR short tracks in the country. And they have been drifting (left hand turns) since I can remeber. That is the thing we use to go see every weekend. Watch these guys slide those old Cameros (and various other models) around the track. I will admit it is new that they are having events just soley for drifting, but it has been around since way before I knew there was a name for it.
Oh well, what do I know. I haven't ever drifted. I will deffinetly have to get into it when I get my next Nissan. But these magazines irritate me. Sorry, rant over.
I didn't get the subliminal message. On the first page second paragraph, "based off of our email responeses on the issue, I would say there is a 50/50 too up on sticking with the KA24DE or swapping out to an SR20DET." Some people take different paths in building their drift vehicles. Some go with a motor swap first, some go with suspension work first, hell, some even get a competition steering wheel before even buying a car! My point is, it's their car and let them do whatever they want to it.
"Because the KA appearently doesn't have enough power to drift"
The article never once mentioned that! You just made that up yourself. Stick to the facts!
"And it starts out with an engine swap. I personally would not want to own a car that I have to swap the engine before I could drift."
You personally would not? That's great you're sharing that with us. Moving along now.
"And they are making out like drifting is just the newest thing going."
Actually it is quite a new thing going on. It's the first time a D1 event is coming to the US. I suppose if those NASCAR guys started giving points on how sideways they can get, drifting might get some more attention.
"Oh well, what do I know."
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"Sorry, rant over"
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Holisticbeatz,Let me guess, your an Import Tuner sponsor, right? j/k
"Because the KA appearently doesn't have enough power to drift" The article never once mentioned that! You just made that up yourself. Stick to the facts!
Did I say that the magazine said that? No I did not. I was expressing my view on the article. I do agree that it is there car and they can do what ever they want to with it. We all have that right.
You personally would not? That's great you're sharing that with us. Moving along now. What ever....
Actually it is quite a new thing going on. It's the first time a D1 event is coming to the US. I suppose if those NASCAR guys started giving points on how sideways they can get, drifting might get some more attention.
Now did I say anything about a drifting event? No. I said drifting, not drifting events. These events are bringing it more into mainstream. It has been around for years, just no one held special events just for drifting. They are making out like none of Americans drifted before. Now I dont figure that too many of these ricers out there had ever saw a car drifting before a year or so ago, but the rest of us have.
I am just not a fan of a magazine that writes an article on how you can build a drift car, and starts off with an engine swap. You don't see my point on this???? When building my drift car, do I have to do an engine swap? No. Why do they feel in their instructive article that they need to include this in there? It doesn't make sense to me. Other than them trying to help their sponsors (which they named in the article) to sell engines on a project that didn't need an engine swap.
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"Because the KA appearently doesn't have enough power to drift" The article never once mentioned that! You just made that up yourself. Stick to the facts!
Did I say that the magazine said that? No I did not. I was expressing my view on the article. I do agree that it is there car and they can do what ever they want to with it. We all have that right.
You personally would not? That's great you're sharing that with us. Moving along now. What ever....
Actually it is quite a new thing going on. It's the first time a D1 event is coming to the US. I suppose if those NASCAR guys started giving points on how sideways they can get, drifting might get some more attention.
Now did I say anything about a drifting event? No. I said drifting, not drifting events. These events are bringing it more into mainstream. It has been around for years, just no one held special events just for drifting. They are making out like none of Americans drifted before. Now I dont figure that too many of these ricers out there had ever saw a car drifting before a year or so ago, but the rest of us have.
I am just not a fan of a magazine that writes an article on how you can build a drift car, and starts off with an engine swap. You don't see my point on this???? When building my drift car, do I have to do an engine swap? No. Why do they feel in their instructive article that they need to include this in there? It doesn't make sense to me. Other than them trying to help their sponsors (which they named in the article) to sell engines on a project that didn't need an engine swap.
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Jester, your last paragraph almost suggests that the intent of the article is to be an "instructive article." Not so. That publication is clearly a lifestyle/entertainment magazine covering the "import car culture" and is marketed towards the male demographic interested in "being seen" over "being fast", and buying parts to customize their economy car. The only reason they bother with any tech work is because the SR20 is officially mainstream, and kids are eating this stuff up like pork fried rice(nevermind the fact that sister-publications do the dirty work for tech projects). The magazine is jam-packed with customized show cars, APC parts ads, and even some "youth culture" music reviews. Oh, and they cover video games, too.
How to judge the class/maturity level/standards of a given magazine's readership??? Check out the "reader's mail" section of every different car magazine you own. This will give you good insight into just how young/foolish the readers of Import Tuner are.
How to judge the class/maturity level/standards of a given magazine's readership??? Check out the "reader's mail" section of every different car magazine you own. This will give you good insight into just how young/foolish the readers of Import Tuner are.
