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    Is there anyone here that has seen, or know anyone, or has a Dakota, Dakota R/T that is setup for Drifting?? I allways thought these trucks would be pretty good at it. If so let me know, I'm kinda intrested for some ODD reason.. I dunno maybe cause I was doing a lil drifting around some corners tonight...lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by RT360D View Post
    Is there anyone here that has seen, or know anyone, or has a Dakota, Dakota R/T that is setup for Drifting?? I allways thought these trucks would be pretty good at it. If so let me know, I'm kinda intrested for some ODD reason.. I dunno maybe cause I was doing a lil drifting around some corners tonight...lol
    If you ask me, it's already setup for drifting. Just mash the gas and steer. lol.
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    there's a video of slowRT from D-D drifting at an autocross. I'm not sure where to find it but Sin City would know. It's some damn good driving too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moore_716 View Post
    there's a video of slowRT from D-D drifting at an autocross. I'm not sure where to find it but Sin City would know. It's some damn good driving too.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pq-F88g-YA0
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    thanks. I didn't realize he posted this on multiple sites
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    My car club should be attending an ameture drifting event this spring, I'll let you know how she does. But IMO I agree with a previous poster, with our killer torque, rwd, and poor weight bias, its just about perfect for drifting off the showroom floor.

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    i plan on drifting mine also

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    Quote Originally Posted by RT360D View Post
    Is there anyone here that has seen, or know anyone, or has a Dakota, Dakota R/T that is setup for Drifting?? I allways thought these trucks would be pretty good at it. If so let me know, I'm kinda intrested for some ODD reason.. I dunno maybe cause I was doing a lil drifting around some corners tonight...lol
    i have won the truck division of 2 armature drift events at rt.66 raceway. you need a suicide E-brake and a true locker. our suspension is not ideal but fine to beat other trucks. there was only like 7 trucks at the 3 events Ive done but most people suck and are learning at the events. most events don't allow trucks so ask before you go. i also pit crew for the falken/discount tire drift team when they come to Chicago so i know a thing or two about drifting. its my favorite motor sport. if only i could get a locker for the charger...

    a pic in the pits next to the falken trailer with the falken girls. I'm in the back in the blue and the other 2 guys are my techs.
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    well im running a detroit true trac, and a full hotchkis and kenny brown xbrace and double ajustable qa-1 shocks

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    you can do it with that con fig, but i suggest a suicide e brake to pull in the middle of the truck. you can't always do power over drifts. especially with an automatic trans on long sweepers you need an e brake you can reach to get the rear end out. if you do small courses with no higher speed stuff you will be OK, but its still a tool you will want for drifting. also i think club cabs are a little better for control. the reg cabs have a short wheel base and get around on you quick if you don't pay attention.

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    drifting is a weird sport to me. In any other form of motor racing, you'd be fired for driving like a a-hole, for doing that stuff. I also don't understand the scoring. WTF !?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Special Ed's R/T - Yaaaay View Post
    drifting is a weird sport to me. In any other form of motor racing, you'd be fired for driving like a a-hole, for doing that stuff. I also don't understand the scoring. WTF !?!
    armature comps are not tandem drifts so you don't have to worry about hitting anything but cones. i could care less if i win or not its fun to slide the truck around on some shit tires. my old boss from discount tire gives me used ws6 or camaro tires for free and i go burn em up. you get judged on 3 things.

    -how sidways you get
    -how fast you can do it at
    -how little corrections you have to make. they hate seeing the front wheels turning back and forth, you gotta be smooth.

    also hitting cones or spinning out is bad. and if they set up any walls i stay way the fuck away from them, which is bad for your score but i have visions of Eddie Griffin in my head and im not wreckin my shit.
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    It's definitely weird/interesting. I just want to try it as a neat way to send off these old falken rear tires.

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    i have a regular cab, im running yokohama advans othe street, do you have pics of the e bracke set up

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    im thinking or doing a ae86 corolla or a rx-7 with a ls1 swap

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    ive been interested in it for a long time, especially the drifting done on actual mountian roads in japan.

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    i dont have any pics but i dont have a digital camera. ill get some if i remember when im at my friens house.

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    cool cant wait to see

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    thats Charles, he is a little weird. we call him A.D.D. Boy. he does good work tho.

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    hes right, slow running, our trucks will drift really easy. at hi speed without an ebrake, you'll just need no regard for safety, stomp on the brakes, shift weight forward and initiate, and hope you have enough torque to get the wheels spinning

    Those kids in their 240's didn't know a truck could drift...

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    full drift.jpg
    willow springs figure 8 drifting, ill post some pics of horse thief mile, had an event there this sunday

    Those kids in their 240's didn't know a truck could drift...

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    Quote Originally Posted by WickedQwikRT View Post
    full drift.jpg
    willow springs figure 8 drifting, ill post some pics of horse thief mile, had an event there this sunday
    awesome, i didn't know any one else here does the drift events in their truck.
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    ive done it on some passes we have here, im waiting for video on it, any pics of the ebrake

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