Was just wondering what you lads thought of the whole drifting scene? Personally I cant get enough of it. The competitions are becoming quite regular here in Ireland and there has now been a championship started. My Dad has entered before in his 2L Mk1 escort and I have done it in a 2.9 Granada. Now we have built a car soley for drifting, a 2.9 XR4X4 that we have converted to RWD with a welded diff. So who else does a bit of drifting??

 

i want to learn it as soon as me brakes are sorted and me new bushes are fitted

 

proper drifting seems a ford free zone over here
shame as a saff cossies a good base car...

love drifting, 2 people im friends with compete in UK D1, when the GTRs ready then im there (RWD switch has been fitted long ago...).

idealy id build a proper drifter, stripped out, tons of power, welded diff, low gearing, and loads of front camber, but i cant afford to do 2mad cars, and a PROPERLY specced drift car makes a really bad car at almost anything else.

But wat a fuckin fun car itd be...

 

I try to

 

We have quite a few ford drifters over here. How did you work that RWD switch? Was it a special transfer box or is it just litreally a switch? Cossies aint bad drifters but thet are notorious for having shit diffs. About the best one who competed over here had a welded diff in his.

 

GTRs have electronic active centre diffs like WRC cars and run 100% RWD most of the time until it feels it needs it (losing traction), and with a simple switch to turn it off its stays 100% RWD 100% of the time

 

All fookin nutters!!! Wanna see a drift even at somepoint.

 

I don't think I'll be there this year, but I will 100% be entering next year.

Gonna try and get to the D1 practice in September - got lenty of shonky rear tyres ready too!

 

Where abouts can u go to drift in the UK is there any events??

me and mate were gonna build a track car but drifting sounds more fun to me

 

your probably best getting a Vaux Carlton 3000 GSI 24V or even a senator 24V great cars for drifting, and as the man above says its getting quite popular over here

 

that is so right, these cars just go sideways for fun

 

got a s13 200sx for drifting.

But it would perfer a mk2 escort

 

Option Drift Club and the UK D1 championship is based at Silverstone Racetrack.

http://www.ukd1.com/

Saturday 17th July- 3rd Round Competition
Sunday 22nd August- 4th Round Competition
Sunday 19th September- 3rd Practice Session
Sunday 3rd October- D1 Final

Practice Events will cost Ł60 per person, with a maximum of 40 cars per event while Competition events will cost Ł75 in advance per person or Ł100 on the day, with a maximum of 45 cars per event.
Spectators pay just Ł10 per person for the competition events. Spectating at practice events will be free.

The top three placing drifters from each round of the competition events will win prizes which include: HKS vouchers, complete sets of AVON tyres, 76 Racing Fuel and other merchandise from our sponsors as well as some amazing trophies. The first place drifter will walk away with prizes totaling over a thousand pounds. There will also be an overall season winner which will be announced at the D1 Final in October.

PRACTICE

The practice days are run in addition to the competition series so that the pro's can get a little extra practice before the competition rounds and the amateur drifters can get a feel for what drifting is about and get some basic tuition from the OPT professional instructors.
The practice events will take place on the vast expanse of the Silverstone car parks near the main entrance to the site. The day will begin with a driver briefing before starting the event at 9:00am.
One area of the car park will have four different corner arrangements with an instructor in each section. The sections will contain a donut, figure of eight, 180 bend and an s-corner arrangement. Tuition will consist of spending 15 minutes with each instructor to get a basic overview on each of the different sections and as the day runs from 9:00am – 5:00pm, with 4 slots per hour, we hope to be able to give at least 25 people basic tuition throughout the day. This tuition will be offered primarily to novice drifters who have never been to one of our events before. If there is a large demand for tuition then a roster will be made on the day and time slots given out.
The other area of the car park will have a complete loop track section, allowing you to practice your drifting techniques through a seriers of different corners. The track section will be open all day for everyone to practice on. Team drifting can be practiced at the event but for obvious reasons 'side by side' drifting must take place only by mutual agreement.

COMPETITION
The competition events will start with a driver briefing between 8:30am and 9:00am.

9:00am – 12:00pm
1:00pm – 2:30pm
2:30pm – 4:00pm
4:00pm – 5:00pm Free Practice for all competitors
OPT Drift Club Amateur Drifter award
UKD1 Professional Championship
Team Drift (Twin drift)

opt drift club amateur drifter award
This category is for the novice driver who will have had little or no experience of motorsport in general and are new to drifting. Although we will not be able to check the background of every driver that wishes to enter into this section it is requested that each driver take it on them selves to correctly choose the class of event they wish to be entered into to make it a fair competition for everyone who enters this section of the competition.
All entrance to this section will be narrowed down to one overall winner for each of the five competition rounds of the year.
The winner at each event will receive a HKS Voucher, a case of 76 fully synthetic engine oil, a Sony PlayStation 2 and a trophy. The winning amateur drifter will take home hundreds of pounds worth of prizes!
This level of the competition is to highlight up and coming drifters and to give the novice drifter a chance at taking home some prizes at their first competition event.
If you enter this section of the competition and win you will not be eligible to take part, as an amateur drifter at future events but will be limited to the UKD1 professional level event.

ukd1 professional championship

This category is for the more experienced drifter or for someone that has previous experience of motorsport in general, like a track day regular, amateur/professional race or rally driver etc.

All entrance to this section of the event will be rounded down to a top three at each of the five competition events throughout the year.

Prizes awarded on the day will consist of:
1st PLACE
HKS Vouchers
Complete set of AVON Tyres in any size
Case of 76 fully synthetic engine oil
Sony PlayStation 2
Trophy
2nd PLACE
HKS Vouchers
Case of fully synthetic engine oil
Sony PlayStation 2
Trophy
3rd PLACE
HKS Vouchers
Case of fully synthetic engine oil
Sony PlayStation 2
Trophy

So the winner gets to take home over Ł1,500 worth of prizes!

As well as the prizes that will be awarded at each event, the top five drivers will also receive series points that will be totaled up at the end and a series winner will be announced at the D1 Final on 3rd October 2004.

1st 10 points
2nd 6 points
3rd 4 points
4th 2 points
5th 1 point

The series winner will receive a '2004 UKD1 Professional Championship' trophy and additional prizes from our sponsors to add to all the other prizes they would win.

team drift (twin drift)

This section of the competition is certainly not for the faint hearted, as it involves two team members going out on the track and doing some side by side drifting. Each team will be able to go out and have two runs, with each member of the team taking the lead on both of there runs. Points will be awarded for speed, style, control, consistency of drifts, closeness of team members during the drifts.

Entry into this event will be limited to those people that have taken part in the UKD1 Professional Championship. There will also be a surcharge for entry into this event to the amount of Ł75 per team. Depending on demand and time, we may have to limit the total number of teams that take part in this section of the competition.

At each competition event one team will be announced the winners of the team drift competition.

Each team member will receive:

HKS Vouchers, A complete set of AVON Tyres, A case of 76 fully synthetic engine oil, Sony PlayStation 2 and a trophy.

So each member of the team will take home over Ł1,000 worth of prizes, for an additional entry fee of Ł37.50 which can be paid on the day or in advance.

So if you think you are a drift master and would like a real challenge then register for the team drift and show us your real skills. OPT Drift Club will be entering a team, EVO Magazine may possibly enter a team, anyone else fancy the challenge?

regulations

Below is some important information you should take note of before taking part in the OPT Drift Club events.

practice events-
Competitors will require a helmet.

competition events-
Competitors will require a helmet and full race suit.

safety requirements-
The clothing requirements at the events do not need to be FIA appoved, however its advisable to get a fire proof race suit.

car regulations-
The car should be road legal. The car should not have fluids leaking out, or body parts hanging off, working brake lights and generally the car should be in good working order. Also, there should not be any lose items kept in the car whilst on track.

car decals-
On the competition events all participants will need to place our sponsors logos on both sides of the car along with an entry number which will be allocated to each person. The decals will be issued on the morning of the events.

 

BTW Twin Drift is MENTAL and jus imagine 2 mental looking but similar/identical looking mad power 3door cossies doing twin drift

 

100% doing it.

Should have all the reliability, the diff, and the handbrake

 

How about a e34 535i bmw?
wouldnt mind giving it a go