Drifting is the hottest thing to hit the states in years and is the only sport responsible for saving the racing/import market and tuner scene as the economy slumps. Maybe you haven't seen the mustang and viper D1 cars racing in the past few years at HIN and professional speedways around the country attracting thousands of fans, as the american automakers have entered the scene trying to capitalize on the craze! Maybe you should tell the automakers who are investing millions into professional drifting that it's not a sport and that they are wasting their time and money

Reputable source for engineering? I can't think of a better resource or avenue to test and R&D suspension, tires etc. Where do you guys come up with this stuff?

 

You might want to check the ALMS and Rolex Series. Catch any of the 24 Hours of Daytona last week? Probably not as you were more than likely tuned in to Hot Import Nights on Nopivision

If you think drifting is saving any kind of racing market then whomever in this thread that previously said you have no idea what you're talking about is pretty much dead on correct.

 

Even the word is a waste....

 

C'mon - drifting......?

 

What shredding tires and going sideways is cool but come on..Oh I forgot about NOPI Tunervision..

 

Seattlebum What is the altitude of your track that might also clue us in on the run. Some people are over looking how drastic da can change a cars performance.

 

That's a pretty similar trap speed to what an E55 AMG with pulley and tune can achieve. The CTS-V would beat up on the E55 on anything but straight road, though.

 

Are you serious? This assertion is something only a teenager would say. I wish a maturity test was a requirement to gain registration to these forums.

 

I wish it was my car but it was not. I used to have a Maggied '05 CTS-V that dyno'd 480whp/445wtq and I used to hunt down "faster" cars on the road course. I still frequent the Caddy sites and love to see them do well in theatres normally associated with BMW and MB.

I do believe that the boost levels given by the pulley change were very modest. The guy says later in the thread that it was a "step" on the way to more and more boost to see how the car responds. I'm assuming that cooler temps around the US right now help the intercooler but hurt the temps of the tires. I'd expect to see faster and faster times as more of these cars get into the hands of enthusiasts and they start taking them to the wknd drags!

My old car:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bnCE...e=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKKzn...e=channel_page

 

If that was the case, half of the "greatest supercar in the world" Z06 owners wouldn't make the cut

 

^^ You're still here?

 

Amen brother!

 

drifting is the motorsports version of figure skating. it cute and takes a lot of practice and control but is not a sport.

on a serious not for a serious conversation: to drift you have to spin the tires, when the tires spin there is really no pressure on anything in the driveline. so drifting is no where near a brutal test to a cars performance. the only thing drifting tests is the ability of the tuner to make the rev limiter a soft limit (spark cut not fuel) so that the motor doesn't grenade. the suspension isn't a good example cause all you are doing is putting coilovers on the car and tuning in rake and oversteer so that the car becomes flickable, not really anything different then tuning in a car to do the opposite. by all means drifting is fun and has a huge following but by no means is it a good test for a car, nor is any one car better then another. as long as a set of coilovers and camber/caster plates are made for the car, any car can drift.

 

I agree. The one thing I do like about drifting is that the events typically are followed by bikini contests! Now THAT is a sport.

 

Did my thread get jacked? Back to topic ya'll.