Ford Vs Holden Drift - What are your thoughts?  

krishin

i personly think someone would buya vz ss or a really new commie and drift with it, maybe some of the older models, not worth as much easy 2 get parts if its crashed its crashed

like i said any car that rwd can drift

69INE

personally i dont like the idea, when i watch drifting i like to see jap cars bouncing of the rev limeter, wastegate sounding and getting crazy angles sidways.

no holden vs ford......its bathurst all over again.

long live the skyline!

HSV

I think you will find they are still setting the car up, will take a while to get it right, bolgers taken a while with the monaro to get it right as well.

cyo00

^^^ Ben's right, Robbie's monaro has taken them ages to get it right....as does any good drift car. The tiniest tweek of a part can make all of the difference. DRIF6 is only getting warmed up, I think we will see some good competition from ford once they get their setup right and I can't wait...

Mr_Sleepy

interresting... i still have a vp lying around somewhere.. bah fuck it ...

DED-SXC

I reckon the more diversity the better the sport so bring on the holden's n fords but id really like to see someone drift a ferrari or a lamborghini that would b insane

clutch-monkey

mid engine would make that tricky.... which is why you never see MR-2's drifting

DED-SXC

in one of my drift battle magazines it has a mr2 whoopin a$$ because it is so easy 2 control because of the chassie balance

it would b awesome 2 c a car worth $150,000+ get smashed by 50.man or some drift pig

imprezed yet?

this question came up today as i was watchin aussie drift nationals... cept it was more jap Vs holden and ford all of the jap spec drivers were more than happy 2 have the aussie cars out there driftin all though they also said they never do any good anyway

escort_man

im not a drifter but i rekon holdens and fords in the drift scene is awesome, and they're cheap alternatives to the 6 grand stock silvia option, vn's are only like 1500 for a stocka. As for the whole imports inventing drifting, yeh they may have but i have videos of my dads mates in they're old torries and xw falcons getting some good agles and i dont mean powerskids.

LS1350

After recently entering my first drift day and having a freaking ball... I recomend anyone with a rwd car get out there and have a go!

Fuck what everyone else thinks... it's about YOU and how much fun YOUR having!! not what car your driving and how good it is, least of all where the freaking thing is from

Once you've learned a bit about controling your drifts and not spinning off every other corner maybe then you can worry about pleasing the crowds and these fucktard keyboard warriors who sprout shit about things they most prolly know nothing about

I was the only non import out of 25 entries and didn't hear 1 bad word about my car or my drifting all day, the sport is not big enough (especially in Tas) to be discouraging anyone from entering...

It's motor sport, not import sport, for it to grow in this country the few die hard import only 'drifters' need to loosen up a bit and realise the sport won't survive without diversity


My thoughts on a holden V ford day... Even I wouldn't watch that, sorry, but drifting is about drift cars... not particular makes and models. Hell I wouldn't even go and watch a Skyline V Silvia day... it's all or nothing

spunkrat

^^^^^^^^
I think I am going to agree with you mate. I personally dont like Fords and Holdens, and the popular import drift cars, are easier/better to drift, but who really cares what you drive if you are out there giving it a go!!! Thats what its about!!

I believe Diversity is an old old wooden ship...

2drift

man what is wrong with u people these days? getting V8's to drift? is that the most ridiculous thing ever? every sport evolves and gets better and better and the V8's aren't doing that, i mean yes these pour out more smoke than the 4's and 6's, but can the hang the drift out, way before the corner entry???? dont think so....
im not sure if u guys watch all the BMI's and HOT version and shit like that but im pritty sure that drifting is only ment for small 4's and 6's little light nimble machines.........not like these big fat over weight torque monsters......lol has keiichi tsuchiya its alround balance not just powerr!!
if u wanna drift, buy a drift car

clutch-monkey

feel free to explain why a V8 GTO and a V8 mustang are doing so well in the US then, if they can't drift.

dj_brad_k

would you like to show a definition of a drift car.

to people talking about holdens not being able to begin the drift prior to hitting the apex, than go watch some south aus drift videos and watch jeremy lake's entries in his vb or vc commodore, yes hes a top end driver but shows what some cars are capable of.

i personally dont care what cars are out on track, if the car being used can hold itself competively thats what matters, or even if they are just there for some fun.

tyler

HSV

Rofl. Your uneducated ramblings did make me laugh somewhat. Having owned and drifted one of the larger "drift" cars availabale from japan, I can quite clearly say that your points about light nimble machines are definatley invalid. Any rwd car can be set to be able to drift, with work. There are numerous examples in Australia, and certainly a hell of a lot more across the world. Bolgers Monaro/Ute, Jeremy's Commodore, Tony Harrisons VN, In america you have Millen who next year is driving a Pontiac Soltisce (LS7 powered), Vitten in the Falken Mustang, Hubinette in the Dodge Viper, Rogers in the El Camino ute, then not to mention the nutters over in Sweeden etc who are drifting 4 door 740 Volvos etc etc etc. People need to realise that its not just soley the domain of japanese cars, merely that the aftermarket backup for drift related parts for japanese cars is so much more readily available than what a lot of "V8" manufactures have. A drift car is exactly as you said, a DRIFT car. If it drifts its a DRIFT car, regardless of make or model. Perhaps one should ask exactly what sort of experience you have in drifting yourself, or are you just another one of those people that are on the bandwagon for the ride?

2drift

are u dumb?
did u not read my point where i said "im pritty sure that drifting is only ment for small 4's and 6's little light nimble machines.........not like these big fat over weight torque monsters......"
i didnt say they cant drift, i just said there better options out there than aussie made family cars turned into a drifter

are u telling me americans arent the dumbest people in the world?
LOL ok u compare a fully worked s15 to fully worked V8 mustang
and then u tell me which car has the better balance.

2drift

ROFL well no shit any RWD car can go sidewayz, but whats the fun in having so much power? why cause theres more smoke?
look at Leighton Fine his got the idea, his probably got a quater of the power the V8's have and his killin everyone.
theres no cubic inches in drifting mate

clutch-monkey

the mustang, retard. it won. with a japanese driver too.
didn't a monaro just win our drift comps here?

Spidey

I am yet to go to a drift day...but bring on the Aussie cars, the more the merrier I say!

HSV

Ahhh, your ignorance of anything to do with drift amuses me. You still havent answered my question there champ. Have a look at current D1 cars, American D1 cars, UK D1 cars and Australian DA cars. All have a significant increase in power, usually between the 300 - 700hp at the wheels. Whilst Crab certainly has a lot of skill and i respect him immensley, he IS beatable. Hell Darren has proved to everyone that a near standard car can beat built drift cars, HOWEVER, due to the ever increasing skill level associated with competitions, the cars have simply gotten to the point that you need to have significant power to be able to stay competitive, especially here in Aus. Josh Young is a perfect example, one of Australias best N/A drifters, if not the best but eventually he had to go to a turbo setup to stay competitive, same with Beau Yates. At the end of the day, who gives a rats ass, half the goddamn drift cars on tracks nowadays have more power than V8's, with the only exception being Bolgers Monaro. You are merely turning it into a power argument here.

Burnout

2drift: Drifting isn't going to always revolve around Japanese cars and you need to accept the fact, that there are much larger cars (Some with V8s, some are family sedans) that will give the Japanese cars, a run for their money and possibly beat them senseless.

As HSV said, it's already happening here and overseas and it's only going to grow bigger and bigger.