Airjockie

Before any runs, I'd set the idle on the DGV carbs to about 1500rpms, then use the choke to keep the idle down while in the staging area. Then the powerover drifts were easy and fun to do...but the front tires were not helping at all...even though they were Azenies, the pavement was hot and the tires I had up front were getting bald...so very little grip The rear tires were some really old tiers that this one guy had in his garage, old, dry, weathered, and they smoked a lot, on the 4th run I swaped some Watanabes up front with ES100's and had plenty of grip, but couldn't get the rear to slide around like the first run....so for the overweight car with little power, tires and a real suspension is the only way to get a decent drift..and the driver also helps...But I still had fun I was trying to do feints, and thats about all you can do with the car to get it to kick out, but the sloppy suspension just either kicked it out too far or not far enough, and my thottle control sucks...I was trying way to hard at times or not hard enough during the other times... As soon as I can find the time, the car is getting the L28 with oversized pistons, fuel injection, electric ignition, cam, full set of poly bushings, better front brakes, tokico Illuminas all the way around, Ground Control 1" lowwering springs and a few other sweet parts....but I will still be a one-tire-fire unless someone has a cheap LSD they want to sell me :nervous:

And I need to hurry and get the tire selection, suspension, engine, and LSD problems worked out.... But not bad for taking a 30 year old car, with the stock 30 year old engine, the stock one-tire-fire, the 30 year old shocks and springs, and no grip when I needed it.... And the Vids here...under OldRedZ... But I have a better engine, full suspension, bushings, and a lot of other stuff on the way...and more tires...hehe

It came with the car, when I got it...the wing that is.... I guess it's a common aftermarket wing...it was installed about 13 years ago...when who ever it was that restored the car put it on. I actually like it.... A gallery of the car when I got it. A gallery of the Drift event in NJ that I particapated in. A picture of it before the Soccer Mom backed into it :classic: and the new damage...:dead: This car still needs a lot of work, and a new hood and paint.

Howdy....my first post here...hows it going. The topic asked was, who drift's their Z.... Well, I was last year in NJ..... My Z was bone stock except a wing and some flares...it still has the 1974 HP and suspention, and no LSD......does it drift...hell yeah....did I I get noticed...I only hope so. But I retired it this year, and I am building an AE86 to beat on...the Z went full garage queen after a SUV soccer Mom back into it....