Mmmmmmmm Doughnuts

[v15ben]

Just a quick one, but surely what an MX5 does best

[The Tea Boy]

nothing to do with me sir

[bluetone]

So long as your '5/Roadster has a slippy diff!

I did a drfting day at Silverstone with Caterham a few years back which was epic fun; you know you're going to have a good day out when the instructors tell you to drive their cars "like you stole it"

[JFReturns]

Is this possible without a LSD? Mine just seems to break traction at the front....

[bluetone]

JFReturns said:

Is this possible without a LSD? Mine just seems to break traction at the front....

Hard work without one; with an open diff the inside wheel spins the power away.

[Munter]

bluetone said:

So long as your '5/Roadster has a slippy diff!

I did a drfting day at Silverstone with Caterham a few years back which was epic fun; you know you're going to have a good day out when the instructors tell you to drive their cars "like you stole it"

However if you bounce it off the limiter while spinning out of control they do give you a bking...

[bluetone]

Munter said:

However if you bounce it off the limiter while spinning out of control they do give you a bking...

I take you had a good day too then!

[Jag-D]

v15ben said:

Just a quick one, but surely what an MX5 does best

Now I would never condone such a ridiculous thing


Ben, you really should follow me in my 5 sometime

[v15ben]

There is a video of that doughnut session where it nearly got expensive. "Hello MX5, I am a brick wall, nice to meet you..." Brake! Brake!

Would be amusing to follow you in the MX5 mate, I am moving back to Leeds next weekend so we should go for a drive

[Jag-D]

v15ben said:

There is a video of that doughnut session where it nearly got expensive. "Hello MX5, I am a brick wall, nice to meet you..." Brake! Brake!

Would be amusing to follow you in the MX5 mate, I am moving back to Leeds next weekend so we should go for a drive

Oh excellent, gimme a hollar some time fella

Could do with dragging senor snippy up here too at some point

[v15ben]

Funny you should say that, YHM

[Jag-D]

v15ben said:

Funny you should say that, YHM

[Jonny671]

Ah Doughnuts are very fun!

So easy too, I can start it sliding with abit of revs on any round-a-bout.. Though if you want it too it'll grip like anything.

And thats with very good rear tyres

[Munter]

Jonny671 said:

Ah Doughnuts are very fun!

So easy too, I can start it sliding with abit of revs on any round-a-bout.. Though if you want it too it'll grip like anything.

And thats with very good rear tyres

I wanna LSD

[Jonny671]

Munter said:

Jonny671 said:

Ah Doughnuts are very fun!

So easy too, I can start it sliding with abit of revs on any round-a-bout.. Though if you want it too it'll grip like anything.

And thats with very good rear tyres

I wanna LSD

I wasn't sure if I had one, until someone said the easiest way to tell is if you can doughnut easily.. Yep.

I was suprised at how easy it can just start them and keep going in circles as many times as you want

[bluetone]

Jonny671 said:

Munter said:

Jonny671 said:

Ah Doughnuts are very fun!

So easy too, I can start it sliding with abit of revs on any round-a-bout.. Though if you want it too it'll grip like anything.

And thats with very good rear tyres

I wanna LSD

I wasn't sure if I had one, until someone said the easiest way to tell is if you can doughnut easily.. Yep.

I was suprised at how easy it can just start them and keep going in circles as many times as you want

Remind me not to buy your car off you!

Edited by bluetone on Friday 16th July 17:33

[Jonny671]

bluetone said:

Jonny671 said:

Munter said:

Jonny671 said:

Ah Doughnuts are very fun!

So easy too, I can start it sliding with abit of revs on any round-a-bout.. Though if you want it too it'll grip like anything.

And thats with very good rear tyres

I wanna LSD

I wasn't sure if I had one, until someone said the easiest way to tell is if you can doughnut easily.. Yep.

I was suprised at how easy it can just start them and keep going in circles as many times as you want

Remind me not to buy your car off you!

Edited by bluetone on Friday 16th July 17:33

Oh no, trust me.. I dislike doing Doughnuts with tyres at £50 per side, but it was an empty airfield, I had just got it, and well, you know..

[The Tea Boy]

well as that is me in the pic i can say i only have the vlsd and im not too sure it works very well, but i seem to be doing ok with out the torsen lol

Matt

[Salgar]

oh yes, a while ago a friend and I had some fun trying to do similar things, him with a vlsd and me with an open diff. He looked like he was having fun, and no matter how hard I tried, my car just dribbled about looking like it wasn't working.

It is possible to drift with an open diff, but you have to be going 'much' faster for it to work, and I just don't have that kind of confidence/talent on the open road.

[jammiedodger26]

That's the problem, I haven't found anywhere yet where I can test if I have an LSD or not...empty roundabouts are easy to get the back out, but I don't think that's proof!