C63 AMG Drifting - HUGE FUN, but expensive
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Hey All
Just thought I would post about the most excellent day I had during the week....
Having recently aquired a C63 ppp, I managed to get myself onto an airfield for a bit (lot) of drifting with a expert on hand to show me how rubbish I actually was, but still had a HUGE amount of fun althoug it was all bought to an end by two front tyres literately ripped to pieces and a pair of destroyed rear tyres (one de-laminated - see photo)
The tyres were practically new when i started the day lol.
What a hoon! 'on the lock' at > motorway speeds drawing big arcs - well worth it just to be a hooligan without upsetting anyone or breaking the law.
Some interesting fact learnt on the day:
1. TC totally off actually turns mostly off, not totally.
2. As soon as you touch the brakes, TC and ESP kick in fully again whilst brakes are on.
3. While on the brakes, you cannot spin the car - honestly try as you might, you cannot spin - any speed - any input
4. You cannot spin the car if you let go the steering wheel when it starts sliding
BTW, I did spin LOADS of times.
How to get it drifting? turn hard (I mostly started at about 70-80) and light brake pressure - let go the brakes while keeping lock on and the rear starts to come round - when at the desired drift angle then catch the slide on the gas and control it on the gas. Actually quite difficult for me - I always used to get it drifting by booting it and then using steering inputs and power to control which is not the most elegant way of doing it.
Even in HOT weather, and nailing the poor thing it did not miss a beat or complain once. My BMW on the other hand sounded like the cockpit in an airliner about to crash - "ping ping" "piing piing" and all sorts of "pings" and warning light I had not seem before like "gearbox overheat", "brakes overheat", "diff overheat", "engine overheat", "coolant overheat", "xxx oil overheat" etc etc lol.
Just thought I would post about the most excellent day I had during the week....
Having recently aquired a C63 ppp, I managed to get myself onto an airfield for a bit (lot) of drifting with a expert on hand to show me how rubbish I actually was, but still had a HUGE amount of fun althoug it was all bought to an end by two front tyres literately ripped to pieces and a pair of destroyed rear tyres (one de-laminated - see photo)
The tyres were practically new when i started the day lol.
What a hoon! 'on the lock' at > motorway speeds drawing big arcs - well worth it just to be a hooligan without upsetting anyone or breaking the law.
Some interesting fact learnt on the day:
1. TC totally off actually turns mostly off, not totally.
2. As soon as you touch the brakes, TC and ESP kick in fully again whilst brakes are on.
3. While on the brakes, you cannot spin the car - honestly try as you might, you cannot spin - any speed - any input
4. You cannot spin the car if you let go the steering wheel when it starts sliding
BTW, I did spin LOADS of times.
How to get it drifting? turn hard (I mostly started at about 70-80) and light brake pressure - let go the brakes while keeping lock on and the rear starts to come round - when at the desired drift angle then catch the slide on the gas and control it on the gas. Actually quite difficult for me - I always used to get it drifting by booting it and then using steering inputs and power to control which is not the most elegant way of doing it.
Even in HOT weather, and nailing the poor thing it did not miss a beat or complain once. My BMW on the other hand sounded like the cockpit in an airliner about to crash - "ping ping" "piing piing" and all sorts of "pings" and warning light I had not seem before like "gearbox overheat", "brakes overheat", "diff overheat", "engine overheat", "coolant overheat", "xxx oil overheat" etc etc lol.
Hi All
It was with Andrew Walsh here: http://www.carlimits.com/script/viewEvents.php?typ...
The day was more focused at making you understand and control your car's dynamics - all I wanted to do was drift, but I learnt a lot and really, really enjoyed it - and did a lot of drifting - the final course is a coned out circuit on the airfield where the idea is to drift through the whole lap with some drift left - drift right and back again - awesome!
Virtually no risk of hitting anything.
I am going to book again in early winter where my tyres will get an easier time with my over eager right foot.
The days are setup as two or four people max and Andrew is your instructor.
Tyres were Yokis
It was with Andrew Walsh here: http://www.carlimits.com/script/viewEvents.php?typ...
The day was more focused at making you understand and control your car's dynamics - all I wanted to do was drift, but I learnt a lot and really, really enjoyed it - and did a lot of drifting - the final course is a coned out circuit on the airfield where the idea is to drift through the whole lap with some drift left - drift right and back again - awesome!
Virtually no risk of hitting anything.
I am going to book again in early winter where my tyres will get an easier time with my over eager right foot.
The days are setup as two or four people max and Andrew is your instructor.
Tyres were Yokis
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