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Cursed...
Phil and I wanted to get some footage today, for the records and for Zilvia...
Drove to the usual spot, and had a blast on the way there. His SR definitely beats me from 3rd on, but off the line, he thinks I might have the advantage in torque, and could hold my own a little better. We'll see!
We got there, whipped out the camera, and I volunteered to go first. Mind you, this really is my first 5-speed, FR car, and I'm a noob when it comes to donuts/drifting in general, besides a little slide or a burnout here and there. I knew my rear suspension was squishy, so I just wanted to gun it, crank the wheel, and whip the tail around a few times and call it good until the suspension is all dialed in. But, as I'm sure you guys will see when Phil uploads the video and posts, my first attempt just didn't do what I wanted at all, so I went for a few circles... And that's when it all went bad!
Right when I was coming around, trying to get on the throttle a little harder to actually make it spin freely, I busted what we think was an axle shaft. When I lined up to do the burnout, it was made clear that the driver side wheel no longer spins (spooled diff). No big deal, I knew I could at least limp it home and park it until we get something to replace it. By the way, anybody have an AE86 rear axle for sale? Or maybe an older Ford 8"?
But besides the fact that it sucks to have happened at all, I'm not too upset about breaking the car. I loved the sound of the new exhaust bouncing off the rev limiter, and the car really is a blast to drive! Better that I broke it locally than at Thunder Hill or at a SF meet or something!! I made it home fine, obviously, and I still have a DD, so I'm not out more than the price of a new axle!
He brought his RHD SR Silvia, and had to one-up me, so maybe he'll post up his smoky donuts! We just put in some rear subframe collars on it, and installed an alarm in mine today, so we were productive as well as destructive today! All in all, though, it was fun, and the car still made it home, so it's not like anything TOO massive went down!
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