It's official, I kinda suck at drifting.

[Doom!]

Ok, I just need a lot of practice. I set up a course in the living room. Look at all that space. And yet I think I might as well make hitting the cones my objective, I'm really good at that part.
Seriously this thing drifts way better in reverse.

 

[Brady Matthews]

Ok, I just need a lot of practice. I set up a course in the living room. Look at all that space. And yet I think I might as well make hitting the cones my objective, I really good at that part.
Seriously this thing drifts way better in reverse.

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Practice makes perfect

 

[Warby]

Ok, I just need a lot of practice. I set up a course in the living room. Look at all that space. And yet I think I might as well make hitting the cones my objective, I really good at that part.
Seriously this thing drifts way better in reverse.

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It's not as easy as one may think. Takes some practice.

 

[WickedFog]

Ok, I just need a lot of practice. I set up a course in the living room. Look at all that space. And yet I think I might as well make hitting the cones my objective, I really good at that part.
Seriously this thing drifts way better in reverse.

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Mrs Doom! is going to kick you in the nuts if you scuff up her floor

Is that hickory?

 

[Xraycer]

I spy with my little eyes, a Mini Z!

Perhaps try spraying the floor with Pam. (Disclaimer: I really want Mrs. Doom to kick you in the nutters!)

 

[WickedFog]

Minwax that floor

 

[WoodiE]

I'm entirely on board with waxing or coating the floor with oil, if for nothing else to see how you come out of this project.

 

[Tunedfrog]

Judging by the picture, you're the best drifter in the neighborhood.
Years ago, we had the cleanest kitchen floor in the neighborhood.
An old toy grade buggy drifted like a big dog on a wet freshly mopped floor.

 

[luke66]

just drift it backwards

 

[Doom!]

just drift it backwards

I've been trying but sometimes it gets confusing as to which way I need to steer.

Mrs Doom! is going to kick you in the nuts if you scuff up her floor

Is that hickory?

The flooring is Vinyl plank. I really love it.

 

[MB401]

Dude, I want to see video!

 

[Doom!]

Dude, I want to see video!

No, you really don't!

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

put the one way front diff and add some toe out to the front. go's a long way.

 

[Doom!]

To be fair I probably have less than an hour of drift time, for no more than 15 minutes at a time. I just need some time.

 

[Suburban_Hooligan]

i thought the same thing. then put in the front one way, added the toe out, locked the rear diff and was like oh crap it's an entirely different car.

 

[Xraycer]

To be fair I probably have lees than an hour of drift time, for no more than 15 minutes at a time. I just need some time.

Oh no, I'm certain you just suck!

 

[johnnydmd]

That does look like fun

 

[9x19]

Well, keep looking, someday you'll find the thing you're good at... someday.

 

[WickedFog]

I've been trying but sometimes it gets confusing as to which way I need to steer.



The flooring is Vinyl plank. I really love it.

Hard to tell in the pic. But I kinda suspected. Nobody uses real wood anymore. But the stuff they have meow looks really good.

That is either a type of pine or a hickory pattern there. My least favorite wood I ever worked with was hickory, but it's the most beautiful if left natural with a clear finish, which yours simulates, and I love it. We made a 40 piece kitchen for a big fancy house for a doctor like that. Cabinets, island, countertop laminated with a nice, but fake, blue marble, etc. It was the coolest looking kitchen I've ever seen.

 

[Xraycer]

I'm trying to figure out this drift thing myself. From the number of videos I've seen, the concensus seems to be that the ready Mini Zs are not at all designed for drifting, out of the box. So, you could get these 2 similar parts off Amazon for a bit under $60. I'll probably get it once I pay off the Xmas bills.