Chocolate Drifter

marcellarius · Post by **marcellarius** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 4:04 pm

I bought a cheap one from Supercheap on a whim once. I never expected to find so many uses for it!

GRUVBB · Post by **GRUVBB** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:55 pm

This is the one i got from either super cheap or repco. It only cost about $6. It attaches onto the fluid bottle. Did my diff and gearbox with it. Paid for itself instantly by removing access aggrevation. I even went to buy a motorbike recently and it had no gas in its tank as it had been sitting for some time. No Probs. got the pump out of the boot as i had only just purchased it in preperation of doing fluid changes. Used it to pump some fresh fuel out of sellers boat. Worked a treat. Seller was off to buy one next day. At that price you cant go wrong. [/b]

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 11:31 pm

Yea I believe it was from supercheap.

The first time I did a diff oil change, I did it using a garden hose running out the wheel arch, was all sorts of messy and painful, these things make it heaps easier.

Next track day im wanting to do will be hamptons, hopefully will happen in the next couple months.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:35 am

last_resort14 wrote:Yea I believe it was from supercheap.

The first time I did a diff oil change, I did it using a garden hose running out the wheel arch, was all sorts of messy and painful, these things make it heaps easier.

Next track day im wanting to do will be hamptons, hopefully will happen in the next couple months.

If one comes up could you let me know? Keen to see 2 Roadsters on track drifting!

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:50 am

That pump is brilliant. Never used one to drain oil before, can it be used to syphon? Would solve my siezed drain plug on my diff.

GRUVBB · Post by **GRUVBB** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 12:08 pm

Im not sure if my one needs to be sealed onto a bottle. Ill try adding some flex piping to it and see if it will suck in static pressure.
Another option to drain oil is toinsert a bent pipe into bottom of diff housing and then pressurise cavity with air compressor. The pressure will force the oil out via your bent tube

marcellarius · Post by **marcellarius** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:09 pm

I've never used mine sealed in a bottle. It was super handy for filling my diff, and I've since cleaned it out and it makes emptying a brake or clutch reservoir much easier.

Putting a hose on the end of it sounds like a fantastic idea.

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:22 pm

Tires sorted.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:57 pm

Sweeet! What size are they?

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:02 pm

195/50/15

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:09 pm

They dont look very stretched? Are they 7' wheels?

Also whens the next drift day your going too!

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:16 pm

Altenzo dont stretch very well, I don't think.
That's what I was running on my car, and they were pretty much straight up and down.

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:09 pm

Yea all the wheels are 8s.
The sidewall has a funny curve to it. Makes it look less Stretched. Meh, they're cheap and not gonna last long.haha.

BRM · Post by **BRM** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:29 pm

Hey man,
How many powers are you making?
I've read through this like five times, coz it's one of my favorite cars,
also, what are your rear wheels? Koing b-bombs?

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:27 am

Im making all the powers.

Actually have absolutely no idea. tuned it by driving around, never been on a dyno or anything.
Has enough power to hold a good drift in 4th so thats got me happy, haha.

those other wheels are Axis OG Banzai's, or DTM banzai's they are branded as in nz.

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:14 pm

Ive booked in my next track day.

Going down to Taupo next saturday (5th) for the CJC Jerkfest on track 3.

I was looking for a drift day on and couldnt find anything, paid for this one, then all these other days came up that I should have done

So anyway, will be good to finally drive again, second time this year, haha.

Also saw that the MX5 Club annual track day is on the same day on the other half of taupo track, dont know if anyone from here will be down at that?

So yea cars pretty much ready to go, tidied up a few bits, and just running a spanner over/under the car to check all is go.

chris · Post by **chris** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:09 pm

Might try head down, sounds like a good time.

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:29 pm

So went to Taupo last saturday.

loaded car up on friday night, got everything ready to go for early saturday morning.

got up early, drove down, got to track. went to unload car from trailer, and no go.
My battery is wrecked, if I dont leave it on charge it wont start.
Anyway, it had about 11v so i thought I would try start it, it cranked over, but would not fire.
In the process of this I flooded the crap out of it, so had to end up tow starting it.
First time I have ever had an issue with this car, was a bit gutted.

Anyway, wasnt too much later that I got a chance to get out on the track.

this was my first day driving with the locked diff in, so took it a bit easy in the morning just incase it was massively different, didnt take long to get back into the swing of things.

car ran without issue all day, dont feel my driving was amazingly consistant, but managed to get around the track.

went wide on the last corner of the drift section on one lap, as I was trying to slow up for a car ahead, smacked the left rear into one of the truck tires on the side of the track. ripped the bumper off but didnt do any other damage.

Also went off on the entry once, went backwards over a tire which ripped the bumper off again. no other damage.
The plastic rear bumper is bulletproof though, still looks as good as new.

Used my 6 new tires up, lasted well considering it was such a hot/dry day.

I did have my camera in the car for three sessions, I will upload the vids as soon as I sort through the footage and edit out the boring half of the lap.

Heres some pics people got.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:28 pm

Awesome job man looking awesome! How different is the locked diff?

I found on the hot day at Hampton last weekend I didnt use any tyres? Maybe it helps?

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:00 pm

A little bit different to get used to, if you let the rear grip up you get a bit of push understeer, but kicks out more aggressively on a clutch kick, and will hold a slide when throttle off quite a bit longer.
Definitely think it was a good move for this car, should be even better when I buy some quality front tires.

MrGrey · Post by **MrGrey** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:22 pm

I love seeing pics like this, but it just underlines the fact that I drive like a nana

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 11:59 am

MrGrey wrote:I love seeing pics like this, but it just underlines the fact that I drive like a nana

Hope you don't drive like my nana. She's completely insane when behind the wheel and then blames other people when things go bad

Thankfully we've taken the keys off her but she insists on getting a red american muscle car now

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:18 am

Finally got my videos up.

Have 3 sessions ive put up, i always leave the camera recording when i get back to the pits so i used up my memory card real quick.

Ive included all of the laps in these vids, so theyre quite long/boring, but i like to watch myself to see what i did wrong etc, haha.

Also youtube wrecks my footage quality, haha.

http://youtu.be/Wg15c5cJKrs

http://youtu.be/45czxN37rFM

http://youtu.be/SC5UdWaPU98

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 4:05 pm

The lock diff looks a little more twitchy?

Looking awesome in the 3rd video! You need to come drifting more often!

What gear ratios are you using diff wise? Seems to be at limiter straight away and you have to use the handbrake heaps to slow down, did you try third(or it might be forth for you?)or does it just bog down/get scary(3rd is scary for me Haha)

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Wed Oct 16, 2013 6:06 pm

4.1 rear end.
That's all 4th, go back into 3rd for the hairpin then up to 4th again. I probably didn't have to use quite that much handbrake, but your going pretty quick, and the gap isn't that big so I probably pull it more than I need to out of fear,haha.

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