RX-7 wing is now fitted, plus the rear spats from a mk2 are on as well (cant remember if i posted a pic of the spats before or not, the car is a bit grimey in this pic, it needs a wash, i had been out practicing minutes earlier, i'll come to this later
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and half my set of winter/skidding rims painted, i was very kindly given these, and as the tyres on them are not very good at all, i will use them up by drifting and donuting at the fortnightly event that a mate organises, where there is a nice skid pan
plus it spins up better on little skinny 14 inch wheels, hasnt really got enough power to kick out in the dry on the 15 inch wider rims it usually wears, not unless you really give it some, which involves winding the revs up and clutch kicking it round quite violantly, already learned that you have to really dump that clutch quickly or you get mass slip and a lovely smell of burning plate, not nice, i really dont want to break it, plus i should be able to get hold of barely legal/illegal old 14 inch rubber to replace once they are totally wrecked, and the place where the event is held also has a vehicle lift, jacks, and a tyre machine.
Then once i have sourced 2 more rims, and it becomes really crappy weather wise i shall get some really skinny (im thinking 165/70/14) mud and snow tyres for the winter, as running wide tyres on a locked diff in winter would be pretty dangerous its not overly bad to drive in the rain, not really, but you do have to really think about what you are doing, it does catch you out sometimes.
Which is why i did about 10 feet driving along the grass verge after a lovely little slide round a gentle right hander in the wet earlier, i had it going round lovely, in 2nd gear, nice and steady, probably barely at 30 mph, but it was fully arse out, nose of the car was pointing at the inside verge, full lock drift , i felt like ken block haha, but, i backed off the throttle too suddenly and it snatched back over to the left on me, all down to being a skid novice and therefore lack of experience i guess.
Plus with the abundance of little farm roads and expanses of open space with massive wide verges everywhere, plus loads of visibility, there is quite literally nothing to hit, and i would much rather find the balance in varying conditions in this relatively safe environment than have the car take me by surprise on the way to work in traffic for example, plus farmers concrete pads that are usually used for storing stuff like sugarbeet, but that are empty, are perfect practice grounds for doughnuttage, barely even need to steer once she's going, can near enough let go of the steering wheel and just do it on the throttle, its all quite glorious