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Well as many of you should know, I’ve changed to 5 bolt for a reason… for better available wheel sizes. I’ve ordered a set of wheels like over 4 months ago and they SHOULD be coming in soon. I can’t wait to see em. I missed the last drift event for personal reasons… and then I saw pictures from Battle Version’s Drift Clinic held in Hawaii with Signal Auto’s Drifter-X. Holy God, those guys are good! I really need to get out onto the track soon… I’ve realized that I’ve kinda slowed down in my learning, so it’s making me really eager to get back onto the track. Since the last update, I’ve installed the passenger Cross seat… my car feels much less ghetto. Haha. Anyway, everybody drive safe…

Okay, so today I changed my exhaust manifold… I hope the nuts will hold on this time… I know I’ll be at high revs all day tomorrow. Also, I changed my rear brakes… I’ll try to break them in as much as I can between tonight and tomorrow’s event. I mounted some crapola tires on my gold SSR mesh, so those will be the designated drifting tires. Other than that, I bought some backup powersteering and waterpump belts (they are cracking), and maybe I’ll put in the new spark plugs tomorrow. There’s news that it may rain tomorrow… I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not, since I’m trying to learn to drift at higher speeds, but either way, I think I’m ready for whatever decides to come. Hopefully I can get some video footage and pictures taken!! It sucks to drift my heart out all day and nobody sees it!!

Hey everybody. Happy New Years. Two things that need to be done on this webpage: a links page, and a ‘recent updates’ section. Went to Hollywood Park last weekend for the auto-x. Auto-x is a really strange but unique thing… I was understeering like MAD all day. Towards the end, I was starting to keep it under control, but man was it bad. I’ve heard that it’s my driving style, since I’m so used to driving at touge… the two are completely different! My girlfriend did pretty well too for her first time out on the track. Who would have thought that I’d have a girlfriend that is a 240sx nut. Not me, that’s for sure. So what’s next for my car… still want to get a racing seat and a good seatbelt harness. I haven’t really been looking very hard to tell you the truth. I think it’s because I’m not too thrilled on spending the money. PLUS, I need new suspension. My shocks are dead, and my tires rub the fenders really bad when I’m at touge.

The first journal entry under www.sileightymania.com… How do you all like it? Please go to the BBS and speak your mind. Hopefully the board won’t be filled with questions asking how to smog an SR20DET. So lets see… what has happened since the last journal entry… I’ve been practicing my drifting a lot… everytime I do I get better. Right now I’m trying to drift at higher speeds. I wasn’t satisfied with the length of the drifts at lower speeds so I’m slowly increasing my speeds. Right now I’m at about 45mph in 2nd gear. It’s pretty hard, but I’m getting the hang of it.

I put in an order for my Tein HA coilovers yesterday… do I really need them? No… But I DO need camber plates and a lower center of gravity, so I figured I might as well buy them. I also need to get a racing seat and harnesses… right now I’m considering sabelt 4-pt harnesses because they are cheap, and as for seats… It is really important to sit in them for a while to make sure they fit you well… I’ve sat in 2 different adjustable Recaros (cheap) and a non adjustable Bride seat (30 minutes each seat). They both fit pretty well. I love the way the Bride holds me.

Drift practice earlier today… I’ve learned the secret to sidebrake drifting and brake drifting in my car. I have much more control now… even with my high grip tires in the rear (Potenza RE71 225/50/15) I was getting really sideways… and it wasnt very hard either. I will get good soon, I can feel it. It is so much easier to control the sidebrake drift than my usual clutch drifting. With more practice, I will be able to keep the drifts even longer than I have been… but it is kinda hard being the only one of us drifting with a high horsepower turbo car. Turbo lag sucks for drifting! Anyway, I am still at about 45mph in second gear, but with more control now. I am way more comfortable. Touge tonight… Merry Christmas everyone.