So I've been considering trying this challenge for quite some time, and actually got around to trying it today.
I decided to try this challenge, but with a slight twist. Not only did I stick with the $50,000 drift car build challenge, but I also wanted to set the car up for a particular challenge, being as I probably wouldn't drift this car again.
So I chose the Toyota TA22 Celica '70 as I wanted to compete it in the Pre 1980s Japanese car Drift Trial in the seasonal events held on Ascari.
The Build
Toyota Celica 1600GT TA22 70' $23,900
CH tyres $ 1,050
Racing Hard Suspension $ 3,350
Fully Custom LSD $ 7,200
60-60-60
Stage 1 engine tune $ 4,500
Sports Cat $ 1,250
Sports Exhaust $ 1,300
Low RPM Turbo kit $ 7,100
Oil change $ 250
Car wash $ 50
Grand Total $49,950
Left over $ 50
Power stats:
348PP
114BHP
940KG
14.9KGFM of torque.
and no weight change to the ballast.
Personally, I think this car is kind of rubbish, It needed a lot more power than what it had, however in saying that, it did get the job done!
The car had to been thrown in at full pace on almost every corner. If I had to slow the car down, I had to literally rip the handbrake up and put the car into the corner at almost 90 degrees.
Holding the throttle flat, and using a lot of steering to keep the car going sideways without straightening out.
This corner was rather tricky as I had very little power to keep the cars wheels spinning and so I missed out on drifting the 1st half of the section.
Not alot of angle at this corner to start with as the car was driven at full speed into the corner. Scandinavian flick was utilized, however it didn't provide me with much, and I had to rely on an under steer to over steer technique to get the car to bring the rear out.
After carrying so much speed through the last corner, I was able to kick the back end out a little more and maintain a respectable slide through this corner however the driving line was out of the question at this point.
Yet another corner taken at a full pace, however I had the opportunity to wipe some speed off this time to give the car more angle mid corner
Throwing the car in with a large handbrake entry was key to getting this corner. just kick back to 2nd, and ride the corner out whilst slowly reducing angle to gain more speed
Lacking power meant that I would have to be fast when changing gears, However this was not the case as I actually missed 3rd gear due to poor clutch choice, and when entering this corner I didn't have much speed left, thankfully this corner was downhill so I managed to bring the cars speed back up.
Yet another corner taken at top speed, again failing to give it a decent scando flick, I was forced to use the very drastic under steer to over steer technique and 4 wheel drift it to maintain a very average slide
Managed to keep alot of speed up from the last corner so I could wash a little speed off and go for maximum angle to finish the drift trial off. However I over rotated on the last corner, but not before passing the finish and maintaining my points.
In total, I managed to finish the time trial with over 10,000 points, Only 6,000 points was needed to award me with a gold trophy and a grand prize of $60,500 after a 110% login bonus. So the car managed to pay its self off and a little extra with the winnings. Cant complain with the effort.
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