Drifter from Atlanta Area

[dcjones]

Well, I figured that it was time to make my first post here. I've been lurking for over a year now and have got a lot of great info here.

I'm David Jones. I live in just north of Atlanta.

I purchased (ordered) my car new in 2007 with the intent of making a reliable drift car that I could drive to and from events and the rare occasional trip to the N. Ga Mountains. It has since evolved into a dedicated track car that no longer is driven on the street. This car has far exceeded my expectations. It is a joy to drift with and it does very well on the occasional track (grip) days.

I have recently been excepted to the ASD Mob (http://www.asdmob.com/) Program which will alow me to further develop the car over the next year in preparation to obtaining my Formula D License.

Below is a couple of pics and a video from an event that I did a few weeks ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SmmyUwHJ4I

 

[Herknav]

welcome

 

[Daniel Day]

Welcome from a fellow Georgian! Nice pics too btw.

 

[Cooter]

Welcome to the boards!!

 

[SuperSaiyan]

Welcome, nice ride. I have fam in ATL maybe I'll c'ya around sometime.

 

[Jarrod@latemodelresto]

good looking car. welcome

 

[VTXFrank]

Good looking car! I joined the Army from the Lawrenceville Army Recruiting office in 1989. Was living in Grayson at the time. Welcome to the forums!

 

[rford426]

Welcome those are some awesome pics!

 

[jjay760]

welcome. love the vid. seems like its your first time drifting jk

 

[queenbeeGT]

welcome those are some pretty cool pics

 

[NJ Chick]

Awesome car and pics! Welcome to the site!

 

[dcjones]

awwww thanks for the warm welcome. Why did I wait a year to post??

 

[dcjones]

welcome. love the vid. seems like its your first time drifting jk

I'm still working on it

 

[queenbeeGT]

I wanna learn how to drift :-0

 

[Cone Sweeper]

Nice pics man, seems like a lot of drifters are coming out of the wood work lately! What all is done to the car?

 

[HOLYWD]

Welcome , how the hell do u lurk for a year ?!?!?!

 

[dcjones]

Nice pics man, seems like a lot of drifters are coming out of the wood work lately! What all is done to the car?

I noticed that a lot of people are starting to drift their cars. ...that's probably the reason why I lurked for so long, I didn't know if I would fit in here

As for the car set up it's still a work in progress.
I'm on d-specs with h&r super sport springs for now. BC Coilovers are on the way. Hell, it still has a/c and a stereo. All that will be changing over the winter. The goal is to get a lot of weight out of it.
It is s/c'd with the little m90. It's putting down around 425 to the wheels with a very conservative tune.

I'll be doing a blog soon to go further into the details of the car and the upgrades.

 

[dcjones]

I wanna learn how to drift :-0

Vaughn should be providing personal lessons included with the car that you ordered. Congrats btw!!!

 

[Legend Shaker]

Great car.. Welcome!

 

[stkjock]

Nice to have ya here at S197forum! Please read through these:

http://s197forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30272

http://s197forum.com/forum/announcement.php?f=19