Falken Drift Showoff... Houston Texas... - Toyota Yaris Forums

NonStopTuning · 06-15-2007, 05:54 PM

Long story short, we went out to compete at the Falken Drift Showoff of Houston last weekend. We had problems with the NST S13 so we borrowed an AUTOMATIC turbocharged IS300 from a friend and thought we'd give it a shot. 28 teams, 8 hours, 1 awesome weekend.

Official car having problems:

Borrowed AUTOtragic:

Finishing in FIRST place: PRICELESS!!!

Enjoy...

RodimusPrime · 06-16-2007, 12:32 AM

Now that is just freakin SWEET!

Givin me the blues seeing how my 240 has been in storage waiting to be moded for FOUR freakin years. I need to get a move on!

RodimusPrime · 06-16-2007, 12:32 AM

Oh,

And MAD props in the first place victory!

Ric n Sov's Vitz RS · 06-16-2007, 12:45 AM

Those are some pretty insane pics!! Very nice qaulity!!

Congrats to the winner!!!

-Rick

redyaris · 06-16-2007, 10:43 AM

What awesome pics. Someone is good.

Makes the cars look like they are going, oh, 250mph or so.

Kaotic Lazagna · 06-16-2007, 07:43 PM

nice. man, i wish i could drift...or have a car that's capable of.

Blenjar · 06-16-2007, 09:54 PM

go falken go!

-- Blen

Blenjar · 06-16-2007, 10:06 PM

But this surely isn't good news:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19267840/

-- Blen

thomasward00 · 06-17-2007, 12:55 AM

Drift racing is stupid, I just guess i'm old school and don't associate japanese cars and performance.

Here is a link to a car that has REAL performance, and will be putting the order in for mine before sept.

http://www.dodge.com/en/challenger/index.html

Kaotic Lazagna · 06-17-2007, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomasward00

Drift racing is stupid, I just guess i'm old school and don't associate japanese cars and performance.

Here is a link to a car that has REAL performance, and will be putting the order in for mine before sept.

http://www.dodge.com/en/challenger/index.html

fine, you can call "drift racing" stupid, but i find your statement of "Japanese cars and performance" ignorant. have you ever seen the Mine's R34 GT-R? if you don't think that car has "REAL performance", then you have to be completely stupid.

RodimusPrime · 06-17-2007, 02:02 AM

^ What he said.

The Japanese auto industry has been paving the way of modern day performance. Take a look at the Skyline, Pretty much one of the greatest sports cars every built. With this "limited" perspective on anything non-american I can only see grassroots style performance not progressing into a more intelligent field of competition. It isn't all about straight line performance any more. We've grown up with taste, I'd rather have a turbocharged yaris pounding out 200 at the wheels and take that Challenger at the apex of every turn. It's a gorgeous car no doubt, but surely nowhere near the best. I see very little growth within the BIG 3 in how the approach manufacturing sport vehicles. It's all brawn and no brain.

But if I were to own a true performance vehicle... I'm throwing in the chips for an 87 air-cooled Porsche 911 Turbo.

Back to the topic at hand. I need to get back down to my home city of H-Town and catch some shows. Probably take a few lessons on how to hone my "drifting" skills. Not sure if I could even call it that.

redyaris · 06-17-2007, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomasward00

Drift racing is stupid, I just guess i'm old school and don't associate japanese cars and performance.

Here is a link to a car that has REAL performance, and will be putting the order in for mine before sept.

http://www.dodge.com/en/challenger/index.html

If your into performance whyd you purchase a Yaris? Oops I see you have a sedan that explains it.

However, nothing says performance like a rekindled exact copy of a 1960's crap handling, bloated, watered down 'hemi', made by a company that is in the red and is close to dissolving.

And I guess you also love the mustang eh?

cali yaris · 06-17-2007, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Drift racing is stupid

An insensitive comment at best. I wonder if he's been to a drift event? There is quite a bit of skill and finesse involved, at least as much as is required to do this:

'oh, another left turn....
'oh, another left turn....
'oh, another left turn....
'oh, another left turn....

NonStopTuning · 06-17-2007, 07:15 PM

Drift racing is pretty stupid actually. Quite interesting that Ford, Chevy, and Dodge have all thrown a few factory backed cars into Formula Drift over the past few seasons. FD = US Pro Drift Series.

ChinoCharles · 06-19-2007, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomasward00

Drift racing is stupid, I just guess i'm old school and don't associate japanese cars and performance.

Here is a link to a car that has REAL performance, and will be putting the order in for mine before sept.

http://www.dodge.com/en/challenger/index.html

oxyMORON.

The shittiest drift car I've ever seen was sexier than that Starskymobile you posted up. You gonna slam some Styx when you drive off the lot Mr. Roboto?

Kaotic Lazagna · 06-19-2007, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thomasward00

Drift racing is stupid, I just guess i'm old school and don't associate japanese cars and performance.

Here is a link to a car that has REAL performance, and will be putting the order in for mine before sept.

http://www.dodge.com/en/challenger/index.html

here's some videos of Japanese cars that have "real" performance...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yXloFjDREfg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aal9kG-EXeY

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yEgbTA46NoE

06-15-2007, 05:54 PM	#1
NonStopTuning Drives: NST CARS: S13 AE86 ANT10 AW11 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,097	Falken Drift Showoff... Houston Texas... Long story short, we went out to compete at the Falken Drift Showoff of Houston last weekend. We had problems with the NST S13 so we borrowed an AUTOMATIC turbocharged IS300 from a friend and thought we'd give it a shot. 28 teams, 8 hours, 1 awesome weekend. Official car having problems: Borrowed AUTOtragic: Finishing in FIRST place: PRICELESS!!! Enjoy... __________________ MIKE @ NST www.NonStopTuning.com

06-16-2007, 10:43 AM	#5
redyaris Shiny Chromey Coolness View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Toyota Yaris Liftback Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 982	What awesome pics. Someone is good. Makes the cars look like they are going, oh, 250mph or so. __________________ Bringin the Bling to Yarisworld

06-16-2007, 09:54 PM	#7
Blenjar View User's Garage Drives: Black Yaris 07 HB Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CT Posts: 1,548	go falken go! -- Blen __________________ http://www.360voice.com/tag/noobblenjar My Car http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4245 My DJ www.PainlessWolf.com

06-16-2007, 10:06 PM	#8
Blenjar View User's Garage Drives: Black Yaris 07 HB Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CT Posts: 1,548	But this surely isn't good news: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19267840/ -- Blen __________________ http://www.360voice.com/tag/noobblenjar My Car http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4245 My DJ www.PainlessWolf.com

06-17-2007, 07:15 PM	#14
NonStopTuning Drives: NST CARS: S13 AE86 ANT10 AW11 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,097	Drift racing is pretty stupid actually. Quite interesting that Ford, Chevy, and Dodge have all thrown a few factory backed cars into Formula Drift over the past few seasons. FD = US Pro Drift Series. __________________ MIKE @ NST www.NonStopTuning.com

06-16-2007, 12:32 AM	#2
RodimusPrime Drives: 1998 Intrepid Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 67	Now that is just freakin SWEET! Givin me the blues seeing how my 240 has been in storage waiting to be moded for FOUR freakin years. I need to get a move on!

06-16-2007, 12:45 AM	#4
Ric n Sov's Vitz RS Waiting to be SC'ed Drives: 07 RS LB mt 5 door polar white Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 218	Those are some pretty insane pics!! Very nice qaulity!! Congrats to the winner!!! -Rick

06-16-2007, 07:43 PM	#6
Kaotic Lazagna View User's Garage Drives: '14 GT86, '08 Vitz Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Central Valley, CA Posts: 9,873	nice. man, i wish i could drift...or have a car that's capable of.

06-17-2007, 12:55 AM	#9
thomasward00 View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Orleans, La Posts: 100	Drift racing is stupid, I just guess i'm old school and don't associate japanese cars and performance. Here is a link to a car that has REAL performance, and will be putting the order in for mine before sept. http://www.dodge.com/en/challenger/index.html

06-17-2007, 02:02 AM	#11
RodimusPrime Drives: 1998 Intrepid Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 67	^ What he said. The Japanese auto industry has been paving the way of modern day performance. Take a look at the Skyline, Pretty much one of the greatest sports cars every built. With this "limited" perspective on anything non-american I can only see grassroots style performance not progressing into a more intelligent field of competition. It isn't all about straight line performance any more. We've grown up with taste, I'd rather have a turbocharged yaris pounding out 200 at the wheels and take that Challenger at the apex of every turn. It's a gorgeous car no doubt, but surely nowhere near the best. I see very little growth within the BIG 3 in how the approach manufacturing sport vehicles. It's all brawn and no brain. But if I were to own a true performance vehicle... I'm throwing in the chips for an 87 air-cooled Porsche 911 Turbo. Back to the topic at hand. I need to get back down to my home city of H-Town and catch some shows. Probably take a few lessons on how to hone my "drifting" skills. Not sure if I could even call it that.