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This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:16
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hmmmm
and this is where it gets ugly...
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I supported Toymods
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:17
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the rag over the windscreen is never a good sign...i hope no one was seriously hurt 
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Cabramatta, NSW
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:19
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Holy fark! No helmets and looks like loosely fitted harnesses.
Scary shit! Suck to be the passenger
I'll scratch the Torrie off the list of future dorifto mobiles 
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Sydney, Australia
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December 2003
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:20
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Dam, that is fooked hope every body is ok.
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:20
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Wow thats some nasty shit, heard someone talking about it elsewhere hadn't seen the pics though, more importantly its why you don't drift with front runners on.
I have seen a few torana's drift on the track most to little success. One had a 5000rpm stall converter so he pretty much just did circle work the other had an VN-VS injected 5.0L that shat itself after a couple of runs. Me thinks they are doomed as drift cars.
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:22
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Me thinks they are doomed as drift cars.
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They're no corona thats for sure.
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Toronto, Downtown
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September 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:28
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ahhh who let them out on the track with no helmets looks like the (im guessing) female passenger copped it pretty bad
they should put this into a tv commercial for wearing seatbelts
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eastern suburbs, melbourne
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March 2005
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:29
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that looks pretty painful. plus nice car, prob written off now.
but on another note, awsome camera work, action shots.
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:31
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prob written off now.
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You reckon? I don't think that shit'll buff out.
I think the fact that they must have been injured is a certainty, the extent of injuries though would be interesting to know.
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:43
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| Corona RT142 wrote on Wed, 19 October 2005 15:20 |
Wow thats some nasty shit, heard someone talking about it elsewhere hadn't seen the pics though, more importantly its why you don't drift with front runners on.
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looks more like a case of too much grip 
if it didn't grip up, it wouldn't have flipped
now if it was lower, had springs and shocks twice as hard, and had other suspension settings to decrease outright grip, it wouldn't have ended in tears... the positive camber never helps either....
but how do you propose the front runners caused this? by their lack of grip, allowing the front to slide without digging in?
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Baulko Hillo
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April 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 05:50
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| oldcorollas wrote on Wed, 19 October 2005 15:43 |
but how do you propose the front runners caused this?
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Beat me to it Stu. I was also wondering what this important piece of logic I am missing out on was.
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 06:07
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This happened at "PowerCruise" at Qld Raceway recently. They were meant to be "cruising" around the race track ( ) hence helmets/harnesses were deemed unnecessary by the rocket scientists running the gig. The occupants were pretty much unharmed apart from a couple of bumps and scrapes, but I shudder to think what might have happened if the car didn't have a cage.
Apparently an old ute with a 1UZ suffered a similar fate.
More details in the PF thread here:
http://pforums.company-hosting.com/forums/showthre ad.php?t=67196575
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 06:18
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lucky the passenger didn't end up in a couple of extra pieces.. and both were lucky to keep their arms intact!!
just another nice pic (hope it works ok here) ahh feck.. it's wide but worth it...
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Sydney NSW
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July 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 06:34
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Now, If i knew that i could watch bogans wreck perfectly good cars, I would have gone to watch!!!
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Canberra
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September 2005
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 07:10
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Make's me feel sick
Cant belive there was no serious injury
Would have an excellent effect in all kind's of anti-stupidity
campaign's
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Adelaide - Race Central
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June 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 08:07
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As said before, why weren't they wearing seatbelts?
they went to the trouble of fitting a roll cage but not bothered to put on a helmet.
Simple Stupidity. and they shouldnt have even raced that thing anyway....it looked pretty easy to roll over!
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Adelaide
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September 2003
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 09:09
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Wouldnt be the first Holden I've seen on a Power Cruise flip. Anyone remember that 4 door 32 that rolled at Pt Gawler at one of the old JMS meets? Poor dude
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Sydney
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I supported Toymods
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Australia
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 09:35
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| jonchai wrote on Wed, 19 October 2005 16:07 |
As said before, why weren't they wearing seatbelts?
they went to the trouble of fitting a roll cage but not bothered to put on a helmet.
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In case you missed it, it was SUPPOSED to be a CRUISE.
ie, driving around to have a bit of fun and show the car to the crowd.
Fairly standard setup for car shows.
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Banned by his request
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July 2002
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 10:26
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just goes to show,there are alot of people with performance cars,that cant drive for shit.hope the passanger was alright,fuck the drive he fucked up big time.this is why alot of guys get us drivers to drive them around the track,so this dosnt happen to there toy and they can see what it does around the track safely.
poor car.
mick
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 10:36
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| smt_007 wrote on Wed, 19 October 2005 19:20 |
Nice piping wheres the muffler .
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Who needs a muffler when you can have... funny shaped pipes?
I have a feeling that car wasn't exactly street legal...
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Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 11:47
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This pic is funny hes smiling if only he knew what was coming .
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 12:09
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Damn man... Thats harsh...
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Sydney, Northern Beaches
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February 2005
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melbourne
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November 2003
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 21:00
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apparently the car ran 9's... not that it makes much difference i guess.
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New Zealand
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May 2002
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 21:25
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| bman wrote on Thu, 20 October 2005 10:00 |
apparently the car ran 9's...
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Ran 9's?
Or rolled 9 times?
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Sydney
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April 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 22:15
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| Purple_Beasty wrote on Thu, 20 October 2005 07:25 |
| bman wrote on Thu, 20 October 2005 10:00 |
apparently the car ran 9's...
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Ran 9's?
Or rolled 9 times?
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Thats harsh!
Prelap thoughts;
'Farkk those japp cars get them off the track I'll show them how its done in my torry..reallllll aussie power'
J/ks
But I guess it proves one thing, drifters and their cars can drag but definately not vice versa.
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Melbourne - NthSubs
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January 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Wed, 19 October 2005 22:17
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yea,
is it me or is his arm on the hitting the track... ouch
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 01:28
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That would be the female passenger's arm.
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Sydney
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October 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 01:42
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Wow... How could there be no serious injury????
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I supported Toymods
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 01:52
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Luck.
Whilst there will always be fucking cretins out there, it is up to the organisers to enforce the rules. Unfortunately, some of the organisers of these events are as brain dead as some of the participants.
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Perth
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September 2005
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 02:28
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Serves him right to be honest! Just goes to show how stupid people can be when they cant even follow a simple set of instructions like "welcome to the drivers briefing, this is a go slow, do not exceed XXKMH, any dangerous driving will result in you being ejected from the event, seat belts to be worn at all times"
It also goes to show that alot of people put way to much faith in their cars (they think just because they have seen abit of drifting in a magazine that all cars have the perfect balance and dynamics to do it) but even more scary is the amount of faith people put in themselves to drive quickly!
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I supported Toymods
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Brisbane, Queensland
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January 2003
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 02:49
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Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 04:09
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geez body roll from hell.
Stick to going down the quarter mile.
She was lucky not to loose her arms..
FARK
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Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 04:25
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Looks like the reason he crashed is he braked on the front runners, they must be real sticky.
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south oz
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September 2005
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 05:09
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look at the guys in the background near the fence musent of been to interested 
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Cental Coast NSW
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May 2005
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 05:38
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Ouch!!! He actually looks like he is smiling as it's going over.
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Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 06:31
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this is pretty much a track only drag car, has run 9's
he tried to drift but couldnt, bit in, shot him to the kerb and flipped
it was his mates GF in the front seat, she went to hospital, but she's fine
later that day a very nice black Hilux with a NOS'd up 1UZ in it went over too, he has very fat tyres on the back, but threw skinnier ones on, which greatly reduced the track width, so he went over in the exact same place and fashion
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Pine Rivers QLD
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April 2005
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 09:28
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hmm makes me rethink entering next year, so in all honesty, does the car make a difference? or if he was in anything else with the same setup it would have done the same?
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Newcastle, Hunter Valley
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January 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 11:30
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| oldcorollas wrote on Wed, 19 October 2005 15:43 |
| Corona RT142 wrote on Wed, 19 October 2005 15:20 |
Wow thats some nasty shit, heard someone talking about it elsewhere hadn't seen the pics though, more importantly its why you don't drift with front runners on.
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looks more like a case of too much grip
if it didn't grip up, it wouldn't have flipped
now if it was lower, had springs and shocks twice as hard, and had other suspension settings to decrease outright grip, it wouldn't have ended in tears... the positive camber never helps either....
but how do you propose the front runners caused this? by their lack of grip, allowing the front to slide without digging in?
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i thought the front runners would slip to a certain extent then just grab from all the weight shifting onto something with such a small surface + there is always the fact it probably had more body roll than a boat.......
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sydney
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July 2004
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Thu, 20 October 2005 12:40
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 man thats sad to see another aussie icon going to the crusher...
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Perth
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September 2005
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Fri, 21 October 2005 01:15
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ndgcpr: accidents like that only happen when you drive like a tool in a car thats not up to the job. Like i said before its people putting to much faith in their own and their cars abilities that causes this. I wouldnt worry if you go on this cruise as long as you take it easy.
I spent 4 years on the rescue team at a race track in england and i saw so many people spin or crash on track days/cruises because they get out on the track and instantly think their car has somehow been transformed into a shit hot race car and that they have the ability to drive it like one. Even on go slow parades there was ALWAYS 1 who thought he knew best and would come unstuck somewhere.
Whats even worse though is people do this crap on the roads!
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Nowra
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October 2005
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Re: This is why you dont drift a torana...
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Fri, 21 October 2005 04:59
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New to the boards guys, seen this thread and as a long time Torana fan it caught my eye.
Something really wrong there... Torana's are meant to have burst proof door locks, certainly if it's had a V8 fitted!
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