Ford discovers drifting with the 'DRIF6' concept turbo Falcon!!!111oneone

[Tuckerbox]

Needs more camber and overstretched tyres.

[Asteroid]

Needs more camber and overstretched tyres.

Yep. They seem to have understood "turbo, stickers and carbon bonnet" and not much else.

Wonder how much weight they've taken out of it (if any).

Asteroid

[Dave]

Yep. They seem to have understood "turbo, stickers and carbon bonnet" and not much else.

is there any more to understand about derefting

[muttaburra]

Wonder how much weight they've taken out of it (if any).

Asteroid

probably a lot, doors, air bags, stereo, sound deadner. fast glass. all that shit adds up to a fair amount of weight.

i like the bonnet, looks different.

i still reakon fords FPV fairlane was the best concept i have seen yet.

[jesus]

whats it going to be $60k???

great marketing plan seeing as drifters are so renound for their high incomes

maybe its time do dig up those driftland plans we were working on?

[Peter...]

Couple of points though, if Ford hadn't called it the drif6, nor made any mention of the fact they were building a car for the equivalent of automotive-synchronised-swimming, I'll bet you would've been a lot slower to bag it out.

Fact is if it had been a track spec falcon that was exactly the same in looks and concept, it would have rated a lot better on here.

LOOK EVERYONE! A BANDWAGON! LETS JUMP ON!

[Dave]

LOOK EVERYONE! A BANDWAGON! LETS JUMP ON!

I will happly drive the 'drifting is gay' bandwagon

[XAC15T]

whats it going to be $60k???

great marketing plan seeing as drifters are so renound for their high incomes

maybe its time do dig up those driftland plans we were working on?

[260BC]

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maybe its time do dig up those driftland plans we were working on?

Rember signing those papers, no? Driftland plans for your place

[Gazilla]

From what i hear Ford is distancing itself from it until the car is proven popular or otherwise.
Then they'll jump on the bandwagon hehe.
I don't mind the car myself, from the photos i've seen it's pretty stripped out.
Prolly weighs a feathery 1500kg now hehe.

[coyote]

Coyote is a drifter, four doors, he will love it :oh:

I'm still waiting for the drift wagon.

[Chad]

Hokay: the australians are like WTF mate!!! But why won't this work as a drifter, I don't know how(and don't want to) put my handbrake on halfway down the straihgt, but won't this work as a drifter? If so, why not?

[Sturmovik]

Engine bay is a bit different.

[The-Kid]

A response to the CAPA Holden Ute/Monaro doing the Drift events?

[Babalouie]

Hokay: the australians are like WTF mate!!! But why won't this work as a drifter, I don't know how(and don't want to) put my handbrake on halfway down the straihgt, but won't this work as a drifter? If so, why not?

There's not much info on it really, but there's a coupla things that suggest that it was put together by ppl who were more into circuit racing than drifting.

For drifting, with the power-up mods it would generate tons of heat, and of course drifters go sideways at big revs and there isn't much airflow thru the radiator...so if it was serious it would have oil coolers, a larger radiator, etc etc. Also the locker is not a popular mod for drifters, since it tends to be understeery when you don't want it to be, and presumably there would be a mod so that the power steering pump doesn't crap itself (dunno if they still do that tho, they certainly used to).

So it's not to say it wouldn't work, but it doesn't seem like it was put together by a drifter...