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      02-05-2018, 04:11 PM   #1
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Taking the 135i to Drift Day - Drifting close to the wall & a broken bumper

The temptation to drive sideways is difficult to resist. So drifters and peculiar driving enthusiasts such as myself very much welcome the opportunity to go on the skidpad. It is undoubtedly a day of therapy.

Why skidpad? Practice drifting with zero risk of car damage...unless you have a strong desire to drift as close as possible to the wall. Because closer to the wall is more fun! Yeah, what a strange concept. I completely understand the guy in the Nissan.

Anyway it was a great day at the skidpad. Here are fun moments throughout the day. Who knew shredding tires could be so addicting

Easily the best drifters out there on this day were the multiple Nissan 240sx's and the BMW 323is.

The 135i doesn't like to drift...lol. It's either stay straight or spin-out, but that's what makes drifting this car more interesting.


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Not really a drifting fan but you sure do make it sound like fun. I may have to change my tune!
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haha, thanks for the comment wdb!
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I love drifting but nowhere near a wall or curb or around other cars
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This reminds me of the old Thunder Drift and Drift Day events.
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I love drifting but nowhere near a wall or curb or around other cars
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This reminds me of the old Thunder Drift and Drift Day events.
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Looks like fun! Are you on the stock diff?
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I'll eventually retire my 1'er from track work and turn it into a drifter. Though, my E46 is my current drift beater. Drifting is the most fun you can have in a car without taking your pants off.
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Looks like fun! Are you on the stock diff?
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I'll eventually retire my 1'er from track work and turn it into a drifter. Though, my E46 is my current drift beater. Drifting is the most fun you can have in a car without taking your pants off.
With some proper mods and tuning, I know the 135i can make a great streetable drift car, as seen on 3diablo3's videos on youtube. Surprised there aren't more 1ers being drifted out there. Most fun for sure, especially on worn track duty street tires that would be uselessly disposed otherwise
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Looks like fun! Are you on the stock diff?
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I'll eventually retire my 1'er from track work and turn it into a drifter. Though, my E46 is my current drift beater. Drifting is the most fun you can have in a car without taking your pants off.
With some proper mods and tuning, I know the 135i can make a great streetable drift car, as seen on 3diablo3's videos on youtube. Surprised there aren't more 1ers being drifted out there. Most fun for sure, especially on worn track duty street tires that would be uselessly disposed otherwise
Even with the Quaife the car doesn't drift properly?
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Those guys look like they were having loads of fun!
Thanks for posting!
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I'm a bit disappointed that you still didn't find drifting very enjoyable even with the helical diff. I am very close to getting an M Factory helical but now I'm hesitant
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Even with the Quaife the car doesn't drift properly?
My bad for the confusion. I was just poking fun at this car, when compared to the other cars out there. With the Quaife, it does drift properly for sure, but I should be more specific.

I've driven some of the other cars, and those get sideways very easily and are more forgiving once you do get sideways. As we all know, the 135i wants to understeer by nature, and that's the main reason "it wants to stay straight or spin out", but fortunately, there are ways to address that, such as a stiffer rear sway bar, more front camber, getting rid of the staggered tire setup, stiffer springs in the rear, etc...

I should note in this video I was drifting on an old staggered 235/265 tire setup, so that didn't help...

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I'm a bit disappointed that you still didn't find drifting very enjoyable even with the helical diff. I am very close to getting an M Factory helical but now I'm hesitant
Drifting in this car with the Quaife is a blast! In fact, I find it more enjoyable than most other cars.

3diablo3, as mentioned above, drifts with a Quaife as well and he owns it like a beast going sideways in 4th gear at the track. My 135i still has much of the stock understeer left in, whereas his is setup to oversteer - all depends on your suspension tuning
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Those guys look like they were having loads of fun!
Thanks for posting!
Yeah! Thanks for watching!

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I'm a bit disappointed that you still didn't find drifting very enjoyable even with the helical diff. I am very close to getting an M Factory helical but now I'm hesitant
I wish, in retrospect, that I opted for a more aggressive differential, like a clutch-type, instead of the MFactory helical diff. It doesn't lock up that tight, and, at this point, I value a tighter, faster action, like a 1.5-way unit offers. Going back and forth between my drift cars with welded diffs and the 1'er with the MFactory diff is disappointing, dynamically.
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I wish, in retrospect, that I opted for a more aggressive differential, like a clutch-type, instead of the MFactory helical diff. It doesn't lock up that tight, and, at this point, I value a tighter, faster action, like a 1.5-way unit offers. Going back and forth between my drift cars with welded diffs and the 1'er with the MFactory diff is disappointing, dynamically.
Appreciate this greatly, I've been all over the place on this mod. If you were to get a clutch pack diff for the 1 what would you choose with you experience now?

Some background, I had a fully built drift car years ago and miss the sideways. I'd love to get my 1er to a point where I can at least play around with it once in a while and not become completely infuriated by the e-diff.
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I'm a bit disappointed that you still didn't find drifting very enjoyable even with the helical diff. I am very close to getting an M Factory helical but now I'm hesitant
I wish, in retrospect, that I opted for a more aggressive differential, like a clutch-type, instead of the MFactory helical diff. It doesn't lock up that tight, and, at this point, I value a tighter, faster action, like a 1.5-way unit offers. Going back and forth between my drift cars with welded diffs and the 1'er with the MFactory diff is disappointing, dynamically.
Hmm well I'm not looking to make a drift car, more of a car that CAN drift
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Appreciate this greatly, I've been all over the place on this mod. If you were to get a clutch pack diff for the 1 what would you choose with you experience now?

Some background, I had a fully built drift car years ago and miss the sideways. I'd love to get my 1er to a point where I can at least play around with it once in a while and not become completely infuriated by the e-diff.
At this point, I would have just done an M3 rear end conversion and called it a day. The factory M-variable diff has proven itself to be capable of very fast lap times.

If that's too much to handle in one swing, just buy an MFactory clutch-type diff. My MFactory unit has been reliable, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another of their products.
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At this point, I would have just done an M3 rear end conversion and called it a day. The factory M-variable diff has proven itself to be capable of very fast lap times.

If that's too much to handle in one swing, just buy an MFactory clutch-type diff. My MFactory unit has been reliable, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another of their products.
Solid advice, thank you!
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