[Nissan4Life]

Who out there drifts their truck when you hit the dirt?? I would hope that everyone raises their hands. Now that I have my summer wheels and tires (stock BFG ruggedtrails) on, I have been driving pavment more agressivly, since I don't mind wearing these tires out. The other day I was driving through an empty parking lot and hit a big sweeping turn, kicked the back out and floored it, and pulled off a really nice drift. I wasn't out parking lot hooning, jsut couldn't resist to throw out the back once i realized I entered the corner a little too hot and begun to oversteer.

The thought of blown spider gears entered my mind as soon as I finished the corner. This is how we concluded M266's and R180 are getting blown up. One wheel spins one wheel doesn't, engaging the spider gears, then sudenly the spinning wheel grabs and shock loads the spider gears and bammm: blown diff.

Wouldn't it be better if the rear diff was locked. I have also heard of people blowing up their diff by, "engaged the e-locker in 2wd, step on the gas and boom." I would think that the diff should be strong enough both as an open and as a e-locked to drift around in a paved parking lot without problem.

What do you all think.

 

[Sangster]

i wouldn't do that if I were you! Lock that rear diff on the pavement and make a turn = tires binding up = bang!

 

[belac515]

DO-A BARREL ROLL!

Seriously though I don't recommend drifting a lifted truck on pavement at all..

 

[Sweaty]

Rear end is to weak. You will pull your cover and your going to find pudding inside with some metal!

 

[CT_Nismo]

E Locker is only low. Nevertheless, plowing into a turn with throttle on and a snorting rear end will put major stress on the rear diff and transfer case. What will break first?

 

[WeRideNTruX]

^ hes 4x2 there is no transfercase and the rear therefore cant lock n 4-lo lol

 

[colin123]

^ hes 4x2 there is no transfercase and the rear therefore cant lock n 4-lo lol

his sig says 4x4 not that it matters because you can do the elocker mod and turn it on whenever you want, now on dry pavement with that rearend bad idea, probably a bad idea with any amount of speed off road too with how easy those like to pop

 

[rdrfronty]

I don't have a e-locker, but I've played a little with my 2 wheel drive m226 rearend truck. Done a couple 50-60mph paved road drifts around some curves before. Kinda fun and scary at the same time. Truthfully, I know our trucks are too tall and heavy for much of this, but I wanted to see how easy I could break the rearend loose in a curve. It's not that difficult if I'm in my powerband in 2nd gear. 3rd gear is getting too fast for safety, so I won't be trying that.

 

[nisracer]

i cant believe nissan put such weak diffs in our trucks. if people are breaking the e-lockers on dirt just by hitting the gas, whats the point in having one. im sure glad i didnt buy a nismo in that case, because i would have broken mine the first week i had the truck lol. i had an r32 gtr 4:11 r200 diff in my ka-t 240 wich was pushing close to 400whp and i used to pop 3rd and 4th gear all day long at the track at 60-85+mph and everyone else that cant afford to buy a 2way and/or hates viscus diffs, just uses welded stock 4:09 r200 diffs and they range from 150hp (stock) to 500+whp ls1 swaps. and i have never seen a broken diff ever. and most of us over 300 hp run 255+ width sticky tires too "dunlop derizas (spelling), falken rt615's etc. i just cant see why our truck diffs break so easy in the dirt. granted our trucks are 1000+lbs more than a 240, but i find it hard to believe our 200-240 whp 4000+lb trucks can cause more stress playing around lightly than a 400+hp car spinning 10x grippier tires in gears 1-4 constanly going from ebrake to spinning over 100mph faster than you can blink, but maybe im wrong.

sounds like fail on nissan for this one. can anyone say ford 9"... sounds like the route to go to have fun with out worry.

has any off road, desert, or rock guys tried welding a m226 or c200? defenatly not street freindly with a straight axel but is 100% locked all the time, so you would wear out all your rear bushings or worse very quckly on the street obviously.

 

[nisracer]

heres some examples of some of the hell my diff went through, you cant tell too much from a vid, but in car, you can tell there is a TON of force constanlty hitting the diff.

mine is the white car 4th gear with lots of clutch kicking
YouTube - nisracer's Channel

dropping it from dead stop in 2nd, banging 3rd smoke show lol
YouTube - nisracer's Channel

YouTube - nisracer's Channel

YouTube - nisracer's Channel

first try at tandeming, it was scary lol, especialy sence the guy infront was stock sr swapped and i had probly 150hp on him and more rubber, so whenever i hit the peddle i would start sucking up to him quick lol.
YouTube - Mineral Wells 4/13/08 Paul and Alex Tandem

 

[HKYStormFront]

there is a time and a place for everything, i cannot condone "drifting" (sliding the rear around clueless as to how actual drifting works or the techniques behind it does not constitute that you are, in fact, drifting) on any public parking lots or roads. take it to the track and do it where it's legal and safe if you have to. but even then, you are choosing the wrong kind of vehicle to do it and certainly do NOT use your e-locker.

 

[nisracer]

there is a time and a place for everything, i cannot condone "drifting" (sliding the rear around clueless as to how actual drifting works or the techniques behind it does not constitute that you are, in fact, drifting) on any public parking lots or roads. take it to the track and do it where it's legal and safe if you have to. but even then, you are choosing the wrong kind of vehicle to do it and certainly do NOT use your e-locker.

i assume you're talking about the OP? all the vids i posted where at a santioned event, on a closed corse. all though im not a pro drifter i sertainly dont slide around cluelessly with out technique. but yes, drifting in a stock hieght truck on pavement isnt exactly safe, and you should expect to pay for the concequences if you push it too far.

 

[HKYStormFront]

yes i was talking about the OP, no offense meant racer.

 

[nisracer]

none taken, i just was stating that it was on a track, not in a random parking lot.

 

[HKYStormFront]

that is the correct place and time to do it. we've got an autox coming up here in a few weeks that i will be doing pics for. i'm trying to convince the organizers to let my friend drive my truck around the course a couple times so i can get some rolling shots of it (never done that before). one will be a more time-trial style run just to see what it can do... the other? ballz to the wall, slide the @$$ end and show me something!! how inappropriate would it be for a 4500 lb truck to be doing autox?? :laugh: