More Sidewayz!

Meulen · 10-09-2014, 12:48 PM

Nice job! lights are looking awesome!

VDC_OFF · 10-27-2014, 01:35 PM

Drift Event coming up this weekend. Dont know if Ill make it but Im trying hard to make sure I do.

Masterbeatty · 10-27-2014, 02:21 PM

Nice! Where did you get the caliper mounts made? Also More pics of the hydro e-break handle location.

VDC_OFF · 10-27-2014, 04:19 PM

Havent installed the hydro brake yet but most likely with will just replace the stock one using some of the bolt holes. Ill be sure to post pics when i get to that part. Some have had plates made, we'll see if I decide to do that. As far as the bracket, I got it from George Marstanovic from Maverick Motorsports. Works on the z33 and z34 although it rubbed a bit on my car.

VDC_OFF · 04-10-2015, 01:23 PM

Sorry haven't logged in in a while again. Update: I did that event last year but not with the hydro. Turns out I couldn't get it to bleed right so I had no handbrake. It was a 2 day event and when I got there Saturday my clutch wa sticking to the floor from over heating. So I had no handbrake and no clutch...great... how was I supposed to drift now?? Well by just feinting and lot of gas!!! Had fun but it could have been better. Did good on the bank but needed an ebrake on a tight turn so I kept spinning :/ That night had some friends hook me up with some Motul RBF600 and I bled it that night which fixed the problem for the next day.

Now to 2015... First event of the year was last month and since I had time to work out the bugs with my ebrake I was super excited for this event. By far my best driving. I can honestly say I have really improved and am now getting consistent with each run. Spun maybe 4 or 5 times out of say 50 runs. First time ever I had fans lol! A mother and her two kids came and asked if they could take a picture with me, said I was their favorite driver. That was awesome, gave them ridealongs shortly after. Anyways, enough with the talking, here are some pics.

Ill try to work on uploading some video.

JDM-JUNKIE · 04-22-2015, 01:32 AM

Nice, a drifting thread!
Hey I was curious why you went with calipers for a hydraulic handbrake instead of installing a good 2-way diff first?

Also, in a tight corner with no handbrake or clutch, like your last event, you can always try left-foot braking.
It's kinda hard to pull off but it's good to have options ; )

Keep sliding!

VDC_OFF · 04-24-2015, 09:51 AM

i have my diff welded so its always locked and loaded

it actually worked pretty good just giving it gas. i normally use left foot braking to slow the car down if i enter too fast

VDC_OFF · 07-24-2015, 03:28 PM

More updates. Got some slightly used Stance Truetype Coilovers installed along with some new Voodoo13 camber and toe arms.

Next I had to find a way to fix this clutch sticking problem. Dont think it was a CSC issue since there was no loss of fluid so I replaced the master along with a stainless line and replaced the fluid even though I put new Motul RBF600 fluid just a few months back. Turns out the fluid was already black so could have been the problem, didnt know this stuff only last a few months. After an alignment I had a drift event to test everything out.

It was hot as %#@# out being July in Texas. My car said 104 degrees outside. My wife immediately regretted coming with me as she couldnt take the heat. A/C wasnt working so well since we were moving much but we stuck it out by opening the doors after each run lol. Anyways, had a blast. The car felt more planted and transitioned awesome without having to release the throttle which made for a lot of smoke and speed. Here were some of the pics that popped up!

Zbrah · 07-24-2015, 03:32 PM

Awesome. Glad to see this car coming back

PS: how do you like to voodoo parts so far? There aren't any reviews on Z34.

Masterbeatty · 07-25-2015, 06:03 PM

Nice! Did you figure out the whole ebrake issue.

VDC_OFF · 07-25-2015, 09:11 PM

voodoo parts are good, nice and beefy. Only issue we ran into was the locking nut gets hidden inside the fork where the bolt goes so releasing or tightening took a workaround trying to get a wrench in there.

As far as the ebrake, was interested to try it out but lost pressure with it. Checked it out after the event and turns out the hard line i made that goes over the rear hub on one side was too close to the rotor. Grinded it down and made a hole by accident... oops lol. Made a new line and fixed the problem, will try again next time. Who needs an ebrake anyways haha

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VDC_OFF · 07-25-2015, 09:15 PM

heres where it was grinding against the rotor :P

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Read T · 07-25-2015, 09:25 PM

^ weight reduction.

oxymoron · 10-13-2015, 02:42 AM

Great thread. Just read the whole thing. Have just picked up a Z to replace my S14 drift car. I'm from Australia and there is zero aftermarket support for them here so far. And our dollar is so weak against yours is gonna cost me a fortune haha.

Good to see your car drifts so well with minimal mods. The main thing in worried about is lock. I've gotten used to 60 degrees in my other car. Gets me out of all sorts of trouble

VDC_OFF · 10-13-2015, 02:29 PM

Thanks for reading, appreciate the feedback. That sucks it will cost you more, these cars are expensive as it is. The biggest problem with this car is steering angle. I have the voodoo13 rack spacers and they made it go from 30 degrees to 45. Bad thing with these is you have to lose your steering rack boots which sucks because now my steering rack is going bad due to dirt. I am working with Mike at NST to a rack spacer that allows you to keep your boots, will let you know soon when they are ready. We just tested a prototype.

10-09-2014, 12:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Meulen A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Romeoville, IL Posts: 1,093 Drives: 2010 370z 40th Rep Power: 3391	Nice job! lights are looking awesome! VDC_OFF likes this. __________________ Follow my build thread here: Meulens Build Journal

10-27-2014, 01:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 46 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 18	Drift Event coming up this weekend. Dont know if Ill make it but Im trying hard to make sure I do. carlitos_370z and Meulen like this. __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos

10-27-2014, 02:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Masterbeatty A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Whales Vagina Posts: 4,586 Drives: the speed limit... Rep Power: 122868	Nice! Where did you get the caliper mounts made? Also More pics of the hydro e-break handle location. __________________ 2011 MB 6MT Masterbeatty journal

10-27-2014, 04:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 46 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 18	Havent installed the hydro brake yet but most likely with will just replace the stock one using some of the bolt holes. Ill be sure to post pics when i get to that part. Some have had plates made, we'll see if I decide to do that. As far as the bracket, I got it from George Marstanovic from Maverick Motorsports. Works on the z33 and z34 although it rubbed a bit on my car. __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos

04-10-2015, 01:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 46 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 18	Sorry haven't logged in in a while again. Update: I did that event last year but not with the hydro. Turns out I couldn't get it to bleed right so I had no handbrake. It was a 2 day event and when I got there Saturday my clutch wa sticking to the floor from over heating. So I had no handbrake and no clutch...great... how was I supposed to drift now?? Well by just feinting and lot of gas!!! Had fun but it could have been better. Did good on the bank but needed an ebrake on a tight turn so I kept spinning :/ That night had some friends hook me up with some Motul RBF600 and I bled it that night which fixed the problem for the next day. Now to 2015... First event of the year was last month and since I had time to work out the bugs with my ebrake I was super excited for this event. By far my best driving. I can honestly say I have really improved and am now getting consistent with each run. Spun maybe 4 or 5 times out of say 50 runs. First time ever I had fans lol! A mother and her two kids came and asked if they could take a picture with me, said I was their favorite driver. That was awesome, gave them ridealongs shortly after. Anyways, enough with the talking, here are some pics. Ill try to work on uploading some video. Masterbeatty, Zbrah and carlitos_370z like this. __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos Last edited by VDC_OFF; 04-10-2015 at 01:25 PM.

04-22-2015, 01:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
JDM-JUNKIE Base Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Colorado Posts: 140 Drives: Past:NSX, S15, G35TT Rep Power: 12	Nice, a drifting thread! Hey I was curious why you went with calipers for a hydraulic handbrake instead of installing a good 2-way diff first? Also, in a tight corner with no handbrake or clutch, like your last event, you can always try left-foot braking. It's kinda hard to pull off but it's good to have options ; ) Keep sliding!

04-24-2015, 09:51 AM	#7 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 46 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 18	i have my diff welded so its always locked and loaded it actually worked pretty good just giving it gas. i normally use left foot braking to slow the car down if i enter too fast __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos

07-24-2015, 03:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 46 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 18	More updates. Got some slightly used Stance Truetype Coilovers installed along with some new Voodoo13 camber and toe arms. Next I had to find a way to fix this clutch sticking problem. Dont think it was a CSC issue since there was no loss of fluid so I replaced the master along with a stainless line and replaced the fluid even though I put new Motul RBF600 fluid just a few months back. Turns out the fluid was already black so could have been the problem, didnt know this stuff only last a few months. After an alignment I had a drift event to test everything out. It was hot as %#@# out being July in Texas. My car said 104 degrees outside. My wife immediately regretted coming with me as she couldnt take the heat. A/C wasnt working so well since we were moving much but we stuck it out by opening the doors after each run lol. Anyways, had a blast. The car felt more planted and transitioned awesome without having to release the throttle which made for a lot of smoke and speed. Here were some of the pics that popped up! JARblue, axmea?, Masterbeatty and 3 others like this. __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos

07-24-2015, 03:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zbrah A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2013 Location: The370Z.com Posts: 4,956 Drives: 370Z Rep Power: 5453	Awesome. Glad to see this car coming back PS: how do you like to voodoo parts so far? There aren't any reviews on Z34. VDC_OFF likes this. __________________

07-25-2015, 06:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
Masterbeatty A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Whales Vagina Posts: 4,586 Drives: the speed limit... Rep Power: 122868	Nice! Did you figure out the whole ebrake issue. __________________ 2011 MB 6MT Masterbeatty journal

07-25-2015, 09:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 46 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 18	voodoo parts are good, nice and beefy. Only issue we ran into was the locking nut gets hidden inside the fork where the bolt goes so releasing or tightening took a workaround trying to get a wrench in there. As far as the ebrake, was interested to try it out but lost pressure with it. Checked it out after the event and turns out the hard line i made that goes over the rear hub on one side was too close to the rotor. Grinded it down and made a hole by accident... oops lol. Made a new line and fixed the problem, will try again next time. Who needs an ebrake anyways haha Sent from my LG-D631 using Tapatalk __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos

07-25-2015, 09:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 46 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 18	heres where it was grinding against the rotor :P Sent from my LG-D631 using Tapatalk __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos

07-25-2015, 09:25 PM	#13 (permalink)
Read T A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2012 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,046 Drives: 11 Nissan 370z BC 6M Rep Power: 20	^ weight reduction. KaienZ34, Masterbeatty and Morbid370Z like this. __________________ 2011 Nissan 370z Black Cherry Sport Pkg - Daily Driver, , 1960 Morgan +4 fun car, 1986 BMW 325ES, 1998 M3 and 1996 Spec Miata - Race Cars SUPPORT TEAM WINSOME RACING - WRL, CHUMP, LEMONS

10-13-2015, 02:42 AM	#14 (permalink)
oxymoron Base Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 32 Drives: 09 370z MT Rep Power: 11	Great thread. Just read the whole thing. Have just picked up a Z to replace my S14 drift car. I'm from Australia and there is zero aftermarket support for them here so far. And our dollar is so weak against yours is gonna cost me a fortune haha. Good to see your car drifts so well with minimal mods. The main thing in worried about is lock. I've gotten used to 60 degrees in my other car. Gets me out of all sorts of trouble

10-13-2015, 02:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
VDC_OFF A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston (Pearland) Age: 46 Posts: 1,205 Drives: 2011 370Z M6 Rep Power: 18	Thanks for reading, appreciate the feedback. That sucks it will cost you more, these cars are expensive as it is. The biggest problem with this car is steering angle. I have the voodoo13 rack spacers and they made it go from 30 degrees to 45. Bad thing with these is you have to lose your steering rack boots which sucks because now my steering rack is going bad due to dirt. I am working with Mike at NST to a rack spacer that allows you to keep your boots, will let you know soon when they are ready. We just tested a prototype. oxymoron likes this. __________________ DRIFTING JOURNAL \| Follow me on Instagram \| Facebook \| Houston Halos