Drifting a Track Prepped BMW 128i

This was my first ever drift day, in any car, and I'm really pleased with how it went. I have a little bit of experience drifting in the snow or just on the street, but most of my drift experience is from assetto corsa.
The only changes I made for drifting was changing my alignment and running a smaller tire (205) since with 0 camber in the rear that's all I could fit without rubbing.

[@dg7438]

And here I am paranoid about driving my 128i M sport in the streets for fear of abuse lol

[@Boasandpythons]

Just picked up a 128i last Feb. It's been a kick ass car. Taking it to it's first track night in two weeks. Killer video man!

[@slow.e82]

yeah they’re great track cars and very reliable if you don’t mess with them too much

[@byAlexiithonatzu]

with how many miles did you get yours? I'm from central america and it's hard to find those here

[@landorslam]

Clean sliding brotha !

[@CBXweb]

Very good ending

[@esteemedenergy]

Nice job

[@jermainehall1315]

Earned my sub

[@shreddymercury6262]

insane bro id love a spec of your car

[@diegomunoz6256]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Hunnuh_]

I’m really interested in purchasing this car soon for exactly what you’re doing, would you say it needs a camber/suspension upgrade from stock?

[@nlxsteve]

You boss!

[@roychalhoub8602]

What is ur ratio bro love the build ❤

[@enayetkhan9397]

So smooth and satisfying to watch! What engine is in it? Also, have you had any issues with the rod bearings at all? Keep up the good content!

[@slow.e82]

Thank you, it's still got the n52 that came with the car and is known to be a very reliable motor, even for heavy track use and is not known for any rod bearing or oil starvation issues under high G's or extended high rpm use.

[@pablomoscoso6465]

Best engine no one knows about. I have an e92 328i that love love love. I also have an e46 cabrio thats getting one of these sweet revvy engines swapped in. Great driving 💪🏽

[@emersonmuyco9245]

thinking of getting a 128i manual for the track. beautiful driving and sounds. can you tell me your exhaust setup? and can you share all of your mods?

[@slow.e82]

check out any of my other recent videos, I have the full mod list in the description, but the exhaust is just catless headers with a 3 inch straight pipe with a vibrant bottle style resonator.

[@tracedavis8549]

any advice on how to go about deleting all of the annoying assists the car has from factory? and when you swapped in a lsd how did you stop the elsd from applying the rear brakes? thank you i've been deep in the forums and can't find much info on the elsd.
sick car btw makes me glad i have a 128i manual single hump

[@slayerarmy]

I do believe you code the car out. Watch Besim x cars 128i build video. He explains it

[@Maaaaaax-07]

Nice 😏

[@sethanderson4958]

You running the stock sway bars or upgraded?

[@freemaysin5088]

so what you are saying is, your N52 is bulletproof? lmao man this thing is a machine!

[@TheDimaho]

nice, open diff ?

[@annihil8ted993]

Do you have an instructor by any chance? Have they said anything about you trying to turn the wheel at lightning speeds? :P

[@slow.e82]

Nope never had any instructor or any instruction or anything, just figured it out as I went

[@annihil8ted993]

@@slow.e82 Nice! I'm much the same too and one of the things I've been told is when the car is flicking back, to let go of the wheel. In a fast transition, it's dangerous/almost impossible to keep the hands up and you run the risk of crossing hands/miscatching the wheel if they're waving around. Instead, keep hands hovering around the wheel but let it go or let go the majority of the transition. The wheel will unwind itself and you maintain better control by having your hands always at the ready

[@annihil8ted993]

Watching your vid again, you're doing that partially already, so you've got some good instincts!

[@AvielShimoni]

Wonderful driving ! It is a stock lsd ?

[@klnvv]

128i come with open lsd, 135i too

[@klnvv]

open diff*

[@caleb3984]

How much have you spent in mods? If u dont mind?

[@slow.e82]

I’m at about 18k, and that’s with me doing all the labor besides painting my bumper and rebuilding my differential into an lsd. You definitely don’t need to go to the same extremes to make these cars capable on track, as you could probably get like 90% of the performance for 1/2 the cost.

[@mommaduck79]

@@slow.e82 18k?! ON WHAT?
Sick drifting btw. Not sure what exhaust you're using but it sounds dope too.

[@slow.e82]

@@mommaduck79 The exhuast is catless headers into a inch straight pipe with a single vibrant resonator. Check the description for some of my other videos as a have a pretty complete parts lists, but everything adds really quick when buying quality parts.

[@leweee]

Have you got a LSD

[@slow.e82]

yup, it’s got an mfactory clutch style lsd that’s setup very aggressively