How many of you can drift or slide a ram cummins when wet? how far and can you do it in a straight line just crabbing down the road with no brake or do you have to powerbrake? I no this sounds silly but its so much fun

 

When I was stock I used to hold the truck at about a 45* angle to the curb and walk it as far down as the road would allow me to. Never touched the brake. Just feathered the throttle. Now with over 430+hp it's a whole different ball game. Things happen a lot faster. Still learning how to play with it.

 

Going 30-40 MPH I can slide sideways a little over 100 feet on dry pavement while only going 10-20 feet forwards; no brake, just quick turns with the wheel and feathered throttle. (There's a couple good places in town.) Then I just hit the limits of center of gravity and tire friction.

On dirt the whole shebang is different; I can actually brake tires loose going under 20 miles per hour. It's incredible. Heck, I can even brake tires loose from a stand still and do man donuts.

I still want to install a clutch pedal for my front brakes only. I think that'd be the best thing since the bikini...

 

My favorite, and probably the most scary, is punching it at about 70 in the rain and walking the truck sideways through the lane.

 

On my truck the rearend tries to pass the front when its wet out. Most of the intersections i turn through i go through sideways. It's ridiculously hard to control. I'm still trying to finesse the newfound power I have added lately. And on dirt roads...... Forget it. I like the body the way it is... (except for the rust on the cab.)

But in my ferd, that is a whole different animal.....and drifting in 4 high is pretty fun.
Aaron

 

There is a corner by my work, that I'll power brake it lift start spinnign the tires kick it sideways around the turn almost to opposite lock. The truck will shift spin them up through 2nd. Havent tried it when its wet out. Looking forward to it though.

 

I was turning left (north) at an intersection once. From a stop I hit it (just got done dynoing) and I had the truck pointed at the southbound lane for awhile and when the back end got in the lane I wanted everything staightend up. Not very far but it was fun. (still got 18.2 mpg even with dynoing and playing with it on the way home)

 

its even better when your on the beltway with a ton of people and one pisses you off at 70 and you just decide to break it sideways.

 

here ya go boys. hope you like, sorry about the music but still cool vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=811yq2yTopE

 

Yeah, that music was somewhat geye...

Cool nonetheless, though.

 

yeah not my music choice though sorry found this vid on YouTube.

 

SWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEET!! that made me crack up even tho there was a dmax in there but were all diesels right? Awesome driving tho, U make it?

 

oh this is so fun. right after i put my tst on i was setting at a stop light (wet pavement) and i was going to turn left. i put her in 3rd and redlined it and dumped the clutch. (the other 3 directions of traffic were stopped) and everybody was watching me. my buddy caught one guys face and it was somethin like

i slid all the way through the intersection and kept em broke loose all the way to 6th.

man this tst is wild!!!

 

yes all were diesels and they were a few of my buddies from Idaho. thought i would share it

 

That was really cool looking tho