Drift Cars

Drift Cars
Author: Sarah L. Schuette
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2007-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781429608268

Drift cars skid around corners in races that are more about style than speed. Learn about the modifications and driving techniques that give drift cars an edge on winding courses. Discover how drivers use steering and braking techniques to whip their cars around sharp turns.

How to Drift

How to Drift
Author: Paul Morton
Publisher: CarTech Inc
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2006
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1932494235

Drifting is the newest, most exciting motorsport we have seen in the United States since the invention of the limited slip differential - it may be the most exhilarating contest of man and machine ever devised! From the winding mountain passes and desolate industrial roads of Japan, this unique sport of sliding a car sideways through a series of corners has become a huge hit in America. Drifting, or dorifto as they call it in Japan, extracts the most exciting aspect auto racing, extreme oversteer, and makes it the focus of an intense and visually intoxicating new motor sport. How to Drift: The Art of Oversteer is a comprehensive guide to both the driving technique and car setup required for drifting. The author defines various precision driving techniques used in drifting and explains them from a racecar driver’ s point of view. How to Drift illustrates the finer elements of car control required in drifting with technical descriptions, detailed line art and intense photography. This book even includes a budget drift car build-up with detailed suspension, chassis, and engine modifications that will help you turn your economy car into a drift machine— on top of that, there’ s a chapter detailing the finer aspects of an SR20DET swap!

Cars, Automobility and Development in Asia

Cars, Automobility and Development in Asia
Author: Arve Hansen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317396715

Cars, Automobility and Development in Asia explores the nexus between automobility and development in a pan-Asian comparative perspective. The book seeks to integrate the policies, production forms, consumption preferences and symbolism implicated in emerging Asian automobilities. Using empirically rich and grounded analyses of both comparative and single-country case studies, the authors chart new approaches to studying automobility and development in emerging Asia.

Calvin Wan's Drifting Performance Handbook

Calvin Wan's Drifting Performance Handbook
Author: Calvin Wan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release:
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781616730574

Drifting started as a niche motorsport among Japanese-American Californians, but has quickly evolved into a full-fledged competitive motorsport involving everyone from kids in the Midwest to a 55-year-old World Rally Championship Driver. This is the first how-to book to focus on both how to properly prepare a car to compete in drifting events, and how to drive it effectively in those events.Written by one of the original American drifters, it expertly covers car preparation, driving techniques, competition rules, and much more. Drawing on an extensive storehouse of knowledge and using full-color photography, diagrams, and charts to support his text, Calvin Wan explains the theories behind every aspect of the sport. For those who want to do it, those who like to watch, and those who simply seek to understand, this is the quintessential guide to drifting.

The Fast, the Fraudulent & the Fatal

The Fast, the Fraudulent & the Fatal
Author: Michael Bender
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2009-03-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1467097128

Stolen vehicles and stolen lives are abound in this dark and dangerous underground that has taken over our highways and streets, all in the name of fun! A fact filled assaulton illegal street racing, drifting, stunting, and even car shows; often inundated with larceny, deceit, injuries, and death. Exam years of hands on real stories of theft, fraud and the Fast and Fraudulent scene and what can be done to identify problem areas; recover stolen vehicles and parts; identify fraud; save lives; prevent injuries and protect property. This internationally recognized expert has researched every angle of this scene packing pages with facts, investigative techniques and solutions. Over a decade of hands on investigations and requests for training on this scene prompted this book. With testimonials including such praises as: Mike Bender's presentation concerning the direct link between Street Racing and Auto Crimes is without the doubt the most comprehensive available world wide. Mike's direct knowledge and enthusiasm is very evident in the first minutes of his presentation. As a long time auto crimes investigator and a drag racer I can attest that Mike's program is filled with current and accurate information. This class is a must for any street officer, auto theft investigator or insurance investigator. A must read for Law Enforcement, Auto Theft Investigators, Insurance Companies, Fraud Investigators, Parents and Educators To view chapter content and learn more about the fatal consequences of illegal street racing go to: http://protectourstreets.org and click on the book.

Torque

Torque
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2008-02
Genre:
ISBN:

Singapore's best homegrown car magazine, with an editorial dream team driving it. We fuel the need for speed!

Drifting

Drifting
Author: Antonio Alvendia
Publisher: Motorbooks
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2006-08-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0760324174

Dreamed up by drivers trying to outdo each other on the mountain passes of Japan, the art of the sideways descent of a switchback-what Wired described as "the fishtailing ballet of burning rubber called drifting"-has made it to the United States in a big way. What began as a new kind of daredevil driving among teens has, over two decades, become a sanctioned sport, making its way across the Pacific through video games and magazines, anime and the Internet, to take root in California's fertile underground racing culture. Drifting tells the story of drifting from its arrival on the West Coast to its emergence as the hottest form of motorsport in the United States. A dramatic visual record of the sport in America that includes over 400 photos, the book also profiles the people, teams, techniques, web sites, publications, videos, and trends that have made drifting the phenomenon that it is today. For the curious newcomer, author Antonio Alvendia's introduction succinctly explains what drifting is, setting the stage for the thrilling automotive drama that then unfolds. For the veteran drifting fan, this book is the first illustrated book on the latest motorsport to conquer the world.

East Asia in the World

East Asia in the World
Author: Anne Prescott
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2015-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317509714

From the Foundations in Global Studies series, this text offers students a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary entry point to East Asia. After a brief introduction to the study of East Asia, the early chapters of the book survey the essentials of East Asian history; important historical narratives; and the region's languages, religions, and global connections. Students are guided through the material with relevant maps, resource boxes, and text boxes that support and guide further independent exploration of the topics at hand. The second half of the book features interdisciplinary case studies, each of which focuses on a specific country or region and a particular issue. Each chapter gives a flavor for the cultural distinctiveness of the particular country yet also draws attention to global linkages. Readers will come away from this book with an understanding of the larger historical, political, and cultural frameworks that shaped East Asia as we know it today, and of current issues that have relevance in Asia and beyond.