Skipper5 said:
sorry to burst your bubble but there are zero rocks at this venue. its very hard packed dirt in the middle of the desert. also, a dirty filter can easily be cleaned in about ten minutes; if the person doing it isn't an idiot that is. abuse? ha, the abuse a car would take drifting on pavement is much greater (and more dangerous) than drifting on a perfectly flat, wide open dry lake bed.
this is a dry lake bed where the scta holds events where cars run over 300mph. in fact they were having an event the weekend we were there, for our second visit, and many enjoyed our driving styles. glad you enjoyed the video.
Well you did not "burst my bubble", but having a lot of "driving ecperience" I know the demands on a car. I have driven on the lake beds in Salt Lake Utah, and High Vista California, as well as Anza Boreggo California and no desert or dry lake is 100% "rock free". Notice too that I said "No offense", I was not trying to start a flame war with you. Also notice that I said "on pavement at a track...". At a track the situation is monitored by instructors, it is done on a skid pad, with water applied. This is about as safe as it gets, and is not as harmful to the suspension as a dry lake would be. In your situation while drifting your tires could come in contact with a harder or softer section of the dry lake bed and cause a roll over. Or you could loose control and strike the camera man in that cloud of dust, loosing your orientation. On a skid pad, no dust, no surface variations, the main cause of roll over, and no cameramen to strike. And remember that the dust can get in places other than a filter, your bearings, belts, pulleys, etc.
It is your car and you can do with it as you please, but keep an open mind about the realities of abuse and danger.
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