Ryan Tuerck x Tim Tulov
Ryan Tuerck Promo vid at ATL from Tim Tulov on Vimeo.
It's been a while since I have written about non-Mustang drifting, kind of weird for me as the last 5 years have been spent constantly updating Driftlive. I still follow drifting everyday, part of the reason I made the driftinglist.com was so that I could keep up on things. I am glad to see all the talented filmmakers really stepping up the drift video game. It's exciting to watch as they refine their craft and bring more unique elements into their films. Josh Herron is using a dolly for crying out loud, how cool is that. Will Roegge is making shorts over at streetfire, The Squidd is working for Falken Tire, and Andy is still making sweet Drift Alliance movies.
Honorable mention:
Running:Projects
Clash Production
Makes me want to step up my own film quality, but sometimes, you just need to tip the hat to guys that really know there stuff. Keep up the good work, so I can keep watching sweet drift magic in my living room. Now if only vimeo worked on the iPhone...
About Geoff
I have been building cars since about 1996 when I bought a 1966 Chevelle Malibu and modified it. My first exposure to drifting was back in 2004 when the shop (Hotrods to Hell) that I worked at was commissioned to build the 1969 Camaro that was campaigned in the 2005 Formula D series. In order to get a better idea of what the Camaro needed to be capable of I went to the Formula D Irwindale event and was instantly hooked.
My approach to car building is methodical. As you watch along with our build you will notice that we only make a few changed between each episode. I do not believe in throwing a bunch of parts at a problem and hoping it will be solved.
When you are developing a chassis for the first time you need to take you time and establish what I call a "vocabulary for the car." Basically what this means is that you need to learn what impact different parts and modifications will have on the car and on each other.
My roadmap for the Mustang was first to address the inconsistency in the car. The coilovers, panhard bar, and rollcage have done wonders in that direction. Then since this is a drift car, we need to make some drift specific modification, steering angle and LSD. The next move is to fine tune the car, getting the right spring rate, finding alignment settings that work well, trying different sway bars.
If you have any questions for me or suggestions for the car, you can make a post in the forum.
-Geoff
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