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two thousand seven hundred dollars in suspension mods versus ten thousand
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dollars in suspension mods it's more expensive really mean more better uh yeah yeah i'm starting to think so
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today we are upgrading the four systems that actually control what the car does once it's Sideways, I'm talking differential.
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Suspension.
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Steering angle.
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And the old handbrake, like this.
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No, wait, wrong, this one.
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So before we turn any wrenches, we're gonna see what kind of steering angle our cars can achieve in their stock form.
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We got a 43 degree reading.
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I'm right around 37.
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Let's see how a high car stacks up.
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Oh, right at 40.
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Yeah, I'm over at 35.
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Not great, but not too bad but we want more
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because we're drifting you might also be wondering why are the numbers different from the leading wheel
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and the trailing wheel well that's usually what manufacturers do to
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make the cars kind of have a natural feel the trailing wheel will drag just a little bit
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and actually help in the drift and make the wheel want to snap back
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and come back around we're not going to treat this whole
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build like one big pile of parts we're going to break
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it into four separate systems first off the differential we need
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both our rear wheels to do the same exact thing when we ask them to Second, we need a suspension that can handle grip, weight transfer, and alignment.
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Third, we need more steering angle in which to catch the car when we're sliding that thing around.
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And finally, we need a handbrake that can consistently brake rear traction when the driver asks for it.
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So let's get to it.
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One of the major things we need to do is get our rear diff removed
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and sent to a professional to get installed.
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If our OSGuyken one and a halfway diff uses clutch packs, then that's going to give us a lot more predictability while we're drifting.
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We're gonna send this over to our friends at Rivaled Auto.
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All right, boys.
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I'll be back with an installed O's Geiken differential.
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Yeah!
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Bye -bye.
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Bye!
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Good luck!
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Okay.
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Don't forget the cover.
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Okay.
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And the diff.
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No. He stole it!
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He's putting it in his own FD car.
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Hey!
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Get back here!
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Low Car's solution, on the other hand, is about as simple and cheap as it gets.
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We welded this rear differential together.
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Our boy, Devin, who's been helping us out with this build and some fabrication stuff, welded it together.
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Still hot.
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Just like your mom.
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By welding the diff, we're locking the two wheels together so whenever I turn this one, the other one spins with it.
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Because Lokar's wheels turn at the same speed no matter what, friction becomes a much bigger deal.
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When attempting tighter turns in a parking lot, the inside wheel will constantly skitter and chirp.
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And at higher speeds, this dynamic will cause understeer when entering turns.
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High Team's differential, on the other hand only locks
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when they want it to making it much better suited for daily driving with more predictable handling
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and smoother transitions on the track what we got here is
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a delicious spread of suspension components from megan racing these right here are new megan adjustable coilovers these collars here
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and these threads allow us to adjust our ride height
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and also this knob up top is going to allow us to dial in how soft
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or hard our ride is we also got these megan control arms for the rear they include the camber toe
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and traction arms we have our traction rods
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and right here are little bolt -on adapters for our knuckles
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that are going to allow us to have a lot more steering angle
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so really the main difference
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that we're going to see from the cheap versus expensive stuff is the amount of adjustability
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and over here on high team this is what we're working
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with let me give you a little tour starting up here
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at the front is our beautiful nismo power brace very classy this guy's a lot more beefier
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and is going to make our front end super tight.
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And these right here are our HKS Hyper Max coil loaders.
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These are going to keep us super planted to the road.
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Also, we got a bunch of GK tech stuff.
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We got all these control arms for caster, camber, so we can adjust all that.
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These spindles right here, which are going to give us a ton of angle.
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And we got this super beefy front sway bar, which is going to keep our front end stable.
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All of this looks super daunting to install.
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This is a lot of stuff.
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There's a lot of stability that needs to happen in these cars.
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That's why all these suspension parts are going to be so key.
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Now, you want to be breaking the traction loose in the back enough to be sliding, but also not too much so you'll loop out.
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You want the front to have enough steering angle to catch you, but also if you have too much, you're just going to hit all the suspension parts in here.
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So we're going to go through and make sure that we have enough grip to go forward, but not enough to spin out.
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So one thing that's really nice since we're literally replacing everything, All I have to do is loosen it from the chassis side, drop the coilover, remove the brake caliper, and all of this comes out.
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Wow, it's like hip replacement now with the entire front suspension disassembled
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and still in one piece i have a reference puzzle to
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put this puzzle together i'm just going to slowly assemble the new setup just like the old setup
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and that way it flies just as fast in as it came out
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this thing is beautiful this is the first thing you're going to see
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when you look underneath your car it's like an oem plus piece how cool is
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that i pieced my gk tech puzzle all together You have your tension arm your lower control arm
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and your knuckle this tension arm is now part of the lower control arm
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So that gives us more space for angle when we're turning
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while we're drifting
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and all of this is adjustable all of this Adjustability it's
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only gonna make us better than them as long as we align it, right?
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I can align it dude.
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You got it You got it Jimmy.
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I got good eyeballs.
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All right Oh my god Nope There we go!
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Okay.
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The first thing we're going to be replacing are the factory tension rods up front.
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You can see that they're straight as compared to the new Megan ones, which have a nice kink in them.
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It's going to allow the tire to actually have a place to travel without rubbing up against anything.
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Bada bing, bada bing.
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all right she's in all right our bolt -on angle kit here from our lovely friends at gk tech
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so what this thing does is basically changes where your tie rod end
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and lower control arm mount to the knuckle
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which will then give you more steering angle
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and make you a better drifter it's a pretty involved install
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we're going to take off the entire knuckle from the car let's take these knuckles off
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cool all right okay so these are the tang coilovers
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that came out of low car
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and these have a 6k spring rate now the new megan coilovers we're going with have an 8k spring rate
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which is about 33 percent stiffer it's not going to be as forgiving as a daily driver
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but in comparison it's going to give us more performance i'd say 8k we're running 6k over here with our
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hks coilovers we're gonna be floating how much did you pay for those
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so these suckers were about 989 almost a thousand bucks
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which is a bit
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that is the most expensive coilover low team has ever had
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more often than not it's not the best idea to buy
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the cheapest option this is the great middle the road budget option
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that one is almost twice as much this is a 2600
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dollar coil setup this one is a single monotube design whereas
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that one is an inverted shock i really we keep talking
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about these things i just want to throw them in big
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moment time for the coilovers to go in we got coilover
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popping through yes sir oh man all right let's do the other side
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buddy they look sick oh yeah our whole front suspension looks so cool
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oil overs going in and then i also installed and torqued the new angle kit
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All right, we are ready to tackle the rear here.
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Let's start with Jimmy's favorite part of the foot, the toe.
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Woo!
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I call Jimmy Foot Boy because you always catch him looking at them little piggies.
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We used to be able to wear open -toed shoes here.
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I miss those days.
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Yeah, I know you do.
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By linking all of these together, it's stiffening it to a point where it's going to be a lot more durable
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and have a lot less flex so now
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that we got all three of the new megan arms in
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the back it's time to move on to the coil overs
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checking allstate first could save you hundreds on car insurance not
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checking what driving school you signed up for not your best
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move you signed your waiver yeah you brought your driving gloves
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right here you got your white face paint your red nose
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wait wait my what red nose you're probably going to want
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to get some squeaky shoes at some Checking Allstate first makes sense, but this is just silly.
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What's your background in again?
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Clown car driving instructor.
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Yeah, checking first is the best move.
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So check Allstate first for an auto quote.
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It could save you hundreds.
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You're in good hands with Allstate.
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Lesson one, how to squish in.
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All right, guys, we redid the entire front suspension, and now we're redoing the whole rear.
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First up, we have our brand new lower control arm from GK Tech.
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This is where the sway bar bolts in.
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You can pick and choose which hole you want it.
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Then you have all these other arms.
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One dodges the coilover, one comes from the bottom over there, and this one does that.
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I'm going to hang all these in, put the bolts through, let them hang there, build my knuckle, throw it all together, and we'll be done with the rear.
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I love it when the plan's coming together.
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All right, our OOS Gaikin differential is back from the shop and is installed.
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On top of the differential itself, we got a Greddy extra capacity oil cover.
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It's about three quarters more of a liter, but also it helps essentially scrape the oil from the differential ring gear over here
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so it doesn't just splatter everywhere and aerate too much all hail the gruddy differential cover
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up you go go bionicle go all right now the diff
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is inside of the car drive shaft is officially attached jimmy we can drive this thing
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if we want it moving on to the handbrake system low
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team has three components to install this takes no heat at all to reach maximum grip strength
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and say you want to rip a nice little shitty with your handbrake
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if your brake pads are cold it's not gonna do it the first time maybe our second upgrade
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when you pull your e -brake handle inside the car the
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cable pulls on this hook here actuating the brake that's how
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you lock up your rear brakes now this modification just puts
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a little more leverage making it hopefully easier to lock up
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your rear brakes oh yeah yeah all right calm heads prevail not something i've ever told myself
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because i usually do not have a calm head what
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if you're at the track with a handbrake like ours a little parking brake slide into a turn yank
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that brake well shoot now it's stuck in this up position
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you have to have the presence of mind to push the button down i don't have that.
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We do have this.
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Drift button solves that.
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Get this cover off.
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There's a spring in here you can see.
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There we go.
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It doesn't lock anymore.
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So button on.
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And then as Officer Dan instructs.
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In drift mode, slide and pull to your heart's content.
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Then when you want to park it, pull up on this.
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Now you have a functioning handbrake.
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Now we're not going with the big old clunky drift stick.
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We're going to be using a GK Tech hidden hydraulic handbrake.
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Now this hidden hydraulic handbrake is going to fit right in here.
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Just got to take off the old e -brake cables from
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the bottom before I can start doing more stuff on the top.
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That's our old cable driven factory handbrake out at last.
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I got to do a little bit of surgery on this unit right here.
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There we go.
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Boom.
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Old cable.
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Yeah, this is a Luger 9mm.
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Really nice action.
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Got our hydraulic handbrake installed.
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As you can see, feels great.
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We got our GK Tech brace right here with our hydraulic brake cylinder connected to our cable driven factory handbrake.
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Looks sick.
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All I need to do is put the factory center console back in.
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No!
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No!
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Don't suck me in!
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Yeah, I'm just casually drilling holes in an S15.
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What about it?
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I hope this fits.
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Oh, you want to see my secrets?
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Oh, look at that!
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Perfect fit, dude.
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We're running a dual -caliber setup with our new drop knuckle, and bam!
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We get this really sweet dual -piston wheel wedge on here.
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It's tiny, it's cute, but it's also powerful.
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The knuckle system just mounts that right there.
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Currently Jimmy's plumbing everything and he'll just plug it to the back of this after I mount it.
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So we got our dual calipers set up on it.
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We got our hydraulic lines in place.
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Time to add the brake sauce.
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All right, go ahead.
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All right.
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All right, holding.
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Ooh!
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All right, give her one pump.
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One pump.
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How does it feel?
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Oh, nice, dude.
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Yeah?
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We can count the handbrake.
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Done.
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Officially done.
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Which is pretty nice.
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We're going to take these screws out of the fender and pull these side screws off. For now. For now.
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Hey.
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Dude, this looks phenomenal.
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I know, right?
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It doesn't look bad.
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Let's put it on the ground.
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Y 'all ready to see something beautiful?
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Yes.
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Wow.
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Wow.
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Ooh.
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Wow.
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Hot boy, hot boy, hot boy, hot boy.
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It's a little bit too low.
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It's a little low.
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Nah, it's perfect.
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No. Your front's good.
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Your rear.
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It's still terrible.
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No, no, no. Let's check the clearance.
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OK.
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Oh.
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What?
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If we drove like that, we would immediately rub through the harness.
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Oh.
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Yeah, it's bad.
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So what we're going to do is prevent that absolute catastrophe from happening by pulling this fender off, loosen up all of these clips,
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and we're just going to pull it real hard and fold it over here.
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See all those?
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That is dozens and dozens of wires all wrapped together.
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Yeah.
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That looks clean as hell, Tristan.
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That's sick as hell.
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There's no way it's gonna rub through that hose and this thing, super solid.
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This car is so cool.
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I keep saying it, but like, I'm so happy with this thing.
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Dude, I'm so glad that we finally got to work on S chassis, man.
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Up front, we're still rubbing quite a bit.
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What we're gonna do, see if I can make it consistent looking at least.
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All right, that looks pretty good.
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Now, if I had paid $50 ,000 like Hi -Team did on their S15, I would never do this.
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Alright, the time has come.
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Hi -Car has entirely new legs.
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So, and our Fitment already looks like theirs did when it was on the ground.
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So I'm kind of scared of what this is going to look like.
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Oh my god, did we pass the test Jimmy?
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I think we failed the credit card test.
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This thing is way too low, so adjustable coilovers are able to adjust both the spring perch and on the bottom, so we're just going to go ahead and thread this body out, easy enough.
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Alright so all of our fun new suspension bits are on, so now it's time to finally figure out just how much angle we gained as compared to stock.
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Are you ready?
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I'm so ready.
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All right, go ahead, turn the left.
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Keep going, slow, yeah.
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Keep going, there we go.
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Okay, stop.
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We're reading 45 degrees on the trailing wheel.
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Let's go check the other side. And stop.
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Wow.
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So it's past the 50 degree mark, but I would venture to say we're about 54 degrees.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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So that's a 11 degree improvement on the leading wheel.
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That's a lot.
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47. Let's say 55.
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We passed the measurement.
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Let's go.
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If you want all the angle.
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This is it.
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That's a good kit.
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That's your kit.
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They paid a ton more money for adjustability that realistically they can't use unless they tub the front of their car.
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in terms of like actual angle I'd say we're pretty even
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all right we are here at the world -famous Apple Valley
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Speedway once again now we have altered nearly every part of the chassis
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that allows you to control adrift now we need to find out
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if spending more money on high car makes it easier to drive
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and if A slow car can deliver the same confidence for less.
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First up, it's our boy, Nolan Sykes.
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Let's see what he's got, dude.
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That looks really, really good, dude.
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You made it look really easy, man.
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The car's really easy.
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It's easy?
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That is way easier dude.
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It's it wants to swing out way way faster.
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That's so much fun There's so much angle dude,
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there's so much I was like I can keep going I can keep going!
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More throttle!
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Oh, keep going!
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Yeah!
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Yeah, it's worth the money.
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We got the power we want, and we got all the angle we want.
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Tristan, send it. Did you see that?
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Right there.
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In the stock angle, he would have lost it.
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He put just a little bit more into it because he had it.
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Caught it.
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Hell yeah, dude.
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There we are, that's his first lap out and compared to last time, leaps and bounds better.
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I mean it just goes to show that a little bit more angle does help to save you.
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Now I'm gonna...
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Tristan's only sliding experience is like two weeks on the sim and like whatever we've done out here.
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I feel like the more and more time I get to drive this car, the more I can get used to it and all the weird quirks.
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Hell yeah.
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That looked good.
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I spun out.
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Honestly, I think you just need see time.
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That's really it.
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But you could tell like honestly the mods that you guys did
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on the money oh I really do think
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if I had a couple more sets of tires
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and I was just here all day I could do all the same stuff
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that high car does you can only get
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so much better with a certain tool before it's your own practice
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that comes into play and no one's about to make me look like an absolute dumbass because that man could drive
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it's
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so soon watch this dude all right he's already getting into
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the animals dude look at him release the noland release the missile dude are you kidding me
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i love this car this car rules he's a unit dude that's insane Doesn't that look good?
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That looks so good.
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It's so smooth.
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He's using all the real estate too, man.
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Oh!
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Oh my gosh!
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Whoa!
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He's got the windshield wipers on.
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Oh!
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Wipers.
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You think you can beat that?
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Oh, shit.
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I mean, you got the nicer car, right?
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I'm still learning.
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Not bad.
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There you go.
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Still in second, too.
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Wow.
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It's so easy to drive.
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He looks very in control.
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Same spot.
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Same spot as last time.
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Touched too much.
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Angle feels really good.
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There's a lot.
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There's a lot to work with.
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Uh, yeah, man.
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I feel like on some of these, I was able to get pretty wide.
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This is cool.
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Really cool car.
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My turn in a low car.
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Here he goes.
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Okay.
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All right.
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There you go, you gotta rev that thing.
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There you go, son.
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That's a good amount of tire smoke, I like that.
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Oh, throwin' it.
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Whoa! That was sick. That was nuts!
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Yeah, I mean, the car's good.
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I'm just not used to how high you have to be in the power.
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But as far as angle, e -brake, you know, while the e -brake was working, while the power was actually working, it's a nice car.
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It is.
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It's fun.
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And I'm shocked with, honestly, the Bolster Booster actually.
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I can't believe it.
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For me, it was just power issues.
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So I think that car is actually really good.
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So let's see how much better spending way more money is.
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still got to lean on it more though jimmy get on power oh man he's putting some stink on it now
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a little bit too much jimbus too much stank too much thank you put too much on it
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and now it reeks all right this is lap two with jimmy last lap he was kind of hesitant
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but now he's putting the stake on it you can tell he's just stomping on
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that pedal now he's found his confidence yeah keep going keep going yeah dude
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that was sick he needs to get on the loud pedal.
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Make that big part.
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There you go.
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Oh!
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Oh, that was this.
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There it is.
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Keep it, keep it, keep it.
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Alright, Jimmy.
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Alright, Justin, you know what to do.
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Yes, sir.
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The car is a hundred times better.
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I just need to get better as a driver because I can feel all the tools are there.
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I just need to use them properly.
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In comparison to low car, it's a hundred times better.
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oh yeah oh yeah oh a little bit too much sauce this is actually set up right now
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that under compression under throttle it'll give a little bit of
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toe in giving it grip giving it forward momentum the way that's set up oh jesus christ i almost died
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I thought we were done for.
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I mean, at least you would have got it on camera.
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That was crazy.
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Dust devil.
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There's a dust devil.
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Oh, God, it's heading right towards us.
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Hell yeah, that's the coolest thing ever, dude.
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Oh, it's coming through!
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That dust storm just blew me in the eye.
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That was cool.
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That was cool as heck.
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Look at that!
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Look at that!
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Yes!
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Clutch kick, clutch kick, clutch kick, clutch kick, clutch kick!
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Yeah!
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Yes!
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Yes!
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Hot boy, hot boy, hot boy, hot boy, hot boy, hot boy!
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Yes!
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That looks so good!
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Yes!
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Yeah! That was pretty good!
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It actually worked out pretty well.
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I learned its limits.
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I learned my limits.
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We came together as one.
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And the car was more awesome than low car.
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Nolan's about to kill this.
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Look at that.
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Woo!
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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You could see the confidence in the car.
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You could see it while he's driving.
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He's just kind of inputting it.
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You could tell everything's like working together really well.
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Yeah.
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Look at that.
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Oh, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow,
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wow, wow Awesome waves this
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that was the same feeling.
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I just got this thing rules,
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dude Now that is drifting
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Oh my god, I love this car dude.
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I hate that.
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He's so good Yeah!
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Oh my god!
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Did you see that smile? That was great.
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I think Low Team Nolan is finally a high car believer.
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Way to go, Nolan.
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This might be my favorite, like, high car.
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It's good.
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I think it's mine too.
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Tristan, get in there.
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I'm excited, I'm excited.
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Low car is much pointier the grip is what gives you
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the confidence in this thing to really get sideways use that angle
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get out of the hole faster like you can feel this thing just want to be there for you to uh
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to get to drive it's awesome low car is a lot of fun
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and i'm like okay how do we improve
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that a little bit how can we use the tools
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that we've installed already to make
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that car feel a little bit more like high car that's a hell of a car man It's big on that.
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It wants that power over.
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God, this thing is so much more power.
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It just feels so much different.
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it okay maybe maybe we bring him in i think i'm done y 'all
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that poor has semi sport lip i know you know how
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much those are yes it's very rare yeah i can definitely
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see how this car is better than low car it's just
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that i don't have the driver mod to utilize it
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but i know i can get better i already feel better
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than i was last time i was here get out there
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and drive go to your local racetrack see
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if they have a drift event hit the sim yeah just
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get used to it you know do both driving is awesome
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maximize drift maxing drift maxing that's what matters track maxing yeah
513
so does more expensive mean more better nolan what do you
514
think i mean yeah it helps you can to spend very little money relative to this.
515
Yeah, I still had a great time in this thing.
516
Yeah, differential.
517
I mean, I think getting started - A welded diff works.
518
It'll do the job.
519
Works very well.
520
We'll teach you the basics of drifting.
521
I think I'd go with your guys' angle kit because I feel like for my skill level, this was more usable.
522
I agree.
523
We had very similar amount of angle present in the car.
524
Yours is a little bit more, but - It's a little bit more.
525
Yeah.
526
But I'd need the skill level to use that name.
527
To utilize it the suspension on these cars this is insane the car feels
528
so planted whenever you come out of a corner yeah you
529
just the car feels on rails it's it's pretty amazing absolutely
530
and then finally handbrake handbrake i like
531
that hydro a lot i love my hydro it's really undercover
532
yeah it's cool like it's really sick these cars are really
533
great this might be the best high car ever i think
534
it's really really fun it's not over the top yet hit
535
that subscribe button because next week these things are going to look a whole lot different.
536
It's going to be a great time.
537
We'll see you there.
538
Next week on High Low, presented by Allstate, we're completely transforming the look of our S15s.
539
High Team is getting a brand new body kit, while Low Team is putting in an ungodly amount of elbow grease to make theirs look just as good.
540
I got a big gloopy bumper.
541
We also find out where Heber has been depositing all of our used motor oil.
542
That's a lot of old motor oil.
543
How deep does it go?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 543 sentences and 4753 words to shadow. The speech runs for 32:22. The speaker talks at a steady 147 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| angle noun | /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ | A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). |
| suspension noun | /səˈspɛnʃən/ | The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended. |
| drift noun | /dɹɪft/ | Anything driven at random. |
| differential adjective | [dɪfəˈɹənʃəɫ] | Of or pertaining to a difference. |
| jimmy noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ | A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism. |
| installed verb | /ɪnˈstɔːld/ | readied for use |
| clutch noun | /ˈklʌt͡ʃ/ | The claw of a predatory animal or bird. |
| steer verb | /stɪɹ/ | To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel). |
| slide noun | /ˈslaɪ̯d/ | An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. |
| grip noun | /ˈɡɹɪp/ | A hold or way of holding, particularly with the hand. |
| hydraulic adjective | /haɪˈdɹɔːlɪk/ | Pertaining to water. |
| bolt noun | /boʊlt/ | A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to… |
| traction noun | /ˈtɹæk.ʃən/ | The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power. |
| mount verb | /maʊnt/ | To get upon; to ascend; to climb. |
| trail noun | /tɹeɪl/ | The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come together verb | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | To assemble; to congregate; to combine. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| lock up verb | /ˌlɒk ˈʌp/ | To imprison or incarcerate (someone). |
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
| take off verb | To remove. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to be · used to how |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | i've ever told · has come · have altered |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be done · is installed · is put |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | here, which are · bar, which is · ones, which have |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 92 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, theirs /ðɛɚz/, smooth /smuːð/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: suspension /səˈspɛnʃən/, differential [dɪfəˈɹənʃəɫ], traction /ˈtɹæk.ʃən/, tension /ˈtɛnʃən/, shock /ʃɔk/
- Long words — get the stress right: differential [dɪfəˈɹənʃəɫ], adjustable /əˈd͡ʒʌstəbəl/, automobile /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, stability /stəˈbɪlɪti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like angle, suspension, drift.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.