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RTR Shows Us How the Pros Dial In a Mustang for Formula Drift
['Aaron Segal', 'Contributing Writer', 'Clifford Atiyeh', 'Caleb Jacobs', 'Adam Ismail', 'Jerry Perez', 'Beverly Braga', 'Byron Hurd', 'Andrew P. Collins', 'Stephen Edelstein']
The Drive
“The biggest thing these cars struggle with is going slow”, said Josh Stroud, Formula DRIFT crew Chief for RTR Mustang #213, as he walked me around Ben Hobson’s Pennzoil Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD.
This can have the adverse effect of making a drift car incredibly snappy, because smaller inputs = bigger movement.
RTR RTR RTR“I can’t tell you what I changed, but I’m trying to add more bite”, said Shelby Crackston, crew chief of RTR driver James Deane.
I witnessed a friend drive their drift car to the event, walk up to a driver, and proceed to discuss suspension setup.
Full disclosure: Pennzoil, sponsor of both Formula DRIFT and RTR, invited me to the event this weekend and paid for my ticket.