hmm
Having driven either a: understeering FWD cars (Mercury Topaz, etc)
or B: a twitchy-spin-out-with-no-warning MR car (fiero)
I haven't done much drifting...
Once I get the FC, though....
Local walmart/cdn tire/15 other stores have a HUGE parking lot that is deserted late at night.....

Might be able to have some fun.

 

My first car was an '84 Toyota Corolla (RWD). I really learned to throw that thing around corners. It did nice brakestands too!

The 2nd gen with LSD can really break the rear tires loose.... sometimes too loose. Get rear toe eliminator bushings and the car is much more predicatible and doesn't snap loose on you. Much easier to drive with the eliminator bushings when driving at the limit.

In the rain an FC with LSD will get crazy silly loose and sometimes a little dangerous.

Be careful and practice. Don't endanger others and know your limits. Adrenaline running in the veins can affect driving.....

GNX7

 

Good advice, and I believe I can add to that.

If you feel like you're going fast, you're probably just driving recklessly. Slow down and work up to it, if the car is being jerked around a lot you're out driving your limits. Smooth car control is key.

 

Man, trying to drift in a FWD car is hard as **** but fun. I was doing it with my friend's old Integra. You have to use the e-brake alot, and its a challenge to time everything right.

 

To drift in a FWD car with any degree of success it seems mandatory to use the e-brake. Left foot braking helps a bit too.

 

Even more fun is trying to get a 4wd (not awd) vehicle to drift. The lask of a center diff makes it hard, it usually just wants to plow. But in the snow and on dirt/gravel roads, it's a blast. I figured out how to LFB my 87 Toyota pickup here, but that doesn't really count since I have an auto tranny.

Ren

 

BTW, the car I did my best drift in was my 86 944 turbo. I was coming down the onramp from one freeway to another, at over 90, and the *** end just worked its way out there, unhurriedly. Scared the **** out of my frined who was riding shotgun, but afterwards, he was like, "hell yeah!"

Ren

 

I did my fair share of screwing around in a 4wd Toyota Hilux (Tacoma) over in Saudi Arabia. Not only is it fun to drift around but there's lots of **** to jump over.

 

i can drift it!

 

What is the difference between Power Slideing and Drifting?

 

Powersliding is just like gunning it exit the corner causing hte backend to swerve. Drifting is more like a technique going through and entering a turn. I am going to describe it in details, but you have to be going pretty fast to drift. Need a lot of hp to power slide

 

Power makes it easier, but it's not needed. Understanding about weight transfer is what you need. Ever see stock kei cars drift? They have a smidgen over 60hp. The AE86 isn't exactly a beast when it comes to power either.

jerk_racer@hotmail.com

 

have any of you rolled your cars trying to drift? I haven't pushed my car much but the last time I was in a lot just having fun and burning rubber, the amoutn of body roll really surprised me.

 

basically power sliding is using the cars HP to slide around the corners, but drifitng is using the cars weight to slide it around?

 

I do pretty well in either of my 7's, but the GSL-SE is definately easier to drift.

 

I can see this thread quickly shifting to a conversation about Initial D

 

sounds about right... all the good drifters i've seen will be sliding even before they enter the corner... pitch the car sideways and balance the drift angle to turning ratio with countersteering or tapping the brake or gas.

i was able to do it once in my FB, on snow... it was beautiful the steering is too sloppy for me to feel comfortable trying it at speeds high enough to slide like that on dry pavement. but i was going to a rest stop, going about 35-40mph on the off-ramp, threw it sideways for about 300 feet, made it around a right turn, over-countersteered at the end and the back end went around the other way and I went around a left turn, but i couldn't gather it up again and it spun the other way as I was trying to slide neatly into a parking space. Oh well, gotta get more practice I guess... just needs to snow more

how tall are you people who drift FC's? i'm 6'5 and i have to lean back so far when driving one that my arms are straight out when holding the wheel... not very easy to drive that way.