Everyone has their own techniques, and mine is clutch kick. I love it. I don't use my ebrake, mostly because it doesn't work. I want to round myself with the techniques, but don't get too practice all too often.
What other drift initiation techniques do you all use?

 

my n/a----clutch kick

my turbo---power over/clutch kick...

my ebake(s) dont work either....hummm

 

Get the Drift Bible everyone uses those techniques.

 

Faint FTW...

 

its 'feint'.

and I more than often tend to use shift-lock.

 

i never had much luck with clutch kick. it would just understeer like mad.

i prefer braking drift first, next is ebrake, then feint. i couldn't do feint til i got my coilovers though. then i accidentally manjied and it scared me lol. now i know it's there and i use it.

 

In my vette last night i was just overpowering it with a kick of the gas and a quick turn, then countersteer, and bring it around again. I had a nice little 8 going in this small parking lot.

Havent tried in my 7 yet, doesnt have a clutch yet, but that will be fixed soon. that and tires. Anyone have suggestions for those? Still running on the stock wheels, if that matters.

I dont particularly care for drift as an event, but I think it would be something useful to learn to impress people/have fun with.

 

Back in the day i would do this.

Go as fast as I could into a turn, turn as far as it would go let the rear go and let go of the wheel, start to counter right after the apex.

But you kids nowadays and your fancy moves I just cant keep up. The only time I do any kind of drifting is to show up some kid who just watched The fast and the furious.

 

i just hold onto steering wheel and try to not fall out

http://www.hakenovi.info/pics/film.avi

 

in a high powered car with a light tail and a nice solid locking limited slip differential try setting the car into a broad turn by clutching the car while popping the throttle then letting the clutch out at the same time as the gas pedal is on its way back to the floor. if you are smooth this will put the rear of the car to the outside slow but steady so to speak. thi will give you lots of time to make your move on catching the car were you want the rear so you can power over out through the apex and out of the turn. it is easier to get the car to the point were you can drive it with the rear tires this way. all that ebrake then power stuff is great if you have a fast hand and i do mean one fast hand, but for someone that is not experienced at high speeds in small areas this is not the ideal method. however, if setting the car up for a switch back or any 180 the e brake is a perfect method of getting the rear of the car around while slowing the car down enogh to get through the turn. just make sure to power over before you get half way around or you will be facing the guy that was behind you in a ditch. drift bible is great yes, but not practicle for learners in my opinion. parking lots are good to get the feel of your car, but down town intersections or industrial parks are the best place to perfect your progress and gage yourself on a consistant daily basis. not to mention the stakes are higher so you have a little more reason to stay in control vs. just sliding around a parking lot wasting time, gas, and tires. once you get into a higher level of car and driving. 400 to 500 and beyond horse power at the wheels you can just set the car up by throttle and steering imput. with a low amount of power and a car that handles as good as a third gen i would start in the rain on a 4 lane road intersect at night were you can see both lanes of traffic so you know the 5-0 is not near and line up away from the light each time so that by the end of the night you are in second or third gear and sideways before you even thought of turning the car on a normal sunday drive. then go for the transaction of weight and throttle control to set the car up for the opposite direction without ever letting the car grab traction! snow is coming! break out the 89 240s with the sr20s its time to get dirty

 

the braking is teh number 1 way to drift, you can feel teh car so much better when it hit teh apex, it also looks really bad ***, but when you learn, you should use the e-brake and feint, the work the best for not knowing how.the clutch kick in my opinion is a little too hard on the car and tranny. i know that drifting is hard on your car, so that is why i feel that you shouldnt use the clutch kick method. but as it has been said get the drift bible, it is the #1 way to figure out what works wich way, but teh best is just doing it. search google video for the drift bible

 

i get all me driffting tips from tokio drifft lol ha hah a ha ha XD tokio driffts is stupid

 

<edited because this is an old thread some noob brought up>

 

i just learned how to shift lock. in the rain. helps alot. but here gos 3rd gear 70 mph hold the clutch to let the rpms down, break shift to 2nd break break pop foot off clutch back end slides gas through and counter steer.

 

also ebreak with the clutch down and gas slitly to keep rpms up when rear slides pop clutch hold steering wheel till desiered angle is reached then trow the wheel the other way.

 

Dirt Drop Drift
This technique is banned on most tracks. You allow the rear wheels to leave the tarmac surface into a lower grip one such as dirt, gravel or grass. The cars speed will remain pretty stable through this technique as the rear tyre friction is much lower.

Jump Drift
Similar to a Dirt Drop Drift again banned on most tracks. The rear wheels hit the rumble strip at the side of the track. The vibration is enough to upset the delicate balance of grip momentum and traction and the rear of the car slides.

Handbrake Drift
The easiest technique, used by beginners and pros to initate a drift and pretty much the only guaranteed way of sliding a FWD (front wheel drive) car (Its still not a proper drift though!). The handbrake is jabbed on causing the rear wheels to lock up and slide. When a slide is attained the handbrake is released allowing more control of the car and preventing too much loss of speed.

Feint Drift
Requires a feel for the balance of a car and needs you to sense the shockwave of swing as it flows through the car. Coming up to a right hand bend you steer to the left. Then as the back of the car moves left you steer to the right, the back of the car loses traction and starts to drift, then you countersteer and catch the drift. This is a popular technique and is often combined with other techniques, like the clutch kick, to help break the rear traction. Practice this one in large open areas.

Inertia Drift
This requires a lot of speed. Approaching a bend you need to decelerate throwing the weight of the car to the front wheels. When the back wheels become light you can steer the front into the bend and let the back wheels drift. Control is maintained with careful steering control and throttle inputs. A good technique to start drifting but requires experience as the speed involved is not very forgiving.

 

the braking is teh number 1 way to drift, you can feel teh car so much better when it hit teh apex, it also looks really bad ***, but when you learn, you should use the e-brake and feint, the work the best for not knowing how.the clutch kick in my opinion is a little too hard on the car and tranny. i know that drifting is hard on your car, so that is why i feel that you shouldnt use the clutch kick method. but as it has been said get the drift bible, it is the #1 way to figure out what works wich way, but teh best is just doing it. search google video for the drift bible

 

the feint sounds an awful lot like the scandinavian flick.

 

Yep, it's the same thing.

By the way it's the thing to combinate with either clutch kick or e-brake to make some agressive entries

 

the good old scandinavian flick good stuff there i used that and the interia drift when i had my vette but dont drift in my fd

 

aggressive feint and clutch kick and power through. Timing on when to do so is the ultimate key in shooting through the apex and keeping your speed.

I would highly recommend learning at a track that has instructors, that way you can feel your car out more. I suggest learning the limits of when your car is going to rotate so that you can get a feel for weight shifting.

In higher horsepower cars...if you haven't learned by now, you should really buy a junker with lower power so that you can learn inertia and weight transfer. High horsepower means you already know line, throttle, as well as left foot braking.

 

weight transition by turning lifting then gunning it again when the tail is lighter starts to slide . using a bit of a feint helps initiate it sometimes

My Ebrake works I just hate using it for anything after holding it to long a couple of times and flat spotted a few tires a new set of tires I decided it wasn't my fav technique .. I dont have much experience in drifting to be honest . though

I came from a miata so I dont knwo how different it will be in the 7 I know I ended up looking the other way or in the grass quite a few times in the miata hah

 

practice, lots of it.

 

My e-brake doesn't lock up for me as well. I tried the clutch kick and it works better. However, I do wish I could do the e-brake method.

 

turn car. mash on gas. counter steer