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[Rollin]

Just out of curiousity, has anyone tried drifting or can it even be done in a 1g/3g? And how would you make a suspension set-up for that? (Purely curiosity).


Andrew

[CSPCRX]

Do it all the time at the track. Easy to do if you have a car with some suspension tuning ability. Dont try it on the street. youll just be another statistic.

[1g Supremacy]

Technically, from what I've read, true drifting can only be done by a RWD or an AWD car. Drifting is a controlled wheelspin..which means the wheels have to be pushing, and on a FWD, they're pulling.

But hell. You can powerslide all you want.

[Ghost-One]

Technically, from what I've read, true drifting can only be done by a RWD or an AWD car.  Drifting is a controlled wheelspin..which means the wheels have to be pushing, and on a FWD, they're pulling.

But hell. You can powerslide all you want. 

powesliding is going through one turn sliding. drifting is multiple tuns sliding (with out regaining traction)

Drifting in a 1g is enormoously hard... i am pretty sure it cant be be done on a road.. but on dirt the car is rear happy at 45mph

[Vandemar]

Getting the car to rotate is easy, like CSPCRX said. Getting big, long slides and the accompanying tire smoke is better left to RWD cars.

[pwr_crx]

FF pwn3z y0u f00

[Simple87Si]

the technique used to drift FF cars is called left foot braking..

[Erik]

FF pwn3z y0u f00

what????

[1g Supremacy]

FF (Front-engine, front wheel drive) owns you.

3y3 5p34k l337.

Edited by 1g Supremacy, 16 June 2004 - 04:54 PM.

[Airjockie]

[Airjockie]

There was a vid up somewhere with my rex drifting....hehe...drifting better than a S2000...I can't find it now, but its around.....

And no...I don't use E-brake or any other tricks...just a big wide feint with a lot of entry spreed...and then hit the boost...going wide...and the car will swing around when you tighten the wheel to grip the corner....and bald tires on the rear helps

[Vildalix]

being a RWD enthusist now, and owning a 240sx i will tell you that drifting is something only a RWD can do, i used to think it could be done with a FF also, but the feeling is diffrent in a RWD, the slide is more controlled.

Drifting isnt through more than one turn it can be done with a single turn, a drift is started before you even enter the turn, oversteer-countersteer in the direction you want to go- throttle control- more counter steer- come out of it, now to drift all of those must be put together at one time, and i dont know about you guys but oversteer is best left to RWD in my opnion.

[nivek2002]

I am going to a Texas Drift event saturday, ill bring back many pics

[Rampage]

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[DarKGifT06]

drifting on dirt is super fun i do it quite often. its exactly like u said oversteer and then counter prity simple as long as the rear is light, bald tires, or just tuned right. or all of the above but on dirt its prity simple makes me feel