drift clip of me. (tips and advice welcome no flaming)

[goj_cloud]

here is a little clip of me drifting in my 240, we were at a little abandoned place. i did a couple of better drifts but i mostly spun out lol since im not good yet. this is the only one he caught. at first i couldnt get it sideways, but then i could but i couldnt control it that good so i kept spinning out. there were a couple of times were i just felt like i was one with the car and i did a really good drift that just came to me randomly. but anyways here it is so let me have it..

http://vids.myspace.com/index....5&n=2

update* hey everyone here is another clip of me drifting i just did today let me know what u thinkm hopefully im getting better http://vids.myspace.com/index....43325
Modified by goj_cloud at 3:36 AM 10/13/2006

[(Yoshi)]

Is it stock? Open diff?

If so. I have some advice.

You have to be going faster if its open diff. Would be better to do it at a track. To start the drift do a feint, so you steer to the outside of the turn and steer back in. As you steer back in pull the hand break. Some things to remember about pulling the hand break: Push in the clutch, push in the little button on the hand break, and put the hand break back down. After you pull the hand break while steering in get on the gas pop the clutch. As the car starts to slide let go of the steering wheel and it should go straight into counter steer. If you let go and it doesn't counter-steer, give the steering wheel a flick to get it started. Then from there if you feel yourself straightening out, steer in to the turn more. STAY ON THE GAS. As you exit the turn slowly let the wheel straighten so you don't flick back the other way.

All it takes is practice, it can be done w/ an open diff. Trust me lol. Once you get it once tho, you can do it again and again.

Good luck

[marshun]

was this the absolute first day of drifting? it looks like an open diff to me for sure. learn how to do weight transfer and get your steering work down.

what i did when i first started, i watched lots of videos and studied in car shots as well as the regular out of car shots.

ebraking it will help you learn the entry. doing donuts will help you learn to control a drift.

so start with those. dont just jump into turns. you'll get hurt that way

and one thing that bothers me about people who are trying to learn, they dont THINK about what they were doing wrong. they just go and do the same thing over and over without thinkin. use yer brain!

now go have fun

[PantherRacer]

It's a good thing to have a video camera to be able to critique yourself and see what you're doing wrong.

[naed240sx]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned that he was understeering like crazy for half of that turn. That is the main problem.

[goj_cloud]

thanks everyone for all the tips and advice i apreciate it and ill post up new clips pretty soon when i find a safe place to drift at

[(Yoshi)]

Like a track or event

[goj_cloud]

Like a track or event

yea i know i usually do it at abandon places, open parking lots were there are no other cars, because i wanna get a little better b4 i start drifting were other cars are. i might tend to get nervous or somthin plus if i loose ocnrol i dont wanna hit anyones car.

[BuLLeTdrift]

events are pretty safe. Your not going to be doing any tandom drifting your first time. Once you get on a track, you wont wanna leave.

There was a lot of understeer, but it all starts from somewhere. practice practice practice...

[marshun]

yep lots of practice..and THINK about what happened and how you could do things different.

some people (i should say most) just charge in and they crash

[neverlift]

that is better you had counter lock, now get it to start drifting at the corner entrance. looked like you didnt get it till bout half way. get longer video from a bit farther away or different angle maybe.

[goj_cloud]

heh thanks

[~4N~]

The second clip is pretty good.