Drifting

[xxcrashxx]

Still!??! Honestly...why is this still up? Yes, yes, cars slide in the snow. Yes, you can set up various RWD cars properly and slide them around on dry pavement. And yeah, most of us would probably f--k that up too. I would bet that most of us here aren't nearly as talented as we think when it comes to driving. Especially...say...15-16 year olds?

I thought I was totally awesome in my Volvo at that age. Thinking it was some baddass machine that handled like nobody's business. The truth is, you're just a lot stupider at that age. You've never been in a collision or lost control, so you just think it won't happen. And if it does, you can just whip the car around, throw it in reverse, yank the wheel to complete a 360, throw it back into D, and keep going!

I'm willing to be nala has gotten the point by now...

ill totally second you on that. when i got my j, i didnt think about drifting in it, until one day i lost control pulling outta my complex during a little bit of rain. scared the **** outta me, then i started watching videos on drifting, and tried to learn all i could about drifting. i thought i was hot ****, always takin corners and trying to slide. then one day, i over corrected on a slide, and went sliding into the grass about 20 feet from the road. i stopped within inches from a tree. after that, ive pretty much been conscience on how i drive, and ive faced the fact that i cant drift. occasionally i like to find big open parking lots when its raining and just "practice" making the car lose control, and try to regain control. just mentally setting up barriers and directions of where i wanna go. of course i dont condone it, but u know when ur so pissed off after work, u wanna kill someone. i let out my aggression by killing my tires a bit. LOL but yea, i cant believe this thread is still goin on... LMAO

[brandonjustice93J30]

of course i dont condone it, but u know when ur so pissed off after work, u wanna kill someone. i let out my aggression by killing my tires a bit.

I hear you on that one...I've also done it to scare my wife a few times for amusement...

[yodawill2000]

lol on the wife thing .. I was on an asphalt road awhile back with my wife coming home from an event.The guy in front of my was doing like 25 on a 45 MPH road .. I waited until there was no on coming traffic and let her rip doing a pass. when I was beside the guy my J was pointing at his front end !! lol Still catch crap about that from the wife .. scared the heck outta her.

[brandonjustice93J30]

nice...

she thinks I'm crazy because I pass people, who are going under the limit on the 2-lanes, at full throttle on the way to visit my Mom.

I come from the land of 2-lane, hilly, country roads full of farm equipment and buggys...you either pass when you can at full throttle or wait for miles.

[Victor]

I don't know anything about drifting other than some kid trying to do it wiped out my parked G20. But would the four wheel steering where the front and rear wheels steer in opposite directions like on the 93 and 94 J30T make it easier or harder to drift? If easier maybe I can get a premium for my 94 J30T if I advertise it as a drift car when I finally decide to sell it.I know the car scared the hell out of me once on a rare rainy day here in southern California when the rear end started to swing around while going on a long sweeping curve at high speed.

[ttinfinitiM30]

victor... rear wheel steering defiantly dose not help drifting it would swing the back out but thats not a drift with smokey tires. on another note Hicas i dont beleive is rear steering, my understanding is that it is rear camber control. so it tilts the tire and puts more of the flat on the road in a hard turn, which again is not good for drift. most 240 guys remove there hicas to drift, u can drift with it but not as easy.

[gr8scott72]

victor... rear wheel steering defiantly dose not help drifting it would swing the back out but thats not a drift with smokey tires. on another note Hicas i dont beleive is rear steering, my understanding is that it is rear camber control. so it tilts the tire and puts more of the flat on the road in a hard turn, which again is not good for drift. most 240 guys remove there hicas to drift, u can drift with it but not as easy.

It controls the steering not the camber.

[Victor]

HICAS video showing the rear wheel motion. Its only 1 degree.This car was put in the test mode for the video. A stopped car normally wouldn't have the rear wheels turn.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSqT_8vxgHk

[Midwest_Drift_Shop]

It is possible to drift a J, but it is not practical at all... It's far too heavy, it's hard to keep the engine in the right rev-band to keep the tires loose, espically with an auto. The best way to get it to drift is to throw the weight around, (the feint technique), which shows that it does not have a good weight balance to drift. I only use my J for a daily driver, my old S12 with a welded diff drifts far easier, and is much more fun. Most drift cars that have HICAS have a blocker plate in place, hicas kills the fun when trying to drift.