Optimum drift
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Dattebayo
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Optimum drift
Experimenting on drift techniques yesterday, i found that the DOHC KA 240 has a tendency to really oversteer to the point where i find myself facing almost sideways; I Lose alot of speed that way:( I dont know if silvias and the like have the same issues, but i feel like when you hit the gas there is way to much torque to really drift well (without a LOT of practice). I can handle it at low speed, but i have to just tap the gas at the beginning and tap brake at end to get it to ride out without fishtailing. Any opinions or stuff you wanna say?
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ive experienced what you are talking about, you may just be entering the turn too aggressively-> turning too extremely to the inside. you need to keep your front wheels spinning so they can control the rear, if you dont than they act as a pivot point. the best thing ive learned is when to stop turning to the inside, and when to start to countersteer. letting my steering wheel spin freely at times seems to work. remember u can control where your car is going without turing at all.
that is only from personal experience, i have only really had success with taking my time and not getting excited about it, my best 'drifts' (if u can really call them that!=)) started by mistake. dont mean to question your ability, just a thought.
oh...this seems stupid, but it has really helped me at times...pay attention to where u want to be going in your car, not where it is pointed, or where it is actually going (sideways). other than that im horrible at it =)
that is only from personal experience, i have only really had success with taking my time and not getting excited about it, my best 'drifts' (if u can really call them that!=)) started by mistake. dont mean to question your ability, just a thought.
oh...this seems stupid, but it has really helped me at times...pay attention to where u want to be going in your car, not where it is pointed, or where it is actually going (sideways). other than that im horrible at it =)
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Its alright, i did love the look on the faces of those mall shoppers anyway when i went sideways. At least it went in the right direction (not into curbs and such) and sideways and made large rubber marks HEHE. I love taking it out after the rain and just slow speeding it into turns and whipping out that back. By the way, dont drive drunk (it's bad for your rims and tires).
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well it dosent happen with me anyway, something a friend told me once I thought it was funny. once there was a time where i had to step into my friends car when it was snowing and he thought up the idea to go snow drifting after he was at the bar for a few hours. He zipped around the parking lot and had some real good slow speed manuvers, untill he went into a 360+ thing and bounced his car over a curb sideways and bent the drivers side wheels inward and the pass. wheels out. Thats what he said when he got out of his car to check the damage. It scared the sh*t out of me but i was laughing at the dumb a$$ for like 2 hours. Anyway yall check out that video cause its real cheap only $20.
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Do you even know what "drifting" is? When your car does fish tail for about 2 sec, that does not mean it's drifting. Or when one of the rear tire spins faster than the other does, that does not mean drifting either. It's ONLY drift when both of the rear tires spins at the same amount of speed and in order to do that you'll need LSD ..
not to start this OLD argument all over again, but it takes a little more than just having your back tires spinning...i would also say that i would want my tires to be spinning at different speeds, exactly why i am getting a 1.5 way lsd instead of a 2 way. there really is no point in trying to describe drifting, there is more than one way to do it.
1.5 way LSD does not mean the wheels spinning at different rate. It just means the LSD will engage slower when decelerating. Yes, before the LSD engages, the tires will be spinning at different rate. Once engaged, it's basically same as 2 way.
As for drifting... In theory, you can drift anything on wheels. Bikes, motorcycle, FF, FR, RR, 4WD or MR, you name it. Drifting in a nutshell is basically carrying the momentum sideways. That's why if you talk to ppl who's been drifiting for a while, they'll say it's all about weight shift. And if you talk w/ the pros, they'll tell you they can drift anything. So can you do it on open diff? F*** yea, if you can't do it on open diff, then I suggest you don't even try. B/c you don't know the essence behind drifting. The mix up about drifting is a RWD or 4WD car exclusives is b/c w/ these platforms, one can carry the drift through out the whole course provided you have the skill.
As for drifting... In theory, you can drift anything on wheels. Bikes, motorcycle, FF, FR, RR, 4WD or MR, you name it. Drifting in a nutshell is basically carrying the momentum sideways. That's why if you talk to ppl who's been drifiting for a while, they'll say it's all about weight shift. And if you talk w/ the pros, they'll tell you they can drift anything. So can you do it on open diff? F*** yea, if you can't do it on open diff, then I suggest you don't even try. B/c you don't know the essence behind drifting. The mix up about drifting is a RWD or 4WD car exclusives is b/c w/ these platforms, one can carry the drift through out the whole course provided you have the skill.