Tips On Drifting?
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From: fredneck MD
Originally Posted by JT-Imports' date='Sep 16 2003, 12:34 AM
damn its pretty hard to explain.
Everyone seems to be HEAVY into their E-brake GUESS WHAT unless you did some tunning to your e-brake your wasting your time. If you pull your e-brake and your tires dont lock up completely your wasting your time. You dont need your e-brake. I have drifted in my MR2 1991 Turbo about 20-30 events. Track, Open parking lots, Streets, narrow 2 way uphills, downhills, etc.... I never used my e-brake once, just forget it for now.
Learn to control your car. If you come up to say about a 70 deg turn, hit your breaks HARD since im sure we all have ABS, get some speed going before hand, im talking about 35-50mph whatever floats your boat, hit the breaks and power out of it controlling it all the way threw the turn. If you do it correctly you will complete the turn before sticking to the road and throwing yourself to the on coming traffic or you will go off the road, hit a guard rail, or telephone pole. SO I recommend it in a parking lot first. VERY OPEN! learn some control. Its not going to flip.
If you guys want some vids I have 2 buddies that own drift shops here and I can go with them and either drift their car or something or just get some shots.
A lot of vids of Option etc... So a little bit of a straight away and a big burm that several cars end up on. THIS is up near Yokota, havent been there in a couple years, since I got the FD, but thats a popular place to go. PROs, Crazy ******, and people that like the burm HAHA
I will try to get some vids for anyone that wants to see, I have some that show you how-to vids.
Its just like doing something for the first time though, someone can explain explain explain explain but until you do it yourself you wont know if you can do it or you cant. Some have it, some dont.
I had a great vid of me in the MR2 when I went dicking around at a Drift race. Everyone asked me to do it, I was just watching as I was having engine troubles. So I took the 65s MEATS off my buddys FC and went around the track you can only see me everyone and a while as there was SOOOOO much smoke coming off those bad boys (low speed drifitng) it still smoked like 15 mins after I stopped the race HAHA
Everyone seems to be HEAVY into their E-brake GUESS WHAT unless you did some tunning to your e-brake your wasting your time. If you pull your e-brake and your tires dont lock up completely your wasting your time. You dont need your e-brake. I have drifted in my MR2 1991 Turbo about 20-30 events. Track, Open parking lots, Streets, narrow 2 way uphills, downhills, etc.... I never used my e-brake once, just forget it for now.
Learn to control your car. If you come up to say about a 70 deg turn, hit your breaks HARD since im sure we all have ABS, get some speed going before hand, im talking about 35-50mph whatever floats your boat, hit the breaks and power out of it controlling it all the way threw the turn. If you do it correctly you will complete the turn before sticking to the road and throwing yourself to the on coming traffic or you will go off the road, hit a guard rail, or telephone pole. SO I recommend it in a parking lot first. VERY OPEN! learn some control. Its not going to flip.
If you guys want some vids I have 2 buddies that own drift shops here and I can go with them and either drift their car or something or just get some shots.
A lot of vids of Option etc... So a little bit of a straight away and a big burm that several cars end up on. THIS is up near Yokota, havent been there in a couple years, since I got the FD, but thats a popular place to go. PROs, Crazy ******, and people that like the burm HAHA
I will try to get some vids for anyone that wants to see, I have some that show you how-to vids.
Its just like doing something for the first time though, someone can explain explain explain explain but until you do it yourself you wont know if you can do it or you cant. Some have it, some dont.
I had a great vid of me in the MR2 when I went dicking around at a Drift race. Everyone asked me to do it, I was just watching as I was having engine troubles. So I took the 65s MEATS off my buddys FC and went around the track you can only see me everyone and a while as there was SOOOOO much smoke coming off those bad boys (low speed drifitng) it still smoked like 15 mins after I stopped the race HAHA
I am not using the parking brake method...id rather learn to control the car without using this.
I am not a 'bad' drifter...im actually pretty good at if (from what i can tell) and have been doing leser forms of powerslides, donuts, ect in parkinglots for a while.
I just grew tired of that and am starting to do some more serous stuff.
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rfreeman27---Good way to start. RX7s all gens have a pretty good mind of their own. You have to know when you need to correct, and when to just let go of the wheel sort of speak.
I always liked doing it ont he street late at night here, no cops really and I still do it sometimes.
IMHO speed doesnt matter, and neither does a bunch of mods, even though they do help. My buddy and he use to drift his STOCK Laurel which is like a Maxima and it was an auto HAHA damn that brings back memories haha that was like 5 years ago
I always liked doing it ont he street late at night here, no cops really and I still do it sometimes.
IMHO speed doesnt matter, and neither does a bunch of mods, even though they do help. My buddy and he use to drift his STOCK Laurel which is like a Maxima and it was an auto HAHA damn that brings back memories haha that was like 5 years ago
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If your having trouble spinning it get some bald ones for the rear, if you like smoke too get the at about a 65. CHEAPEST tires you can find.
Stock sus on a FD is a little bit rough (high) so there is a lot of leaning, but you can get it to move, once you do it will sit flat again, just getting it to spin will have it leaning MAD. I havent done it on stock sus in my FD, but I did in the laurel and the MR2
Stock sus on a FD is a little bit rough (high) so there is a lot of leaning, but you can get it to move, once you do it will sit flat again, just getting it to spin will have it leaning MAD. I havent done it on stock sus in my FD, but I did in the laurel and the MR2
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From: fredneck MD
I just tuned the koni's way way stiff in the rear, the tires dont have too much traction now.
I am going to put my stock wheels back on the rear next time. I dont want to kill my s-03's!
I am going to put my stock wheels back on the rear next time. I dont want to kill my s-03's!
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As far as Drift areas go, there aren't many good ones in rural NJ, they're either way too narrow or they're cop infested.
The practice areas for me are these 3 long windy roads I know really well. If anybody follows Intial D(I'm sure most do, I've seen the name on the forum more than a few times ^_~), there's a 6mi run that closely mimics Akina. Best times would be later at night when NOBODY's on the road(duh), or if you're really ballsy, attempt practice drifts after a rainfall.
Parking lots are good but I've been caught a couple times, not fun.
As far as speed is concerned, I never really felt a certain speed I had to be going to go into one. Best tech for me is a 3rd --> 2nd drift, hit the turn at the apex and keep the revs at 4 -5K to keep the rear in check. Of course there's quite a bit of steering involved for me, my drifts are DEFINITELY less than pefect(one had me OFF the road and waiting for a tow truck).
Probably better off taking a road you know like the back of your hand and practicing on a few good turns.
As far as tuning? No idea, lol...I haven't really tuned much on Yuki(yes, my RX7 has a name @_@), all it has is an exhaust, really.
The practice areas for me are these 3 long windy roads I know really well. If anybody follows Intial D(I'm sure most do, I've seen the name on the forum more than a few times ^_~), there's a 6mi run that closely mimics Akina. Best times would be later at night when NOBODY's on the road(duh), or if you're really ballsy, attempt practice drifts after a rainfall.
Parking lots are good but I've been caught a couple times, not fun.
As far as speed is concerned, I never really felt a certain speed I had to be going to go into one. Best tech for me is a 3rd --> 2nd drift, hit the turn at the apex and keep the revs at 4 -5K to keep the rear in check. Of course there's quite a bit of steering involved for me, my drifts are DEFINITELY less than pefect(one had me OFF the road and waiting for a tow truck).
Probably better off taking a road you know like the back of your hand and practicing on a few good turns.
As far as tuning? No idea, lol...I haven't really tuned much on Yuki(yes, my RX7 has a name @_@), all it has is an exhaust, really.
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Have a look at this. Very little power, no LSD.
Just take a firm grip on your ***** & come in really hot.
Helps that the Mk1 Escort is one of the best tail out cars ever built...
http://www.driftworks.org./footage/AshEscort1.mpg
Just take a firm grip on your ***** & come in really hot.
Helps that the Mk1 Escort is one of the best tail out cars ever built...
http://www.driftworks.org./footage/AshEscort1.mpg
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I'd like to know that too, lol....somebody please tell me the diff?
Then again, if you look at it, Drifting is a powerslide with technique and control, while a PSlide is just whipping your tailend like an ******* and hoping you come out of the turn alive...?
Maybe not. Somebody please fill me in on this.
Then again, if you look at it, Drifting is a powerslide with technique and control, while a PSlide is just whipping your tailend like an ******* and hoping you come out of the turn alive...?
Maybe not. Somebody please fill me in on this.