Drifting???
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500 Watt CAFz'r
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Having grown up in a somewhat race car family (Dad a stock car driver and Brother a drag racer)and being a hardcore race fan myself, I couldnt help but scratch my head when I heard about drifting. Seems this type of racing has it's orign's in Japan and is gaining popularity in north America. The verdict is still out on this for me!
What do you guy's think?
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What do you guy's think?
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Oh man, drifting rocks......it's best to have a car with rear wheel drive, but my 88 Buick Park Ave does it with the best of them...I kid you not.
It's just cool to find a twisty dirt road and let loose.....it's not as easy as you'd think.....Drifting is a sport that originated in rally racing.....it kicks ***.
It's just cool to find a twisty dirt road and let loose.....it's not as easy as you'd think.....Drifting is a sport that originated in rally racing.....it kicks ***.
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Drifting on pavement is big time different than rally driving and is not supposed to be done on dirt roads. It's not just driving sideways, it's kinda like freestyle skiing because there are style points. Also to see some of the Japanese guys with a hand and leg out a window and their cars are inches from each other in a full opposite lock drift is pretty cool. Seems like it would be fun to do, I can't see sitting and watching it for more than a few minutes though.
I've always enjoyed drifting myself....those semi high-speed ones on pavement were always the most intense, but you can do it a lot easier in rain and snow.
I agree it's by no means easy, sometimes it's tough to guage the slide. I used to like one road by my old house, you entered onto the 3-lane highway.....it was always good, but yeah, careful not to go accross all 3 lanes into the curb - not good.
In edmonton, i only have 2 lanes to work with and hmm it's come a lil closer than i'd like sometimes.
This all kinda brings up the topic of good drivers. I've almost come to decide how good a driver is by how smoothly he can perform the fishtail or drift or powerslide or any of the above tactics!!! That's always been my goal to make things as smooth as possible. Once i was finally getting it down though, i switched vehicle's doh!!! The jeep isn't much of a powersliding vehicle i don't think anymore, so i'll have to give up on that fun for a while
I agree it's by no means easy, sometimes it's tough to guage the slide. I used to like one road by my old house, you entered onto the 3-lane highway.....it was always good, but yeah, careful not to go accross all 3 lanes into the curb - not good.
In edmonton, i only have 2 lanes to work with and hmm it's come a lil closer than i'd like sometimes.
This all kinda brings up the topic of good drivers. I've almost come to decide how good a driver is by how smoothly he can perform the fishtail or drift or powerslide or any of the above tactics!!! That's always been my goal to make things as smooth as possible. Once i was finally getting it down though, i switched vehicle's doh!!! The jeep isn't much of a powersliding vehicle i don't think anymore, so i'll have to give up on that fun for a while
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powersliding is over-throttling after apex.
with drift you would alreayd be 90 degrees sideways at the apex, ideally.
essentially you should be sideways BEFORE you enter turn. this is achieved though many techniques.
the one i favour is applying the brakes so as to shift the cars weight forward, or off the rear wheels. this makes it much easier to brake loose.
i could go on for hours, but meh...
right now it is mostly 240sx's and old corolla's in organized drift sessions.
mustangs can do it, camaro's and the like can also do it. heck, my buddies bro did it in his truck.
you must be RWD. LSD is a bonus, i beliece mustang guys call is a posi-track or something like that.
if you are FWD and dragging the e-brake you are ***-dragging, not drifting. if you are AWD you need a GRIP of power to brake all wheels lose.
[ May 25, 2004, 09:14 PM: Message edited by: bing ]
powersliding is over-throttling after apex.
with drift you would alreayd be 90 degrees sideways at the apex, ideally.
essentially you should be sideways BEFORE you enter turn. this is achieved though many techniques.
the one i favour is applying the brakes so as to shift the cars weight forward, or off the rear wheels. this makes it much easier to brake loose.
i could go on for hours, but meh...
right now it is mostly 240sx's and old corolla's in organized drift sessions.
mustangs can do it, camaro's and the like can also do it. heck, my buddies bro did it in his truck.
you must be RWD. LSD is a bonus, i beliece mustang guys call is a posi-track or something like that.
if you are FWD and dragging the e-brake you are ***-dragging, not drifting. if you are AWD you need a GRIP of power to brake all wheels lose.
[ May 25, 2004, 09:14 PM: Message edited by: bing ]
