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23-May-2005, 06:11 PM
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Ok, does anyone in toronto drift? and more importantly does any one ff drift, if so i need some advice, i have my skills down kinda from snow drifting, but need to get some advice for ashfalt, thanks if you have info
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23-May-2005, 09:55 PM
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i'm pretty sure you can't drive with a front drive car... not in the traditional sense anyways
24-May-2005, 08:51 AM
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25-May-2005, 10:54 AM
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fwd and the word "drifting" in 1 sentence makes baby jesus cry.
26-May-2005, 10:16 PM
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Originally posted by dazednconfuzed
fwd and the word "drifting" in 1 sentence makes baby jesus cry.
fwd and the word "drifting" in 1 sentence makes baby jesus cry.
26-May-2005, 10:57 PM
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High rear tire pressure, larger rear sway bar, stiffer rear end with toe out settings (I think it is toe out, not toe in) and this will and should bring the rear end out on a turn.
Might need some hand brake, just a little.
Might need some hand brake, just a little.
27-May-2005, 06:50 AM
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that should bring the rear end around every turn...
27-May-2005, 08:18 PM
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fwd = no drift
pretty simple
pretty simple
30-May-2005, 06:20 PM
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lol u guys are funny......u CAN drift a ff car, just might not be as easy as rear wheel drive cars...
oh ya, and, ill own u all in drifting......HA
oh ya, and, ill own u all in drifting......HA
30-May-2005, 08:27 PM
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^^^ wtf?
pulling the handbrake and swinging the back end is not drifting. front wheel cars do not drift.
with a rear wheel drive car power is coming from the back so that basically means that you can slide the tail out and control the movement by countering with the front wheels. With a front wheel drive both the power and countering wheels are up front so it eliminates the possibilty of drifting grouped turns. A demonstration would be taking a rwd car and finding an open parking lot. Get up to a good speed and then just yank the steering wheel back and forth and you will start fishtailing. This can not be done with a ff and and drifitng is almost like fishtailing around turns.
if u were formally jdm_ae86, and actually owned that car, you would know that. the ae86 and a civic handle completely different.
pulling the handbrake and swinging the back end is not drifting. front wheel cars do not drift.
with a rear wheel drive car power is coming from the back so that basically means that you can slide the tail out and control the movement by countering with the front wheels. With a front wheel drive both the power and countering wheels are up front so it eliminates the possibilty of drifting grouped turns. A demonstration would be taking a rwd car and finding an open parking lot. Get up to a good speed and then just yank the steering wheel back and forth and you will start fishtailing. This can not be done with a ff and and drifitng is almost like fishtailing around turns.
if u were formally jdm_ae86, and actually owned that car, you would know that. the ae86 and a civic handle completely different.
30-May-2005, 11:27 PM
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ok ok ok you can ... you can't ... you can ... you can't....
thats basically how I see this thread going ....
personally I can swing the *** end of my race car around at will at the moment the car naturally by design has been built to oversteer and I never use the handbrake or pedal break to get it to oversteer.
Now what is drifting? drifting is the art of driving through multiple corners while experiencing tons of oversteer. doing just one corner with the back end stepping out is just considered by most to be a power slide.
now can front wheel driven cars drift? yes it's possible. if setup for lots of oversteer. can rear wheel cars drift? yes and the same applies if setup for oversteer. just as easily as my car is on the edge of having oversteer a rear wheel driven car can be setup too have terminal understeer and therefore never drift.
IT'S ALL IN THE CAR SETUP.
why is rear wheel drive the perfered setup for drifting? simple you have to look closer. most drift cars are not just rear wheel drive but front engine cars as well. this means the drive wheels have very little weight over them allowing for easier control and better transfer of weight. with the rear wheels driven it's easier to get them to break traction and therefore slide. thats why they are used.
can it be done in a front wheel driven car. sure if it's setup right... would I want too? nope... in motorsports there is a saying "take the tried and true method if you want to win, experiment if you want to break" and it applies to drifting as well.. the tried and true is a 240SX for drifting. thats where I'd start.
anyways I'm locking this because I hate the yes no battles I sometimes see and I really hate policing....
thats basically how I see this thread going ....
personally I can swing the *** end of my race car around at will at the moment the car naturally by design has been built to oversteer and I never use the handbrake or pedal break to get it to oversteer.
Now what is drifting? drifting is the art of driving through multiple corners while experiencing tons of oversteer. doing just one corner with the back end stepping out is just considered by most to be a power slide.
now can front wheel driven cars drift? yes it's possible. if setup for lots of oversteer. can rear wheel cars drift? yes and the same applies if setup for oversteer. just as easily as my car is on the edge of having oversteer a rear wheel driven car can be setup too have terminal understeer and therefore never drift.
IT'S ALL IN THE CAR SETUP.
why is rear wheel drive the perfered setup for drifting? simple you have to look closer. most drift cars are not just rear wheel drive but front engine cars as well. this means the drive wheels have very little weight over them allowing for easier control and better transfer of weight. with the rear wheels driven it's easier to get them to break traction and therefore slide. thats why they are used.
can it be done in a front wheel driven car. sure if it's setup right... would I want too? nope... in motorsports there is a saying "take the tried and true method if you want to win, experiment if you want to break" and it applies to drifting as well.. the tried and true is a 240SX for drifting. thats where I'd start.
anyways I'm locking this because I hate the yes no battles I sometimes see and I really hate policing....
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