Can anyone drift well with their 7 ?
03-07-02, 10:58 PM
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hmm
Having driven either a: understeering FWD cars (Mercury Topaz, etc)
or B: a twitchy-spin-out-with-no-warning MR car (fiero)
I haven't done much drifting...
Once I get the FC, though....
Local walmart/cdn tire/15 other stores have a HUGE parking lot that is deserted late at night.....
Might be able to have some fun.
Having driven either a: understeering FWD cars (Mercury Topaz, etc)
or B: a twitchy-spin-out-with-no-warning MR car (fiero)
I haven't done much drifting...
Once I get the FC, though....
Local walmart/cdn tire/15 other stores have a HUGE parking lot that is deserted late at night.....
Might be able to have some fun.
03-08-02, 12:26 AM
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My first car was an '84 Toyota Corolla (RWD). I really learned to throw that thing around corners. It did nice brakestands too!
The 2nd gen with LSD can really break the rear tires loose.... sometimes too loose. Get rear toe eliminator bushings and the car is much more predicatible and doesn't snap loose on you. Much easier to drive with the eliminator bushings when driving at the limit.
In the rain an FC with LSD will get crazy silly loose and sometimes a little dangerous.
Be careful and practice. Don't endanger others and know your limits. Adrenaline running in the veins can affect driving.....
GNX7
The 2nd gen with LSD can really break the rear tires loose.... sometimes too loose. Get rear toe eliminator bushings and the car is much more predicatible and doesn't snap loose on you. Much easier to drive with the eliminator bushings when driving at the limit.
In the rain an FC with LSD will get crazy silly loose and sometimes a little dangerous.
Be careful and practice. Don't endanger others and know your limits. Adrenaline running in the veins can affect driving.....
GNX7
03-08-02, 12:39 AM
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Originally posted by gnx7
Be careful and practice. Don't endanger others and know your limits. Adrenaline running in the veins can affect driving.....
GNX7
Be careful and practice. Don't endanger others and know your limits. Adrenaline running in the veins can affect driving.....
GNX7
If you feel like you're going fast, you're probably just driving recklessly. Slow down and work up to it, if the car is being jerked around a lot you're out driving your limits. Smooth car control is key.
03-08-02, 03:58 PM
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Man, trying to drift in a FWD car is hard as **** but fun. I was doing it with my friend's old Integra. You have to use the e-brake alot, and its a challenge to time everything right.
03-08-02, 04:00 PM
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Originally posted by InfiniIIIREX
Man, trying to drift in a FWD car is hard as **** but fun. I was doing it with my friend's old Integra. You have to use the e-brake alot, and its a challenge to time everything right.
Man, trying to drift in a FWD car is hard as **** but fun. I was doing it with my friend's old Integra. You have to use the e-brake alot, and its a challenge to time everything right.
03-08-02, 04:24 PM
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Even more fun is trying to get a 4wd (not awd) vehicle to drift. The lask of a center diff makes it hard, it usually just wants to plow. But in the snow and on dirt/gravel roads, it's a blast. I figured out how to LFB my 87 Toyota pickup here, but that doesn't really count since I have an auto tranny.
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03-08-02, 04:27 PM
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BTW, the car I did my best drift in was my 86 944 turbo. I was coming down the onramp from one freeway to another, at over 90, and the *** end just worked its way out there, unhurriedly. Scared the **** out of my frined who was riding shotgun, but afterwards, he was like, "hell yeah!"
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03-08-02, 04:28 PM
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Originally posted by turboren
Even more fun is trying to get a 4wd (not awd) vehicle to drift. The lask of a center diff makes it hard, it usually just wants to plow. But in the snow and on dirt/gravel roads, it's a blast. I figured out how to LFB my 87 Toyota pickup here, but that doesn't really count since I have an auto tranny.
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Even more fun is trying to get a 4wd (not awd) vehicle to drift. The lask of a center diff makes it hard, it usually just wants to plow. But in the snow and on dirt/gravel roads, it's a blast. I figured out how to LFB my 87 Toyota pickup here, but that doesn't really count since I have an auto tranny.
Ren
03-12-02, 09:55 AM
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Powersliding is just like gunning it exit the corner causing hte backend to swerve. Drifting is more like a technique going through and entering a turn. I am going to describe it in details, but you have to be going pretty fast to drift. Need a lot of hp to power slide
03-12-02, 10:44 AM
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Power makes it easier, but it's not needed. Understanding about weight transfer is what you need. Ever see stock kei cars drift? They have a smidgen over 60hp. The AE86 isn't exactly a beast when it comes to power either.
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03-12-02, 10:53 AM
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have any of you rolled your cars trying to drift? I haven't pushed my car much but the last time I was in a lot just having fun and burning rubber, the amoutn of body roll really surprised me.
03-15-02, 09:47 AM
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Originally posted by RETed
Yep, Hachi Roku or AE86.
Drifting has a LOT to do with throttle steering.  If the power band is not linear, it just makes it a lot hard to throttle steer...
-Ted
Yep, Hachi Roku or AE86.
Drifting has a LOT to do with throttle steering.  If the power band is not linear, it just makes it a lot hard to throttle steer...
-Ted
03-15-02, 09:56 AM
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Originally posted by Bigred455
basically power sliding is using the cars HP to slide around the corners, but drifitng is using the cars weight to slide it around?
basically power sliding is using the cars HP to slide around the corners, but drifitng is using the cars weight to slide it around?
i was able to do it once in my FB, on snow... it was beautiful
the steering is too sloppy for me to feel comfortable trying it at speeds high enough to slide like that on dry pavement. but i was going to a rest stop, going about 35-40mph on the off-ramp, threw it sideways for about 300 feet, made it around a right turn, over-countersteered at the end and the back end went around the other way and I went around a left turn, but i couldn't gather it up again and it spun the other way as I was trying to slide neatly into a parking space. Oh well, gotta get more practice I guess... just needs to snow more how tall are you people who drift FC's? i'm 6'5 and i have to lean back so far when driving one that my arms are straight out when holding the wheel... not very easy to drive that way.
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