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Old 08-27-03, 09:41 AM
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front tires should have negative camber for a drift car, since more traction is needed for the front wheels to induce oversteer. right?
Old 08-27-03, 10:19 AM
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ehh...I'll wait for someone else to field this one. My knowledge of drifting is strictly confined to AWD cars and 4-wheel drifts.

Once I pick up my 7 this weekend, give me a month or so, and I'll have a little more "hands-on" knowledge of the subject
Old 08-27-03, 10:44 AM
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my knowledge of drifting started from AWD which has helped tremendously in my transition to RWD.
but i'll say again...practice, practice, practice.

edit: please excuse the badly photochopped shadow. if you look closely you can see a figure of what used to be a photographer near the cone i didnt want him in the shot.

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Old 08-27-03, 11:05 AM
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Front sway bar = reduce oversteer
Rear sway bar = reduce understeer

Negative front camber = Reduce understeer
Negative rear camber = Reduce oversteer

Both obviously have many other uses, benefits, and drawbacks, but in relationto under/oversteer...this is what they do.

Whomever says that you can't drift a stock FC and that it's not safe to do so knows nothing about drifting their car. You don't need any of this stuff to drift and you certainly don't need it to drift safely, all that extra stuff is only going to get an inexperienced guy killed because he had to enter a turn at 80MPH to execute the drift he wants, rather than 40MPH with the mushy stock stuff.
Old 08-27-03, 11:26 AM
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I had been practicing drifting w/ my open differential ( huge pain in the ***) but none the less it helped me learn more control. Once I got my TII LSD there was a huge difference. Can't wait til i get a 2 way.
Old 08-27-03, 02:27 PM
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Stock TII LSD is a 2-way
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