How to drift?

[funkymonkey]

To be more specific, I've had the back of my car swing out while cornering fast or sharply... which then goes into a momentary drift... how do I get out of this situation without crashing the car? which way do I steer? Which pedals do I press? What gear do I put the car into (its manual).

Its a R32 GTS, so no AWD, just RWD.

[Guest | hype^ |]

thats easy..

press the middle pedal with plenty of time before a corner, continue doin so until you have deccelerated adequatly enough to make the corner without getting the rear to slide out..

:lol:

nough said ennit.. ?

[funkymonkey]

Lol I was waiting for that... smart arse, nah seriously, what do I do if I'm already in this situation?

[Birty]

The best way is to stay calm, counter steer, and ease off the accelerator. As you ease off the car should start to come around, then smoothly bring it back around to straight. The trick though is really staying calm and being smooth.

Are you asking how to properly drift though ? Cause the idea behind drifting is to take the corner sideways, going through a corner hard and having the arse end pop out afterwards isn't really drifiting.

[funkymonkey]

sweet, thank's dirty j/k The first part answered my question... the second part's givin me ideas... maybe the next track day I have I'll chuck my old falkens on and get one of the guys here to teach me how to drift...

[Guest Simon-MrRx7]

its best to know how your car behaves in such a condition and the only way to do this is to put it into a condition... go to a vacant car park late at night and rip up some slides/handbreakies etc etc to get used to the feeling of the arse end hang ing out

[Boostzor]

Yeh but also make sure u know the corner. I knew how my car handled until it didnt :eek: and now its in the shop again:(

Im sure someone will post the video soon of my poor effort:D

[d0p3y]

a friend was telling me about how he used to drift his 180sx....

turn into the corner at a fast speed, with ur foot off the accellerator.. and then about halfway or so thru the corner plant ur foot and hang on

hehe

sounds good

but then again, 180sx are very tail happy so i suppose that technique sounds about right.......

[badbiki]

naaa. if the back end ever steps out.. DONT EASE OFF UNTIL OUT OF THE CORNER AND GOING WHERE YOU WANT TO GO...

the biggest killer is people freaking out, ****ting themselfs and taking their foot off the accel.. keep those wheels spinning! if one grips and you have sub drift suspension, it'll fishtail into a pole or something..

Steer out of everything!

one method is

*Induce oversteer

yank the steering one way VERY HARD =) this will induce oversteer, then steer out and power on...

*hand brake*

well before the corner, steer out, steer in, handbrake till desired angle, lots of revs and back on the power.. steer thru the corner.. Major coordination required here =)

*another way is to left foot brake

come in at speed, turn in sharply, power on and left foot brake to slow the front of the car.. steer out and enjoy =)

have fun bending parts =):burnout: :burnout:

[Duncan]

Originally posted by badbiki

naaa. if the back end ever steps out.. DONT EASE OFF UNTIL OUT OF THE CORNER AND GOING WHERE YOU WANT TO GO...

the biggest killer is people freaking out, ****ting themselfs and taking their foot off the accel.. keep those wheels spinning! if one grips and you have sub drift suspension, it'll fishtail into a pole or something..

Steer out of everything!

Badbiki, you are a brave one!

Sure, powering out of oversteer is effective, but if you aren't confident with the technique, it can lead to disaster - normally fishtailing = bad news if there's something solid around.

If you aren't confident with oversteer, getting of the gas SLOWLY is the best way to catch the slide. You might end up facing the wrong way, but you are less likely to hit anything coz you are going slower. If you have turned more than 1/2 way round, just get on the brakes, no point trying to catch that...

On the topic, I had a funny moment at the driver training day the other day when the instructor got sideways and spun the car at ~100 at turn 4. Even the best drivers get it wrong sometimes - he didn't catch it the first or second fishtails, so he pulled the car up instead.

[badbiki]

ye, difference between good and bad drivers are, good drivers dont get into oversteer they can't control =)

on that note.. i fully bent a rim this morning on the way to uni.. either that or power slide into an oncoming car.... damnit!

[badbiki]

how bad do i feel =( just binned a mates car accidently..

big arse slide and spin into some poles...

DONT DORIFT ON THE STREETS!!! TAKE IT TO THE TRACK! they have RUNOFFS and KITTY LITTER!

[funkymonkey]

i take it your technique didn't work?

[badbiki]

nope.. i just go into a situation i couldn't control.

wasn't expecting the rear end to come out at some very large speed... somewhere in the vasinity of the mid-top of 3rd..

[Dr_Drift]

Dude, I feel for ya.... Insurance?

[badbiki]

nope... i wouldn't want any other party involved either.. if they messured out the accident.. =)

i could see, dangerous driving, speeding, maybe even wreckless... I'd loose my licence..

was just leaning the car out aswell, got 228hp @ <10:1 AFR

the wideband o2 sensor doesn't read below 10:1... so we dont know exactly.. but in a nutshell, the car has more power than mine and more than i could handle.. makes me think twice about 300rwhp..

[Dr_Drift]

ooo... Hurt the pocket much? Hope not.... Glad to hear you're ok though.

[badbiki]

i hope to get away with $1K...

1x fender

1x headlight assembly

1x rear qrt panel

1x rear rale light

1x rear intrusion bar

1x paint job required on front/rear bumper and remolding

1x wheel allignment needed

missed a rather large pole by a few meters...

take it to a track hey, there you can only go into the grass..

[Dr_Drift]

We've got a huge industrial area with flat curbs and no obstacles! I'll get some footage of our drift day on sunday just gone.

I'll try and get rid of as many SR boards to help get some $$ in ya pocket.

[badbiki]

you know of my sr boards? =)

spread the word! if someone puts in an order for like 5+ boards.. i'll give that person a discount for bulk buys =)