How to drift?

[doxximus]

the drift day was bloody awsome! i wouldnt of been able to do it though coz i dont know how my car handles as of yet hehe waiting to go skid pan with the club then i try my best

sam lives up to his nick as dr drift hehehe

[Dr_Drift]

It's sam from Melbourne, AKA Doctor Drift hehehehe....

[doxximus]

hahaha that mini mt akina run was to tight and fast for me, had to let grim overtake so i dont go to slow lol

[Dr_Drift]

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[badbiki]

nice one =) we have an industrial zone here too.. =)

has a nice 90degree corner at the end of some uber over steer and to battle for a high speed cornering..

has plenty of criss cross roads =) ECT(estimated cop time) of about 20mins =)

not to mention the joondalup, whelshpool, canning vale special stages =)

[Dr_Drift]

I used to have a ball on the CVSS.... used to work right there... those sand dunes were pretty cool every luch break in my VW taipan buggy too....

The best bit about our area... ECT unknown.... they didn't show even after a few hours.....

[Guest |aunch]

I am very much in agreeance with Birty on this one, as opposed to Badbiki's idea of slide recovery. Badbiki's sounds like fun, but...

If you car oversteers (back end slides out), steer in the direction of the slide (this is known as opposite lock), so that your whole car is going in the same direction. This is what stops the back of your car from overtaking the front! Also, like Birty says, back of a tad, and leave the tranny in the gear it is in. If you try and downchange, the engine braking could lock up the rears (note: to down change without locking, blip the throttle on the downshift), and bring the car into furthur oversteer... even if you don't lock em up, you are still very likely to change the attitude of the car in a bad way.

The caveat to this, is if you have set up your car in a specific way and you know what you are doing with it, or, of couse, if you are driving a front wheel drive vehicle. If you oversteer in a front wheel drive car, DO NOT GET STRAIGHT OF THE THROTTLE! Be warned, I had some fun on a wet roundabout with this one day ! The transfer of weight to the front wheels can be rather scary.

In case you are wondering, I learnt the joys of oversteer in my first car, an old Nissan/Datsun Bluebird. Living in the Hunter Valley (right near the Wollembi Rd, for all you motorbikers), with lots of dirt roads, and too much spare time

[red900ss]

Ahhh the Wolllembi rd :licklips: Love that road!

Haven't done it in the Skyline yet, the bike always gets the nod

[Guest |aunch]

red900ss: I almost cry when I think of that road! How I miss thee!

Oh, and the lack of cops was great! I never saw a single one...

You wouldn't happen to know of the Broke Villiage Store would you? Common lunch spot for the moto boys...

[red900ss]

heh, normally don't make it past the pub at Wollombi just for a burger and a lemon squash of course...

[inark]

Originally posted by Dr_Drift

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hehe i seen the vid and its insane...

lol @ meggala

[Guest Jax]

Fellers, why make it sound so complicated -it's not, it's easy. I've been doing it for over 50 years, and as long as we're talking about oversteer,would you believe,all you need to know is what direction you want to go,and keep steering in that direction [as many times as necessary]. Keep some gentle throttle on and do your best to catch it early.

Those who can do it,analyse what I've said,and you will realise that I am right,and we can then stop confusing people with "steer in the direction of the skid" and "opposite lock" etc., and just tell people that they don't need to analyse what they are doing,wonder "which direction is the skid" etc.? [by which time they're probably wrapped around a tree],and instead,just be gentle on the throttle,and follow natural instincts and keep re pointing the car in the direction you want to go.

Understeer --- now,that's another story,and I wont go into that much more difficult task.It's sort of possible,some of the time to get it under control,and stay on the road - sort of. Best thing to do is neither buy or drive any bloody stupid front wheel drive,naturally understeering killing machine.

[PranK]

hmmm, people always tend to think drift is just getting the ass out on a corner... its so not! drift is holding it sideways from before the corner and holding it until after the corner.

i haven't tried yet in the 180sx.

[funkymonkey]

yeah i made the mistake when i titled the thread, its meant to be "what to do when your arse end slides out"

[Guest Jax]

Come on -- drift is just a longer,more controlled version of getting the arse out on a corner, PLUS it's the slow way through the corner. Except only on some specific dirt corners -- NEVER faster on bitumen or concrete. Looks good,but it's S L O W..

Fast is brake late and hard,right line through on maximum throttle without breaking traction, and exiting on full power without getting off line. All smooth and tame looking,but I'd be half way to the next corner by time the spectacular drifter got out of the first one. See ya later!!!

[badbiki]

very true =)

not really drift at all, just a tad of oversteer out of a corner.

but at that very day, Mr Rob managed to do two laps of a track completely sideways and delaminated the tyres midway second lap =)