Drifting!!! Whahaha

Hey guys.... I want to know of anyone knows any drifting techniques!! I have a front wheel drive car and there is always the e-break but I was told you can do it without!! I need some serious lessons from a DriftMasta!! :worshippy:

Eventually thats what I hope to become!! DriftMasta!!! :sunglasse: HA HA HA

Thanks,
*Angel* :icesangel

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You can't drift a honda. Period. End. You can do out of control sliding, but you cannot do a proper drift due to the fact that a drift is using the rear wheels to oversteer and understeer. If your front wheels are getting any power, they pull the car out of the "drift" that you had almost started. So basically you can slide, and kinda look like a drift until your car stops 4 feet later, but as soon as you touch the gas it's gonna pull you out of it. Unless you have a RWD conversion or an s2k, you are not going to be able to drift a honda. And that is coming directly from a "DriftMasta"

Go smack the riceboys that told you it was possible to drift a fwd car.

Well, I know that real drifting can only be done in a Rwd car but sliding works for now... I'm not doing a conversion and I'm not getting a rwd car anytime soon... but hopefully in a couple years depending on $. I guess I'll just have to stick it out until my boyfriend gets his car, that will be at least a year or two... oh well!

Thanks for smacking the shit out of me.... I'll slide, not drift!! I love drifting, its a good rush and awsome to watch! But one tip for stupid people out there who want to try it.... hmmm.... dont!! Have somone teach you in person! I have a friend who has been doing it for years and he knows his shit and his car!! I just wanted to know if anyone knew about Frw drifting because I said it couldn't be done and someone told me it could... but anyways, thanks for the imput and the smacks in the face! :icon16: I feel so loved!

Thanks,
*Angel* - the freaking big amature!!

Good that someone taught you some techniques and not you going out there and trying to do it yourself, because drifting can be dangerous to someone and others if they don't know what they are doing. A lot of people are watching a lot of OPtions videos and thinking they're Japanese drifters. Just be careful and dont do anything your not capable of. Lastly be prepared to crash your car if not total it a lot. Cause I know what happens when you flip your car over and total it. Thats why I got out and went back to my first loves dragin boats and cars. But good luck and stay safe:bigthumb:

I think I have seen fwd drifting but maybe it was just real good sliding. Anyways you could always drift hairpin turns:bigthumb:

I'd only attempt trying it out in a LARGE empty parking lot. To "drift" in a FWD car not using the E-brake, you'll have to weight transfer slide. Basically get your car up to a good speed, then turn the wheel hard one way to corner, and hit the brakes when your car starts to turn, this will transfer the weight of the car around and throw the balance off causing a slide. Remember, try it at your own risk.

i think the only technique that ff cars can use is the left-foot technique

http://www.modernracer.com/tips/leftfootbraking.html

i haven't tried it but know a few that have....i'm still workin on my suspension....oh and "drifting" isn't limited to fr set-ups as we all are accustomed to seeing

Yah but the power and control of a FWD car is in the front. Doing a drift with a FWD car is not drifting just a slide, because to get truly sideways you need power from the rear wheels

Originally posted by spdbtr79460
Doing a drift with a FWD car is not drifting just a slide, because to get truly sideways you need power from the rear wheels

Not true. You just need RWD to MAINTAIN the drift, since doing it in FWD you slow down dramatically as you drift/slide. You only need the rear power to keep the drift going.

Overall it's a rediculous idea. Lay off the Initial D video's until you get a RWD car.

Originally posted by B16EJ1
Overall it's a rediculous idea. Lay off the Initial D video's until you get a RWD car.

actually the red ED6 in initial d used the left-foot technique....if they want to use that to go by then so be it.....but it isn't like they're going to get the same results on the 12t, 2nd or even the 50th try..but practice makes perfect....

Hey if Nomuken can drift an R34 one handed while waving to the crowd then anythings possible:wink:

With a new Honda s2000 You can do a perfect D :bigthumb:http://www.jamie.busby.btinternet.co.uk/s2000/honda-s2000-Front.jpg

i would recomend hanging out in our drift forum here on AF

http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread/t-4772.html

heh if you want to know anything about drifting, watch the anime Initial D. it's not just an anime, it's an anime about racing. in Initial D second Stage, there's even a race group made exclusively on Lan Evos. It's pretty old though, so expect to just see an Evo 3 and a 4.

But drifting in a FF is pretty limited. You best bet is to pull on the hand brake, i know, it's really not a drift, but it gets the job done all the same.

defined, it's more than a controlled fishtail. anyway, a drift is a conering manuver done at high speeds where all your tires lose traction, and you continue to slide around a curve. it's hard to imagine, i know, so i drew a crappy picture!

notice the car slides in the beggining? that's heavy oversteer brought on by a good amount of brake and turning the wheel. once sliding, you must counter-steer to keep control and not slide out. once you are done, straighten the car, full gas and power out, regaining some traction. methods for differernt drivetrains are very different, and it's easiest to make a FR car driftheh if you want to know anything about drifting, watch the anime Initial D. it's not just an anime, it's an anime about racing. in Initial D second Stage, there's even a race group made exclusively on Lan Evos. It's pretty old though, .

Just to clear up some things, I've watched PLENTY of Initial D, and also seeing quite a bit of drifting in person as well, myself. Let me tell you, between the real thing, and seeing it in an anime, it's quite a bit different. Not nearly as easy as people think it is. it's hard to explain really, but seeing it in person is WAY awesome! Below is a pic I took of this one 240SX (S13) at the RS*R Drift show that was near me in Irwindale back in April. I'm also planning to go to D1 Grand Prix Aug. 31st, and I heard some crazy cars will be drifting in that event. I'll be extra sure to snap any of any FF drifters that may happen to show up. I have myself seen some FF drifting first hand in person before when I was at my first auto-X competition i went to. I'm not sure how the driver did it (female driver too at that!) but she was in a Focus ZX3 hatchback, and she got that thing to drift as beautifully as a RWD car can. Anyone that saw it on the turn she did it on just had their mouths drop to the floor, LOL! She didn't seem to lose any speed on the drift either, and it WASN'T E-brake assisted, it was just pure weight transfer she used to slide with.