i wanna drift!!!

SupraMan1784 · 10-11-2005, 01:28 PM

you have more control when its dry because you can use the tire's grip to enter and exit a drift...in teh rain you dont ahve much control...but to first learn and control the car while sliding its easier to initiate a slide on wet pavement...and you will be able to feel teh movement of hte car before hitting the dry pavement...snow will also do the same thing...i have more control in dry becasue the tires have more grip...but for beginners i recommend doing it in an open wet area before tearing your tires apart on dry pavement

SupraMan1784 · 10-11-2005, 01:32 PM

lowering springs affect the camber of teh car...though not a big enough effect to have it rebalanced...if you install coilovers i would consider having it readjusted...but i have negative camber on the front and a little on the rear to give it more contact patch when drifting...wears out the tires a little more...but when u drift u notice more grip so you can direct the car where you want it more easily

flight doc89 · 10-17-2005, 01:08 AM

I learned to drift in an 88 turbo supra. I've been drifting with a couple of friends, and they have to feint or pop the clutch and the car drifts alright. In my supra, I just give it a light feint and stomp the gas and it drifts REALLY well. You have to be careful though (and this may be common to most drifters, for all I know), because if you don't get the car to drift and you're already commited to the turn, you HAVE to keep the gas up and hope that you clear it.
While I was learning to drift my 88 supra, I tried to drift a 90 degree corner on some backroads, and I didn't feint hard enough; my tires spun for a split second, then grabbed. I kept the wheel over and let off the gas (here was my mistake). My front tires just slipped and I ended up in the ditch. Luckily, there was plenty of grass for me to get back on the road. I went back and practiced there, repeating the same situation, and figured out that if I stayed on the gas, it pulled through every time, but that if I braked or let off the gas, I slid.
This may just be my heavy-!@# car at work, or it may be common to most cars; I honestly don't know. I hope that this was informative.

10-11-2005, 01:28 PM	#1
SupraMan1784 SP58GT Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dirty Jerz Posts: 691	you have more control when its dry because you can use the tire's grip to enter and exit a drift...in teh rain you dont ahve much control...but to first learn and control the car while sliding its easier to initiate a slide on wet pavement...and you will be able to feel teh movement of hte car before hitting the dry pavement...snow will also do the same thing...i have more control in dry becasue the tires have more grip...but for beginners i recommend doing it in an open wet area before tearing your tires apart on dry pavement __________________ Now: Saving for an MKIV Broken Rides: (Sold) 91 supra turbo 5speed with a 1jzgte motor 421whp 400(399) ft*lbs of torque on tap @ 15 psi "Always outnumbered, never outgunned."

10-11-2005, 01:32 PM	#2
SupraMan1784 SP58GT Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dirty Jerz Posts: 691	lowering springs affect the camber of teh car...though not a big enough effect to have it rebalanced...if you install coilovers i would consider having it readjusted...but i have negative camber on the front and a little on the rear to give it more contact patch when drifting...wears out the tires a little more...but when u drift u notice more grip so you can direct the car where you want it more easily __________________ Now: Saving for an MKIV Broken Rides: (Sold) 91 supra turbo 5speed with a 1jzgte motor 421whp 400(399) ft*lbs of torque on tap @ 15 psi "Always outnumbered, never outgunned."

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10-17-2005, 01:08 AM	#3
flight doc89 3" Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 53	I learned to drift in an 88 turbo supra. I've been drifting with a couple of friends, and they have to feint or pop the clutch and the car drifts alright. In my supra, I just give it a light feint and stomp the gas and it drifts REALLY well. You have to be careful though (and this may be common to most drifters, for all I know), because if you don't get the car to drift and you're already commited to the turn, you HAVE to keep the gas up and hope that you clear it. While I was learning to drift my 88 supra, I tried to drift a 90 degree corner on some backroads, and I didn't feint hard enough; my tires spun for a split second, then grabbed. I kept the wheel over and let off the gas (here was my mistake). My front tires just slipped and I ended up in the ditch. Luckily, there was plenty of grass for me to get back on the road. I went back and practiced there, repeating the same situation, and figured out that if I stayed on the gas, it pulled through every time, but that if I braked or let off the gas, I slid. This may just be my heavy-!@# car at work, or it may be common to most cars; I honestly don't know. I hope that this was informative.