i hear a bunch of Honda people ask me if i drift because according to them camaros are better at drifting!!! is that true? wait... how does a honda drift? its front wheel drive!

 

Crazy hawaiin does.

 

If they're front wheel drive, they pull the e-brake and/or slide around on trays :lala:

 

Drifting in FWD cars is possible and not that difficult. Most of those cars have a very light rear end (around 60% of weight sitting on the front axle), so the you have to corner fast and destabilize (im missing the word, just a guess of the correct word, sorry). If you want to drift into a left corner, you turn to the right and then turn fast back to the left, should get the tail lose.

Mighty paint helped me out, hope this is good for anything

 

i dont drift i pwr slide
jon

 

POWER SLIDE ALL THE WAY.

 

 

whats wrong with the white camaros front gfx it looks funny

 

it may have been a fabricated gfx, that or has been messed up

 

Thats Revlimits Camaro and the GFX were cut under the turn signals to install brake ducts. That pic is from 2002 and I think he's been through like 5 front clips since then.

 

How are you drifting your car? Are you using the E-Brake as well? I tried with my TransAm however it just goes around the corners hanging on to the pavement like a cat with sharpened claws

 

you need more horses...

 

HP + Bald Tires = Lots of fun........

 

i agree

 

weeeeee!

 

be like ricers and use mcdonalds trays

 

I only use a few techniques, but drifting usually involves a combination of techniques. The E-Brake is usually used to initiate a slide when you are learning, but as you get better you will find other ways to initiate the slide, and eventually you will be using the E-Brake while sliding to correct your angle. In those two pics of my cars (the red and green ones) I'm only using weight transfer (feint) and power-over. Both cars were automatic (so no clutch kicking), both had stock engines (Red one - L03, Green one - L98) and I wasnt using the E-Brake because the stock 3rd gen E-Brake for the disc brakes is crap (LS1 style is much better for drifting). Revlimit uses more techniques than I do (white car), and thats why he's so much better than me. He's done a T56 conversion so he can do clutch kicks, and he's running drum rears which have better E-Brake systems for drifting. Though I think in that older picture he's running L03/700R4.

As for the power thing, well you dont really need a lot of power to drift. Your tire selection plays the most important role in this sport, and the size/type of tire you run should be matched up with how much power you have. For example, with the L03 powered car I was running 215's, but with the L98 powered car I'm running 245's. This sport rewards balance, and the relation between your power and contact patch plays into the overall balance of the car. Of course the condition of the tire plays into this as well (someone mentioned bald tires). Its generally a good idea to have tires that are in good condition because they will be predictable. As the tires wear down, they become less and less predictable which can pose problems. Unfortunately, only sponsored people can afford to drift with good new tires. The rest of us have to take what we can get, which usually means the variables change every time since we constantly use different brands/size tires in different conditions (harder to tune), and the tires are usually not as predictable.

 

i drifted my 87 into three cars wrecking it.. more of a power slide i guess tho OK who wants to sell me a 89 black gta i won't break this one i promise

 

ill sell you my 84 z with a 5 spd

 

If you were not in control, then you were not drifting. Sorry, I dont mean to be rude but drifting is a controlled slide. Even though you have lost traction, you are still in control of what the car does and where it goes. I've heard a lot of people say something like "I accidentally drifted across three lanes" or "I did a drift and hit a tree" and its just not the right use of the word. When you are drifting you have control of the car and what happens is intentional. Of course its possible to mess up while drifting and end up crashing, but thats very different from losing control while grip racing and inducing a single slide that ends up in a crash. Sorry I dont mean to be arrogant either, just want to make a point. This sport might look like a loss of control from the outside, but when you get involved you will realize that control is what this sport is all about.

 

i regained control of the car after the first time it spun but i was real nervous so i mashed the gas and it did it again so i spun two more times really lost it that time and wrecked a saturn ion uhm some suv and a caddy spun into oncomming traffic.. no one was hurt surprisingly the only loss is the car..

does that count since i had control the first time it spun..

people this is what happens when you have a new engine and no working speedo ..

 

why is it called drifting its called pwrsliding. ive done it before in the camaro and in the porsche i just pop the clutch and let it slide and then i either feather it or let up on teh gas to get out of it.