Originally Posted by Itsmeagain

basicly gotta set the car up for oversteer (cossies and almost all std cars understeer naturally unless you use power oversteer).

loads of front camber for lots of front grip while cornering, and a diff with lots of lock, or totaly locked, is the main things.

cheaper crapper tyres to begin with as theyl break away easier, maybe even gooduns at front and shite at back, pro drifters use really wide tyres (255+) so they can drift at higher speeds (more points in competition).

mega low mega hard suspension isnt that important, a lot of that is for looks, tho partly so you can feel every movement, more connected to the car, dont bother messing with that until you can drift anyhow.
low and hard musnt ever comprimise the suspension angles and the under/oversteer balance either as they more important.

good or hydrualic handbrake is important as can use it to either lose traction to start with, or to fine tune the drift angle once in the drift.

id not worry about power until you can drift without power, a decent drifter can happily drift a 125bhp standard engined RWD corrola, if you NEED power to drift you cant drift properly yet, most (non cosworth, lol) drifts arnt caused by power oversteer.

most reckon more power makes it harder to learn to drift, and being used to a powerful cossie itl feel un-natural to drift properly as if your anything like me youl pretty much rely on power oversteer rather than getting the car into an oversteer drift without needing the power, then just using the power to hold it if need be.