car setup for "drifting"?
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car setup for "drifting"?
just curious as to what you lot set you cars up for "drifting"?
hard front shockies and soft rears or just mage hard all round?
tried a few things and it dont seem to make a difference with me!
hard front shockies and soft rears or just mage hard all round?
tried a few things and it dont seem to make a difference with me!
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Re: car setup for "drifting"?
Originally Posted by Cossie Sean
just curious as to what you lot set you cars up for "drifting"?
hard front shockies and soft rears or just mage hard all round?
tried a few things and it dont seem to make a difference with me!
hard front shockies and soft rears or just mage hard all round?
tried a few things and it dont seem to make a difference with me!
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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i can drive RWD quite well anyway but never tried at high speeds as i might do someone else an injury, but over the next week i know of a few dual carridgeways near me that have tight bends and 3rd gear powerslide/drift corners!
hard suspension and shyte tyres it is then 
running a T3 for minimal lag now so powers well down but still running the one off manifold and external wastegate, cams, big spec motor etc.
never driven it with small turbo yet, hopefully be wild!!!!
i shal have passenger with videocamera with me 
*an EXCITED* Sean
i can drive RWD quite well anyway but never tried at high speeds as i might do someone else an injury, but over the next week i know of a few dual carridgeways near me that have tight bends and 3rd gear powerslide/drift corners!
hard suspension and shyte tyres it is then
running a T3 for minimal lag now so powers well down but still running the one off manifold and external wastegate, cams, big spec motor etc.
never driven it with small turbo yet, hopefully be wild!!!!
i shal have passenger with videocamera with me
*an EXCITED* Sean
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