Drifting Can you do it?

[Daemos]

Now before any one flames me and says "It's not possible in a FWD car" I would like to say it is very possible in an FWD car...it's just alot harder than say in a AWD car or a RWD car, so not being able to drift in an FWD car is just a misconception, that alot of people tend to have, also FWD drifting happens ALOT diffrent than RWD drifting.

The technical "definition" of a drift, is to have the rear end swing out while in a turn, thus you must create oversteer, instead of understeer which most FWD cars do.

Now I know there are a few ways, that make it easier for a FWD car to drift. 1) Have a very well tuned suspension. Since the MSP has a well tuned suspension, I Was wondering if you guys could acctually drift w/o using the ebreak. 2) Have a solid rear axle, the Spec V has this, which I can say 50/50 helps create oversteer if you arn't careful. 3) have a stiffer suspension in the rear compared to the front, again, the spec v has this, and once you get used to it you can create quite a bit of oversteer.

Personally, I have tried to drift in my car, but I can never get it to oversteer on purpose.

I learned some good info. http://www.b15sentra.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50546&perpage=15&pagenumber=1 Has an explination, maybe someone in an MSP can do it *shrugs* I'm just not that good of a driver.

 

[Grimace]

From the reviews I've read of the MSP, it is apparantly quite easy to get the rear end to step out. For a FWD car, both ends seem to work in harmony quite well.

 

[APEXistud]

The MP3 is also easy to throw around when you want to. Although I wouldn't necessarily call it drifting. Drifting in the MP3 or MSP would require quite a bit of e-brake modulation and little bit different suspension setup.

 

[Daemos]

I'm gonna go out again and try it in an open parking lot, since the spec v's ass tends to swing out quite a bit more, since the rear suspension is quite a bit stiffer compared to the front due to the heavier spring rates, and the solid rear axle.

so far I've only been able to do it in winter with alot of snow, and the ebreak.

 

[spoolinmp3]

The accurate defintion of drifting is to gracefully slide around in a corner sideways. Not with the ass handing out. Thats basically a fish tail and you can drift in a FWD car but its hard.

 

[spoolinmp3]

Dorifto!!

http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/doridori/Dorifto_Eiga_2003.WMV

 

[Daemos]

Dorifto!!

http://www.angelfire.com/ga4/doridori/Dorifto_Eiga_2003.WMV

nice vid

 

[Stealth5]

after it rains a little bit i drive around my neighborhood and drift around turns...its relatively graceful, i need to get video of it

 

[RuggedMazda]

I live in a new sub-division & some houses are still being
built, so when I enter there's always a lot of dirt on the ground
from the trucks coming in & out. With all this dirt on the ground
at night when I'm coming home I sometimes do what I thought
was called a power-slide, but now I see it's really a fish tail.
I use my Ebrake to do it. What I would like to know is:
What should I do after the slide to finish out the slide with
out stopping? When I do the "fish tail" I always stop after
a little more then a 180'. It tends to slide out too fast for
me to continue on.....

 

[redmption]

Its very easy to drift our cars, I almost did it into some dood
Its not whipping out the back side completley but throwing enough so you do a horizontal slide around the turn but keep you tires spinning so when you exit the turn you have great speed.

 

[murdock_]

hah i was driving around a nice long corner thats about 150 degrees and fairly long, i passed a 3 series BMW going 80mph and i was drifting. was fun i love my msp

 

[HADA 11]

Trying to "drift" on the street is pretty recockulous. Give it some thought before you try to do this stuff on the street.

If you're at the track and you you want to drift, generally all you have to do is lift after you turn-in.

Durring some fun runs I've got some pretty nice 4 wheel drifts going around sweepers. If you lift for a moment after turn in and get right back on the throttle you can sustain a decent amount of oversteer through a corner.

It certainly isn't the quickest way around a corner and if you screw up it's a pretty good way to ball up your car.

 

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

well this topic was discussed on vvti.net, a corolla forum, and we came to the conclusion that drifting can't be done in a FWD. reason being, drifting requires pushing the car through the slide and the turn. this lets you retain some control over the slide and technically but not really steer with the rear of your car. with a dead rear axle, its missing that all important push. those mini sprinter cars that race on the dirt tracks are REALLY good at drifting. their rear engine, rear wheel design make them the perfect platform and that MASSIVE wing actually works to provide hella downforce. those cars are practically "steering with the rear of the car". they control the turn by swinging the back out. steering out then in. now for FWD, you can powerslide, but its not very controled. the back can come out and screw you very easily. try pushing a shopping cart while running. attempt to turn it while trying to keep the same speed. its easy. now do the same but pull it. you will notice that the back will come out and you will lose control of the cart. its not exactly the same but i think proves my point. but here i put in my thoughts... i really hope someone can prove me wrong and actually DRIFT a FWD. i would really like to do that someday.

 

[twiztedjeckel]

Now before any one flames me and says "It's not possible in a FWD car" I would like to say it is very possible in an FWD car

(stupid)

 

[HADA 11]

Like I said, I did it all the time in a FWD Integra.

It isn't impossible to "drift" in a FWD car. It isn't even hard.

RWD would be your only real choice if you wanted a car specifically for drifting, but it can be done in a FWD.

It takes a hell of a lot more skill to actually drive a car fast, than it does to drift. This whole drifitng thing is lost on me.

It's fun to get loose every now and then, but to go to the track with the intention to drift all day? I dunno.

 

[AFaceInTheCrowd]

well there was this car show over here in southern cali a couple weeks back that was called the Drift Show. and ppl went to the track to drift all day.
and its not flame, i was just posting other findings and reasons why its not possible to drift a FWD. but read the whole post, i would like to see an FWD car drift.

 

[soundbombing]

It is very possible to drift a FWD car. There is an Option video of EK or EG what ever type of civics drifting. With rwd it's way easier to go into another drift compared to a fwd car. someone should go talk to those corolla guys...

 

[redmption]

Drifting is the fastest way around a corner! If you do it right that is... When you drift your wheels are supposed to keep spinning at almost the same speed you enter the turn so when you exit and regain traction you can leave at a high speed. You can drift in a FWD car just not as efficently and safely

 

[SpicyMSP]

ive drifted in my MSP. Not on purpose but hey, I got the back end to swing out

 

[twiztedjeckel]

showbody show me a front wheel drive car drifting