RWD sideways fun... Drifting Thread
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This is something I want to try and do whilst I still have a rear wheel drive car but I am too much of wimp 
I used my RWD R34 in the mid '00s when it was still an extremely amateur event held a very few locations. Some of the guys involved in the "early days" then went on to form Driftworks etc and since then it's great to see how well it's taken off in the UK.
I stopped when the costs required to keep my car running drift started to get silly
I stopped when the costs required to keep my car running drift started to get silly
Most people on here would rather compare the smell of door cards and the noise that indicators make
What car is this wheel coming from? LSD diff?
LSD or welded diff? What sort of power is this MX5 running?Got a lot of friends who are into drifting. Drift scene in scotland is quite big with us having Driftland.
Im no DK but i do enjoy some fun in this car (My bros MX5)
There're places where you can practice and even if you spin out, you won't end up on a wall.This is something I want to try and do whilst I still have a rear wheel drive car but I am too much of wimp
Nice, driftworks are well known nowadays. Their AE86 Trueno is mentalI used my RWD R34 in the mid '00s when it was still an extremely amateur event held a very few locations. Some of the guys involved in the "early days" then went on to form Driftworks etc and since then it's great to see how well it's taken off in the UK.
I stopped when the costs required to keep my car running drift started to get silly
Me and my dad are thinking about buying an old beemer with 2.8l, my mate said he can weld the diff and help with setting the car up. But atm, I'm still doing my research... I know it won't be cheap, but which motorsport is actually cheap?
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There're places where you can practice and even if you spin out, you won't end up on a wall.
Yes I just need to find a suitable time and place...
Any roundabout, when it's wet
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im a bit worried that i'd be having to go quite fast given the size of my rear tyres (e46 330ci) The tyre to power ratio is high!
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Sounds like I do need to just grow a pair!
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I have intentionally got the back out once or twice on a roundabout near where I work (when my rears were soon to be replaced) but it wasn't really a drift (as in going forwards, sideways) more a "controlled oversteer" (staying still, sideways) as I was doing about 15 mph... and now I just feel shame for some reason lol
I could never do any more than a very minor wet weather step out at the back for about 2 milliseconds with my 330. The E36 felt happier to do it but I was equally incapable.
My MR2's tried to kill me any time the back done anything, like a lurching uncontrollable pendulum - so I'm genuinely surprised by the suggestion of drifting one around the countryside elsewhere in the thread!
I'm sure I'd be able to improve my level of shameless ham fistedness off road right enough
My MR2's tried to kill me any time the back done anything, like a lurching uncontrollable pendulum - so I'm genuinely surprised by the suggestion of drifting one around the countryside elsewhere in the thread!
I'm sure I'd be able to improve my level of shameless ham fistedness off road right enough
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If you ever get chance try and do a skid awareness course, i did one through work about 7 years ago it. The instructor i had was really good and it really teaches you how to feel the balance transfer in the car at very slow speed, that course helped me learn more about car control than the 5 or so track days i'd done before it and really helped me afterwards. They use those cars with outriggers that they can raise and lower to bring on under and oversteer.
I've never had a RWD car myself to learn properly (only FWD and then AWD fast stuff) but i've managed to hold some pretty epic slides using the same techniques i just couldn't power out of them looking like a hero like you can in a RWD
Done it once or twice. Not really big on filming though, this is about as good as you can expect from me
I would go and decide to hit record when the tyres are shot too, oh well.
As for advice, a 328i will do you well, most people use them to begin with and I did. Only need a bucket seat & wheel, cheap coilovers and weld the diff and that will get you started no worries. Setup is simple for them 0 toe all round, front 7-8deg caster -3deg camber, rear as upright as you can get it, job done.
I would go and decide to hit record when the tyres are shot too, oh well.
As for advice, a 328i will do you well, most people use them to begin with and I did. Only need a bucket seat & wheel, cheap coilovers and weld the diff and that will get you started no worries. Setup is simple for them 0 toe all round, front 7-8deg caster -3deg camber, rear as upright as you can get it, job done.