Not All Cars Can Drift!
What makes a drifting car?
Most importantly it has to be RWD! (rear-wheel-drive) It's not that 4WD, AWD or FWD vehicle cannot drift, it's just that drifting other drivetrain layouts is quite a different ballgame. It's best to stick to RWD, because you need to balance the rear with the throttle.
But that's not all when it comes to choosing your car. Besides personal taste also the price, power-to-weight ratio, upgrade possibilities, parts availability and fuel consumption are all very important details.
In essence any RWD car can drift. It is up to the drivers skills whether it can get it to drift. Some cars will drift easier than others but you as the driver are the decisive factor. However the easiest way to go by is to simply buy a popular drifting car; it's not for nothing that it's popular for drifting! This will tell you your options...it all comes down to the money! We have put together a list with the most popular cars for drifting
Nissan Drift Cars:
180SX, Silvia, Skyline, 350Z
Toyota Drift Cars:
Corolla AE86, Altezza (Lexus IS), Cressida (JZX), Supra, Soarer, MR2
Honda Drift Cars:
S2000, NSX
Mazda Drift Cars:
RX-7, RX-8, MX-5
BMW Drift Cars:
3-series, 5-series, Z3, Z4
Ford Drift Cars:
Mustang, Sierra, Escort
Best Drift Car?
D-illusion Drift Team, December 4, 2008How to Drift a Car?
D-illusion Drift Team,Drifting is a driving technique and a motor sport where a car slides at an angle, with its side moving in the direction of the turn. Hand brake technique: More Throttle will make the car turn more, and also move the car away from the turn center. Less throttle will reduce angle, and allow the car to move towards the inside of the turn more freely. You're drifting! Clutch Kick technique: Used while you are already moving to increase angle and/or revive wheel spin. While you are drifting, you may feel the car begin to lose its drift angle and power. If this happens, you can kick the clutch to attempt to revive to tires spinning speed. This is similar to powershifting, and you are in essence trying to 'chirp' the tires again and again. Drifting with Rear Wheel Drive Auto Preparing to Drift with a Front Wheel Drive Car Drifting with a Front Wheel Drive Car When you feel the car start to understeer, and lose angle, pul the ebrake harder. - When the car seems to turn too much, give it progressively more throttle, and release the handbrake some. -There is no textbook for drifting. You learn by doing it. - Don't tense up, just feel it. Tips The Skyline GTR is AWD. Even though it has ATTESA which allows the power to be distributed to the front or rear wheels depending on wheelspin. In a car that is equipped with ATTESA it is best to use a system to control the ATTESA computer or by temporarily removing the fuse. The GTR as well as a large number of Silvias and 240SX's also has a system called HICAS or on later models SuperHICAS which makes sliding the tail out harder. When oversteer is detected, the system tries to straighten the car up. You can remove the HICAS/SuperHICAS system by installing a lock bar or replacing the subframe with a unit from a non HICAS equipped model. How To Drift Part 2 Warnings Things You'll Need
How To Drift Part 1
Things to do Before You Begin Drifting
The Steps
Drifting with Rear Wheel Drive and Manual Transmission
- wheels
- a strong engine
- tires
- suspension
DRIFTING TECHNIQUE
D-illusion Drift Team,Learn proper race shifting to get your car into the right gear for drifting. Section also includes double clutch shifting so you can downshift before drifting without blowing out your transmission too quickly.
Power Over Drift
A throttle induced drift, this is performed when entering a corner and using the accelerator to slip the rear wheels, producing heavy oversteer through the turn. You will often need lots of horsepower to make this happen.
E-Brake Drift
This drifting technique is very basic, pull the E-Brake or side brake to induce rear traction loss and balance drift through steering and throttle play. This can also be used to correct errors or fine tune drift angles. Main drift technique used in FWD vehicles, however since it does decrease speeds, e-brake drifting is looked down upon during solo type drifting competition.
Clutch Kick Drift
This drifting technique is performed by depressing the clutch pedal on approach or during turn in to a corner. The clutch is “popped” to give a sudden jolt through the driveline to upset rear traction, causing the power wheels to slip. Drifting is maintained by balancing the throttle.
Shift Lock Drift
This is performed by letting the revs drop on downshift into a corner and then releasing the clutch to put stress on the driveline to slow the rear tires inducing over steer. This is like pulling the E-brake through a turn, but this should be performed on wet ground to minimize damage to the driveline. Similar drifting technique to Clutch Kicking.
Dirt Drop Drift
This is performed by dropping the rear tires off the road into the dirt to maintain or gain drift angle without losing power or speed and to set up for the next turn. This technique is very useful for low horsepower cars. Do not attempt this technique at the drift practice/session.
Feint Drift
This is performed by rocking the car towards the outside of a turn and then using the rebound of the vehicle’s suspension to throw the car into the normal cornering direction. This is heavy rally racing technique used to change vehicle attitudes during cornering.
Jump Drift
In this technique the rear tire on the inside of a turn or apex is bounced over a curb to lose traction resulting in over steer. Do not attempt this technique at the drift practice/session.
Braking Drift
This is performed by trail braking into a corner. Loss of grip is obtained and then balanced through steering and throttle motions. This is mainly for medium to low speed corners.
Long Slide Drift
This is done by pulling the E-brake through a strait to start a high angel drift and to hold this to set up for the turn ahead. This technique can only be done at high speed.
Swaying Drift
This is a slow side-to-side faint like drift where the rear end sways back and forth down a strait.