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PostIcon Posted on: Sep. 07 2001,21:08  Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Basically, drifting is what we laymen call fishtail?

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And isn't drifting the driving style in all those 70's and 80's cop show car chases? One of the best parts of The A-Team was watching the van slide sideways around corners.

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anyone who's played Gran Turismo knows that drifting is cool, but that its not good for a real race.

For the most part, this is true. But in japan a popular type of racing is "touge" (pronounced tow-gay i think) in which drifting is used since it is sometimes the most efficient way of traversing the corners on the narrow downhill mountain passes.

As for the tire wear though, drifters probably just use some shitty tires in the rear (since the whole idea of drifting is to intentionally lose grip on the rear wheels).

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"touge" means "mountain pass", or "ridge" in japanese. and yes, drifting is basically necessary for rally too.. and JLb, i've won races in gran turismo using drift but of course, it's not suited for all courses.. i usually use grip driving unless i feel like screwing around..
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PostIcon Posted on: Sep. 08 2001,05:53 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
Drifting is the basic turning technique used in rally racing (dirt roads).

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PostIcon Posted on: Sep. 08 2001,11:27 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
I was under the impression that "drifting" is normally done in 4wd cars. Skylines, Supras, Preludes. Lots of japanese imports.
We have drift competitions over here in Australia, except its more of an underground thing. As for tyre wear, if done properly , there would be pretty much the same amount of wear on all tyres, not just rear biased, as the cars are 4wd. The way they get the car sideways in the first place is actually a stab of brakes and a correct suspension set up. There was a twin turbo commodore ute over here a while ago, called "The Judge" After a little while, he took the heavily worked engine and put it in an obscure car that i forget the name of. He ended up hitting the wall at the end of a drag strip at 300Km/hr and killing himself. There was a huge commemorative cruise with 100's of cars in several states because of it. I was recently lucky enough to drive a properly set up drift car, imported from japan, it had all the drift pads on the interior, a modified dash, adjustable suspension.. all really sweet stuff. the car drove a little strange at first, but it was heaven once you were in a corner at 140km/hr. Really smooth, snug feel with the drift pads and the harness. Anyways, enough blabbering.
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PostIcon Posted on: Sep. 08 2001,19:12 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
4wd drive cars can't drift...not very well anyways. in a rear wheel drive car, the powe being delivered to the back wheels means the car is pushed not pulled.....when you run into the turn, after you oversteer, the front end of the car really has no direction so the car slides, and the front end sort of follows the back
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PostIcon Posted on: Sep. 08 2001,19:31 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
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4wd drive cars can't drift...not very well anyways.

sure they can!!! i even have a video of a skyline gt-r (4wd) doing some amazing drifts (it's a popular car for drifting in fact). i've also seen it done by a subaru impreza wrx, mitsubishi lancer evo, and others, all 4wd. according to the driftclub.com site, the video of the lancer drifting supposedly won the drift competition. so it's just that a 4wd car needs to be used with different techniques to get the car sideways and maintain the drift. but it is entirely possible for them to do it, and do it very well, too.

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PostIcon Posted on: Sep. 08 2001,21:17 Skip to the previous post in this topic. Skip to the next post in this topic. Ignore posts   QUOTE
i'd love to visit australia, i've seen lots of aussie web sites of companies that import cars from japan. too bad motorex is the only place you can get a skyline in the US (and they're hella expensive, i might add...) hot damn, i wish i could try out a car with a drift setup..... another reason to go to school abroad for a year in japan btw, you've seen a prelude drift? they're FF.. that's interesting.. shifter, check out the driftclub.com site, they have plenty of videos of 4wd drifting..
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I did a small drift last night... first time.. It was very small, but it was very cool... Gotta learn to do it a little more and practice.
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