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Originally Posted by Biggie™
Just an FYI... Drifting is all about grip, the more grip you have the faster you can drift.
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Its a common misconception that drifting is complete and total loss of the rear wheels. There's actually still grip going on in the rear during a slide, and its that grip, countersteer, and throttle management that keeps you from spinning out.
If you put smaller wheels on the rear (in my picture, the rear wheels are the 1986-1987 factory 'snowflake' alloys, coming in at 14x5.5, 1.5 inches smaller than my fronts) and crappier tires, you create oversteer, but you also lose grip in the rear, making it MUCH harder to slide at any speed worth noting. Its extremely easy to spin out.
You have to find a balance between creating oversteer and maintaining some form of grip in the rear. Part of creating oversteer has nothing to do with the tires (though matching your tires with this part is very important) or wheel selection, rather, damper and spring rates on the both the front and rear.
There's obviously the other end of the spectrum. Too much contact patch in the rear / too sticky a tire (for your power output) and you'll have a very hard time creating a drift you can control.