The Drifting Thread

[Kelbyat07]

Originally Posted by philstar

For those beginning, yes this car is very very twitchy in stock form, only thing I can say is get out there and keep practicing. There is a balance between the steering, braking, and clutch work that all work together. Here is a quick video of me in my FR-S when it was bone stock after owning it for a little over a month.

Inside and outside view.

Holy crap a girl driving in manual and drifting?

[philstar]

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

Holy crap a girl driving in manual and drifting?

I'm a girl? must be my skinny asian forearms haha

[JordanWho]

Originally Posted by philstar

I think 17's with 215 really suit this car at least at a stockish power level. I had custom spacers made from www.motorsport-tech.com, high quality made in the USA stuff, and very easy to deal with. They even rushed my order since I was on a deadline for a drift event coming up.

What size spacers did you have made?

[philstar]

Originally Posted by JordanWho

What size spacers did you have made?

I had them make me some custom 5x100 to 5x114 30mm spacers, hubcentric to car and hubcentric to wheel

[Kelbyat07]

Originally Posted by philstar

I'm a girl? must be my skinny asian forearms haha

Lol wait youre not? Judging by your pic and tour arms.. Uh oh sorry if that offended you..

[philstar]

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

Lol wait youre not? Judging by your pic and tour arms.. Uh oh sorry if that offended you..

then that would make you Derrick Rose haha, its okay no offense taken

[allmotorrex]

Originally Posted by Kelbyat07

Lol wait youre not? Judging by your pic and tour arms.. Uh oh sorry if that offended you..

Hahaha I thought the same thing for some reason. But he has a point ....... Unless you really are Mr. Rose .......

[Muskokan]

This one actually helped, thanks for the actual advice, the opposite steer is what I needed, I don't think I had enough sideways momentum before, lastnight I was sliding it out almost everytime and keeping it sideways a lot longer

Originally Posted by 86_Insider

Approach the corner (For this, picture a right hand corner.)

turn slightly to the left (opposite the apex) then hard to the right, as the car unsettles and begins to transfer, kick the clutch. Quickly countersteer while controlling the cars angle with the throttle.

It takes a few times to get it down.

The car will drift as long as you want it to, sometimes a second clutch kick mid drift is necessary.

It wont look pretty, but a Stock FRS is very driftable out of the box

[canu_50]

car in stock form is twitchy a little bit but you redo an alignement and go from there!

17's is really the way to go for drifting!!

My season is finish for me! Winter is coming and my car need some parts replace before going back out on track!

Good thing, all is warrantied from toyota.. this time they let it pass.

[Kelbyat07]

Originally Posted by allmotorrex

Hahaha I thought the same thing for some reason. But he has a point ....... Unless you really are Mr. Rose .......

Want an autograph?

[86_Insider]

Originally Posted by Muskokan

This one actually helped, thanks for the actual advice, the opposite steer is what I needed, I don't think I had enough sideways momentum before, lastnight I was sliding it out almost everytime and keeping it sideways a lot longer

Good job man! Glad you were able to see some positive results from my advice.

Now go watch this 12 times until you can speak Japanese and report back

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQyQgyuNMI"]The Drift Bible (How to drift for starters/pro's) with the Drift King (FULL HQ) - YouTube[/ame]

[gatorbushmen]

I know this question will sound generic in form, but whatever.....
What coilovers would you guys recommend for drifting? I'd say I have enough experience with stock height.

I know lots of people recommend stance super sports.

[canu_50]

For me personnaly, after trying multiple of coilover on either lapping or drifting, and i even had a suspension sponsorship last year for my 86, i am going with KW!

More expensive then most of them, but the ride quality, adjustement friendly and lifetime warranty makes the KW sound just right for me!

I had driven HSD/KONI/Ground Control/Bilstein pss9-10/Standard Suspension/Stance/KW

[TylerLieberman]

Stance. 90% who ACTUALLY drift their cars run Stance. Best bang for the buck option out there. Quality product/great pricing/amazing customer service.

The guys at Stance/Touge Factory are super cool guys as well who have a genuine passion for all things automotive. I've been buying stuff through them for longer than I can remember and their customer service is always fantastic.

If you have $2,000+ that you're willing to spend on coilovers, KW V3s are a good option.