The Drifting Thread

[Ryaquinn]

I have an event on Saturday. I'm going to try and replicate it then pull fuze to see the difference.

[JordanWho]

Originally Posted by TylerLieberman

Yes reverie rake is having the front higher than the rear. Clutch kick works best of initiating in my opinion. It won't scrub your speed like handbrake does. If the first corner is a 90 degree turn or a hairpin and you have a good amoun of run up, I would use handbrake on the straight coming up to the corner to set the angle.

Anything between like 50-75mph, I initiate 3rd. Higher or lower uses different gear. You want mid 3rd for clutch kick. If you're redline in 3rd and you're gonna clutchkick, I would just upshift again and then handbrake in 4th and drop down to 3rd

Thanks for this info. Can't wait for my next event to try this.

[JordanWho]

Originally Posted by DarkCard

Question for you guys, I'm fairly new as well. Im getting alot better modulating my throttle control where I can hold a slide in a circle, when I try to make a transition from say a left to right Im snapping the car too hard and ultimately spin out. How can I fix this?

Just get on a skid pan with two cones at either end and try and drift around one then hold the drift until you feel the cars weight transfer and then go the other way around. It's hard to explain but you just need to get on a skid pan and keep at it until you get it. It will happen....

This is a video of me on a skid pan when I was still learning. The day this video was filmed, I didn't know how to link corners in the morning, then this was captured that evening. You'll get it, you just need to practice.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFgaq8wsgqM"]Toyota 86 on QR skidpan - YouTube[/ame]

[philstar]

I usually pull the ABS fuse before doing any serious drifting.

picture from an event the other weekend

[executivekoala]

I need some advice, I've found a nice empty lot near my house I have been using to practice and I have been clutch kicking at 2nd gear at 4k rpm or around 45mph and it seems like half way through my drift i lose low end tq and I slow down a lot, any advice?

[BoostinIX]

Kick again. Multiple kicks is common in lower power.

[namdoog]

Originally Posted by Ryaquinn

Thought I might start in this thread:
I have been using the pedal dance every time I go to the track. I usually do 2-3 all day events a month. I have been having an issue with the gauges at the last two events. Last week event mid day after a run I had the stability light and ABS light come on. Turned the car off and all went away. Didn't have any other issues for the rest of the day. Did an event yesterday and same thing happened mid day, but it turned off on its own after about twenty seconds on the course.

I had the ECU replaced last year after the CEL came on during a track event and put the car in limp mode not letting me adjust TCS or stability.

Has anyone been having issues like this so far? Let me know if I need to explain more.

FWIW I just pull the ABS fuse instead of dealing with the pedal dance. Just put the fuse back in at the end of the day and have not had any issues.

[Ryaquinn]

Increased my front camber from -1.5 to -4.5. A little extreme but the difference was amazing with transitions. I was able to pull out some third gear bank drifts. [ame]http://youtu.be/cv6J8_BQkKY[/ame]



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[TylerLieberman]

^^ Front camber is amazing for drifting. I run -3 up front now. Once I get the new knuckles installed, I'll end up going to probably -4 and increase caster from 5.9 to 7 degrees.

That track looks kind of fun. Nice bank with a tight infield section

[Ryaquinn]

It's amazing how easy this car is to work on, even coming from a 240. ARP wheel studs, BBK, and race seat are next. Best mods for drifting so far was the trailer hitch setup for tires though 😉





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[Ryaquinn]

http://s867.photobucket.com/user/Ala...11f43.mp4.html

Here's the course, really high banked short circle


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[Enraged21]

@JordanWho are those 17" or 18" regas? I know they made 18 but they're even more rare.

[Lanbaldo3]

anyone going to the last Fatlace Word up event in norcal?

[JordanWho]

Originally Posted by Enraged21

@JordanWho are those 17" or 18" regas? I know they made 18 but they're even more rare.

I'm running 17". I wish I could find 18" because my PMU BBK doesn't fit under these 17's unless I'm running 30mm spacers.