Any manual transmission Rear wheel and a lot of all wheel drive cars can be drifted. You can compensate for a lack of power by entering the corner with a higher entry speed and throwing the car off balance on entry. Go on Limewire or Bitcomet and search for a movie called Drift Bible. It is a movie\documentary made by a man called Keiichi Tsuchiya who is called the Drift King in Japan. It will tell you all the basics for learning to drift. Good luck and have fun!
2006-11-17 16:53:46
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answered by Maverick off Top Gun 3
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Normal cars don't have the type of tires or the horsepower for drifting.
Drifting must be done with RWD cars (FWD cars cannot drift, at least not in the traditional sense of drifting). You need rear tires that are relatively "loose" AND a lot of horsepower to break the rear loose, which is why most drift setup cars are RWD turbos or have big engines. Finally, most drift cars have front steering changes to help them achieve better steering angles, beyond what a normal car can do.
So "drifting a normal car" is basically an oxymoron.
EDIT: So to drift a properly setup drift car? How much car physics do you know? Do you know what is "weight transfer"? How about "break the tail loose"? "Understeer"? You need to know how it works to actually do it.
Oh, and a LOT of money to buy new tires. You'll use one set in about 15-30 minutes. Don't forget spare wheels and jacks and crew and all that.
Handbrake in a true drift car would NEVER be touched UNLESS you're in a dire emergency (like you're about to kiss the wall). It's known as the "Hail Mary lever". The hand-brake drift is the MOST BASIC of all drifts and is not really counted as a drift at all.
Drifting, in the most basic form, means the thrust line is NOT coinciding with the car's motion vector. In other words, your car is thrusting one way, but your car's is actually moving in some OTHER direction. To an outside, the car's almost going sideways (though usually the slip angle does not exceed 30 degrees, depending on the steering setup)
Say you're making a drift right-turn. The proper procedure is to approach it at speed, hit brakes AND lift off throttle, which will send weight of car forward, thus making rear break loose. WIth a bit of right turn the tail will swing out. You then countersteer (to left, as this is a RIGHT turn) to keep the car going as well as accelerate again to keep the wheel spinning, generating just enough thrust to combine with the momentum to get you through the turn.
This is totally CONTRARY to normal driving, which is known as "grip driving".
2006-11-18 00:01:58
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answered by Kasey C 7
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I know of no sites but back in the late 70's early 80's Car and Driver came out with an article and with that and MY experience here is how you learn to drift in any car. Pick a curve,preferrably one you can see around or even better an S curve You take it at a speed that feels good,note the speed,turn around and come back throughit at a speed you feel good at .now turn around and lock your cruise control at 5 mph faster and take it again in both directions( if you can see car coming drop speed before entering curve to let them pass safely) Keep increasing your speed at 5 mph untill you feel all tires sliding /screeching and drive it through( If ya let off in the curve you will slide rearend first and that ain't no good so do it with cruise control. BINGO you have found the correct speed and then try it with the gas pedal cause ya know it can do itNEVER LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL CAUSE THAT IS WHAT CAUSES THE REAR ENDTO PASS THE FRONT END(spin out,guard rail here I come)Practice coming up to a 90 degree turn with a front wheel drive and jam on the brakes while cutting the wheel right or left, let off the brakes at the right time to line the rear up with the front ,off the brake and back on the the gas and you will shoot out at the same speed you shot into the slide at . Pick a road you can see around the 90 degree turn so you can abort the procedure if an oncoming car is there. The best car I ever had for 4 wheel drift was a 1965 Corvair.Light front end rear wheel drive with the motor in the back . #2 was a 1977 Eldorado front wheel drive and 3rd was a 1984 Corvette I have done them in a 1990 Tbird SC,a 1989 Olds 98 and a 1997 Eldorado ETC !!! So just a little practice and you can enjoy the thrill of drifting in anything, front wheel drive,rear wheel or mid eng through series of curves you know and then REMEMBER .DO NOT LET OFF IN A SLIDE as it will wreck ya . The boys in Nascar will tell ya this
2006-11-18 01:01:14
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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watch tokyo drift....and u need a handbrake with a RWD car...once u pop the handbrake turn the wheel and it will start drifting then ur floor it.
2006-11-18 00:27:40
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answered by airforcenone2008 2
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