How do you drift?

[bostongreen]

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[bluhayz]

bostongreen, that's awesome... thank you very much

[Idrivetoys]

I just hit my "drift" button, its a great investment, heres what happens:

[BLAIR]

damn brought from the dead.. i never saw this thread but i have the drift bible on dvd if anyone wants to check it out... its pretty damn helpful

[Idrivetoys]

First of all learn your car. learn its breaking loose points at certian speeds and turns. I suggest also doing an auto X to learn more about your car, it helps, ALOT! also if/when you are given a track oppurtunity to drift....the first few laps, test the car by driving it at just before the point it breaks, this will help you learn the track and how your car wil repsond.

Scandinavian flick: At or around apex engage clutch, raise Revs, pop the clutch out

Clutch kick: While in slide while losing momentum, hold throttle, with a switch kick press in the clutch and let it out. this keeps your momentum going.

Ebrake drift while approaching a turn give it a yank, with clutch pressed in, steer to a slide, let ebrake down, let off clutch and give it throttle

Weight transfer: take a inside line approaching the turn, abruptly go to the outside line just before the turn and then a swift steer into the turn while on the throttle, then counter steer

Brake drift approach a turn at high speed, get on the brake, put the weight on the front and steer the rear end into a slide then throttle.

not that while these may also be on the drift bible, they may also be called different names. IE. feint

[bluhayz]

Scandinavian flick: At or around apex engage clutch, raise Revs, pop the clutch out

Clutch kick: While in slide while losing momentum, hold throttle, with a switch kick press in the clutch and let it out. this keeps your momentum going.

I believe the scandinavian flick is the rally technique you use where you turn to the outside of the turn and then take a hard turn inside to the rear to break loose. Your definition is of the clutch kick.

not really sure what your clutch kick is... you can explain it, if you want, I have no idea why that would keep your momentum going though.

Clutch kick is when you downshift into a lower gear and just let the clutch out by sliding your foot off the edge (probably not good for the car), this will unsettle the drive train and make your rear tires lose traction almost instantaneously.

Also note: The scandinavian flick is somewhat successful in fwd cars whereas the clutch kick would only work in a rwd car. If you got fwd, your best bet is the e-brake. Using the e-brake to control the loss of traction, and throttle to pull you out of the turn.

Hope that straightened a few things out.

[ScottyB]

Scandinavian flick: At or around apex engage clutch, raise Revs, pop the clutch out

Weight transfer: take a inside line approaching the turn, abruptly go to the outside line just before the turn and then a swift steer into the turn while on the throttle, then counter steer

what you consider weight transfer is actually the S. flick, and the flick is actually the clutch kick.

weight transfer is applying braking forces to elevate traction to the front of the car to manipulate it mid-turn, thus affecting the rotation and cornering speed/trajectory of the car.

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[CaptainHenreh]

I'm with Scotty. The scandinavian flick is a rally technique that basically involves powersliding around a turn by turning out of the corner, then abruptly into the corner while stomping on the throttle and/or yanking the e-brake, causing the car to rotate about the apex.

It's a pretty fast way around a hairpin, if you're good at it.

[G.Irish]

It's a pretty fast way around a hairpin, if you're good at it.

In low traction situations or very very tight hairpins yes. But I wouldn't try it at places like the hairpin at Beaverun.

[CaptainHenreh]

It's a pretty fast way around a hairpin, if you're good at it.

In low traction situations or very very tight hairpins yes. But I wouldn't try it at places like the hairpin at Beaverun.

Well, I was talking about rally, which automatically brings the image of a dirt and gravel road in the middle of the woods in my mind. Not for tarmac, really. Thank you for pointing that out.

[N0VA_zEnKI]

thought this was an interesting thread... i know its old, but back to life maybe? haha. agh, im bored.

Clutch kick is when you downshift into a lower gear and just let the clutch out by sliding your foot off the edge (probably not good for the car), this will unsettle the drive train and make your rear tires lose traction almost instantaneously.

Nah nah... thats referred to as shift locking. Clutch kicking much resembles a physical kick to the pedal while already in the gear... and ya, great for when you begin to lose your momentum (in my case from lack of power), because it kicks your rear back out to that angle you needed, and picks up your speed too But you're sure right about the unsettling of the drivetrain.