Drift suspension

[JesseSays]

umm, with proper setup in a FWD car, it will oversteer in steady state...

meaning you could theoretically drift.



BUY WHY!?!?!?!?!

[lscrx]

My CRX would "drift" without the e-brake.

no front sway-bar
22mm rear sway-bar
5 way adjustable shocks
speed-tech springs
205/50/R15 Firehawks up front.
195/50/R15 Nitto 450's in the rear (bald)

My back end was way loose... throttle-lift oversteer at the drop of a hat.
All I had to do to reel in the back tires was give it some gas, they'd hook up and i'd pull the car out of the turn with the front-end.

[KiddX]

umm, with proper setup in a FWD car, it will oversteer in steady state...

meaning you could theoretically drift.



BUY WHY!?!?!?!?!

because thats what they do in initial d DAMMIT!!!!

[BMW ///MPOWER]

you can 4-wheel drift a fwd car easily, you can get a fwd to drift by trail braking and early apexing.

[BMW ///MPOWER]

haha wooops wrong thread lol

[BMW ///MPOWER]

wait a minute.... this is the right one. I am a tard

[lscrx]

because thats what they do in initial d DAMMIT!!!!

I've got Initial D 1 through 9

[Kevin]

i always thought drifting in a FWD car meant sliding out of control into a snow 'drift'???

wouldn't the proper question to ask what spring/strut combo is best to lose control of the back end of your car?

[KiddX]

I've got Initial D 1 through 9

i have stage 1 2 3 and 4, plus extra stage and battle stage

[lscrx]

i have stage 1 2 3 and 4, plus extra stage and battle stage

bah, do you have the "duct-tape death match" DVD?

[silver03p5]

i have 1, 2, 3 and 4 as well as the extra stage and battle stage too <3 suprnova

[ChrisKory]

quote/exactly what he said. FWD drifting does not exist. Plain and simple. There's no "well I saw my friend do it...." bs or anything like that. You cant drife a fwd. PERIOD. You can powerslide, but its not actual drifting./quote

i really detest being so critical
what does it matter?
the escort GT and protege lx are both designed to oversteer

just because they cant power through the corner indefintly, they are not legimiate?

you can initiate a drift with weight transfer, braking, and lifting of throttle mid corner

the rear drifts out, you can controll it

who wrote the rulebook on drift physics again? no one?

it holds a slip angle around corners, it can drift them, how is that not drifting?

[Derekson]

Well drifting, power sliding, whatever, no need to get caught up in the technicalities. FWD can be just as RWD in alot of scenarios. It all depends on your skill.

But I'm sure glad that this thread was able to stay on topic *sigh*

peace

[photoeye0]

Well drifting, power sliding, whatever, no need to get caught up in the technicalities. FWD can be just as RWD in alot of scenarios. It all depends on your skill.

If you didn't say it I would have.

[item4]

drifting can be done in a front drive, you guys get to technical with you terms. powerslide and drift are the same thing, drift is just another name for it. i have been "drifting" for sevral years, i have had many cars, s13 240sx-yashio factory pink, turbo mr2, 200sx s12 turbo rwd.

you guys have to relize drifting is just about controling the car sideways, and what ever it takes to do it. in my s13 there was as much e-breaking as in my civic and protoge. the s13 has tons of understeer and a pull of the ebrake helped it start. cars that dont ebrake have over steer and they use other techniques to start, my mr2 needs no braking, no weight transfer, just lifting of the gas starts it to go.

im not saying that front drives are great at "drifting" just saying thay can do it.
.............also if you cant believe this is true, there are a few new front drives compeating and WINNING formula-d events and competing in D1 championships