240sx Drifting
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watched some drift racing last weekend. Just wish the tib was rwd so i could drift it.
check out this video i took while i was there.
240SX Drifting
check out this video i took while i was there.
240SX Drifting
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Drifting is a motorsport? cool.gif
No but you can try to do it on a track if you really want. Get some azenis up front and some real bad tires in the rear. In the rear tire fill to 55 psi or whatever max is. Trail brake and theres "drifting" dont most ppl just use a hand brake instead of power anyways.
If you want to slide around and keep the Tib do that, but just try like autox or some other non show thing also and see how you like that also.
DO NOT do this on the street, track only. It will be much easier to do autox events because there are more and the Tib will do much better in that environment.
No but you can try to do it on a track if you really want. Get some azenis up front and some real bad tires in the rear. In the rear tire fill to 55 psi or whatever max is. Trail brake and theres "drifting" dont most ppl just use a hand brake instead of power anyways.
If you want to slide around and keep the Tib do that, but just try like autox or some other non show thing also and see how you like that also.
DO NOT do this on the street, track only. It will be much easier to do autox events because there are more and the Tib will do much better in that environment.
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Ya know, drifting a FF is easier than most people make it out to be. It just takes a little knowledge of physics and some good hand eye coordination. For starters, most people initiate a drift on tarmac with the ebrake anyway. The trick here is knowing when to yank it. When you take a corner hard, wait until you feel the fronts almost disengage with the road, give a good hard yank on the hand brake (don't forget to drop it down quick, leave it up too long and you'll just come to an ungraceful stop), then countersteer and mash the gas. If you hit the corner at a decent speed, you'll be going sideways, at least for a little while. Then theres the scandinavian flick. Before hitting the corner, wobble your car side to side a little, to unbalance the rear tires. You have to make your wobbles wider in a FF than in a FR since the unpowered wheels will be a lot grippier than the fronts. Another thing that helps get you into a turn sideways is a very well-placed break tap right before turning. If you hit the break lightly for just a fraction of a second. If you do it right, the momentum of your car will cause the front to dive, pushing extra weight on your fronts. Assuming you're riding on good tires and aren't trying this on wet roads, the extra pressure up front will give your fronts some extra grip and unbalance the rears enough to where if you turn in sharply, you'll get a little bit of over-steer, which when combined with speed, gas, and proper countersteering, you can translate into sideways motion.
So go out and find an empty parking lot and practice. Few of these maneuvers (except that last one, which has a lot of other uses) will be much good on a track during an autox event, but they're all fun to do.
So go out and find an empty parking lot and practice. Few of these maneuvers (except that last one, which has a lot of other uses) will be much good on a track during an autox event, but they're all fun to do.
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The National Auto Sport Association recognizes drifting as a motorsport, so it must be. So do all the showy people, Nopi and the rest.
and just give it up, you're never going to drift like you see 240sx's doing in your tiburon. unless it's snowing.
and just give it up, you're never going to drift like you see 240sx's doing in your tiburon. unless it's snowing.
