Drifting techniques and setups
 

How many of us drift our xmods? Tell your setup, your surface, and your technique in this thread. I will post mine when I get my xmod and get it dialed in.

there are alot of these but heres mine
awd
hard slicks all the way around
soft spraing all the way around
red s2 motor
surface= hard wood or tile

Stage 1 yellow motor, but with blue bevel gear
Soft tread tires
IC-3 batteries
Most important: 4 Wheel Drive

I apporach the turn at HIGH speed, all the way. I turn sharply and then apply a little brake, but very briskly (like for a plit second) then punch the throttle and gradually release the steering wheel for a niiiice drift. Normally, with RWD, the back wheels are spinning like heck....sure. But when you turn, the pulling force of the turn plus the wheels spinning like mad, plus weight holding the car down from flipping, can equal an E-Z spinout. And when you turn the other way to prevent spinning out, the rear is thrust so much from turning at first, that when you turn the other way the rear end is now allowed to thrust (lol.....perverts :p) out the other way, like a bouncing ball, cuz of the force from swinging around from the previous turn. :eek:

With AWD, or 4WD, you can turn sharply, and it will slowly lose traction, but that's cuz instead of instantly swinging it's bootay (heh heh.....no pun intended), the front wheels will pull it too....and RWD can't move the rear end around with the front wheels trying to pull it foward. Thus, you lose traction in all 4 wheels, and as it is about to spin out, let go of the steering wheel, and all four wheels are instantly pulling it straight, thus bringing it out of the drift and zooming it away. :)

Chuckster...

^.^"

I'm extremely sorry, dude, but I don't have the right camera to do it. I can't record directly on the memory card, thus the recording is not turned into a computer file....I can only do it on a tape. Sorry bro. :(

But, if I were to plug a wire from the camera to the PC, and play the video on the camera and record THAT onto the PC...then I'd have it made...I just need the right software.

Chuckster...

Setup: Look at sig, hard slicks, LSD @ 0-5% slip
Surface: Hard concrete slab
Technique: Accel off, and power over

Skyline drifter

motor : s2 yellow SB hybrid w/ blue gear

surface : tile

tire setup : foams all around
( this surprisly helped me out alot by making me able slide out a little bit on my grippy tile and also decrease bumpiness due to the divets in the tile.)

Also : AWD , battery's in center position

i have hard springs becuase it will help slide becuase the soft spring have too much toe in and will able u to go around the turn smoothly.

awd
mini-z tires
stage 2 drift(duh)
o and :bdrop:
hard wood floor

Spring rate has nothing to do with toe. :rolleyes:

I drift on my street w/ my car. I have to get a running start to, though.

Setup is:

RSX pulvarized into a beater (I wanna paint it Flat Black, old skool)
Red S2
6 cell
IC3s
Bearings
Stock everything else

RWD drifter;)

i set my car up for natural understeer. when you punch it enough to break rear traction tho, it oversteers. i can get some nice manji drifts with this set up too.(swaying back and forth down a straight)

suspension
-hard springs
-1.5 toe in
-rear stabilizer bar
-negative camber(rear)
tires
s1 custom: medium
s2 hybrid: soft
*the more power, ull want to have more grip.
-gear diff lsd (90% lock)

Hey. I need help with a setup. I will drift on the driveway and street. What is the best setup for me? Also how do you change your camber?It looks awsome and i think it will work.

AWD Kit
Soft springs(red)
Drift Kit
Stage 2 motor(red)
take off the body and your set :D
(Light weight reduction!)

ok thanks a bunch. But, i have been told to use hard(blue) for it.

harder will be your best bet. more responsive and easier to break traction.:) make adjustments from there.