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Originally Posted by JKBigHungry
hey a good drift car. should have a good LSD. Limited Slip Diff. something with alot of power rear end and engine. I say v6 or turbo 4. like a 240sx or maybe a mustang. U have to really put lot of thought in to this. Drifting cars are hard to come buy. U have to look around to find the right one. When I was Rallying i got a WRX because I knew that car was made for Rallying and thats what i did. so look around for a drift machine like something that is used in the D1 Drifting events, or anything like that. Have you been trying and going to a track to learn how to drift right so you don't wreck the car the first time u drift. im not saying that you may not be good but it takes alot of time to be good at something. You got a good head on your shoulder about driving a good way. Drifting is 1 of the most awesome forums of driving. it takes alot of skill to get the car to respond to you. when you kick the car out of control you have to be able to get it back in control. so just remeber that drifting there is no wax on wax off to it. It just takes time. I hoipe you the best of luck in your path to being a drift King. Your friend and fan Jack.
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Just because the pros all have limited slip diff rear ends. You dont need it to start out . first learn about racing lines and grip racing . then once you feel comfortable with a picked out racing line in a safe area (somewhere you can mess up and not hit a thing )and you know what you are doing on that line you picked out. then start to pick up speed a bit so that you can get a feel of what it feels like to push your tires traction beyond what they can handle. notice that your car will loose rear grip during slight braking (on most cars) this will give you a feel of what weight shift feels like.. try to keep your grip line while sliding ( one way to get a good feel of what weight shift can do to your traction is to drive a rear wheel drive car with worn out shocks) A car with worn out shocks will give the car alot more weight shift to practice with.
In general a soft suspension car near its grip limit will oversteer while slowing and understeer while accelerating (as long as you are not power sliding it ) ...That is where having no lsd comes in good for a beginner
WHAT DID I JUST SAY (it takes about half as much power to spin one tire as it dose two and if only one tire is starting to loose traction then that only leaves one tire on the rear to handle the lateral gs ,the result is lots of oversteer .
you will need to learn weight shift drifting as well as power over.
On a car with no LSD it will drift a bit different turning right compared to left if you are using power over drifting .so in a beginners car with worn out shocks no LSD and low power learn weight shift and brake drifting and you will be ahead of the class when you come up with enough money to put coilovers, engine swap , and lsd in it. (then add power over , and the occasional E brake tap, after you master all else.)
( avoid the temptation to learn by E brake only and you will be much happier of a intermediate Drifter ) THat was a lot .
OH even the Drift King started out with no LSD.
