Drifting a Prelude?

[ryanmalone]

I'm looking at getting a late 90's prelude... I just got interested in drifting. I like my civic, but it's slow. I don't spose a prelude can be drifted too well?

[Layla's Keeper]

That's a statement that opens up a can of worms that a lot of us probably don't want to get into.

The end run statement, which I hope will negate a huge flame fest, is this: An FF chassis can be tuned to deliver oversteer and by using complex braking techniques and the handbrake, you can slide around an FF car quite a bit and you can enjoy it. However, show drifting as a sport is dominated by rear-wheel-drive cars and you'll have a much easier time of it if you invest in a Nissan 240SX or Mazda RX-7 for drifting.

[flylwsi]

no. you can't really drift a prelude.
you need a rwd car.

[jdmkenji]

i drifted my 95 prelude.... ha!

[flylwsi]

not like you can a rwd car. end of story...

you can't sustain a drift in a fwd car. you can only hold it as long as the momentum stays. you can't hold it like a rwd car with your foot in it.

[jdmkenji]

you can sustain the momentum by having four midgets pushing the car sideways!

END OF STATEMENT!
---- feels like i'm in programming class... hahaha


if (fwd_momentum != req_speed)
{
midget_count++;
midgetpush_func();
}

[flylwsi]

i often wonder why i bother sometimes...

[jdmkenji]

its funny to mess around with internet drifters! this drifting forum is a mess anyways... hahaha

[flylwsi]

well, considering i own a prelude... yeah...

there's far too much smack that gets talked in the drifting forum, and it's generally by people who pretend like they're totally into it, and then someone comes in and gets super technical, and the guy who's "all into drifting" gets mad b/c he got schooled by someone who actually knows what's up...

[2of9]

drifting in the Prelude is possible....in wet turf or in snow . i can drift in my dad's Accord (92'), i dunno about drifting in my dad's car now...i hear alot of sqeaking..LOTS...well...if u drift on the prelude, your backs brakes will break, not bRAKE, brEAK. my friend drifted and he broke his left rotor and brakes...so if i were u, i wouldnt do it.

[DeadCoffee]

Oh man, that sucks, I wanna try drifting, but now that you can't really drift a fwd car, that just breaks me heart..

[True_Slide]

[QUOTE
you can't sustain a drift in a fwd car. QUOTE]



Not exactly true. if you are good enough and have enough speed into the corner you can.

[Suislide]

Originally Posted by DeadCoffee

Oh man, that sucks, I wanna try drifting, but now that you can't really drift a fwd car, that just breaks me heart..

suck it up and get a RWD car then. is that so hard?

snow drifting is not drifting.

FF vs. FR debate is 100% pointless. it will go nowhere. do not start this debate, or i will lock this thread.

[2strokebloke]

My suggestion then, would be that if you really want to get into drifting as a hobby/sport, go by a RWD sports car. If it is just a passing fancy, you can have fun enough in an FF car, however if you change your mind and decide want RWD later, the techniques you learned for drifting FF, will be practically useless for drifting RWD.

[david1486]

it doesnt matter what kind of driving u want to do, rwd is the way to go. drifting can get really expensive buying tires all the time, but it is really fun.
Quote-Not exactly true. if you are good enough and have enough speed into the corner you can.

Wrong. dont talk about it if u dont know about it. without the wheels turning in back, u CANNOT keep the drift up after the momentum goes. the car will just stop