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944drift 944drift is offline
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when i drift my 944 i use a few different methods depending on what im trying to do. The best way for me is to speed into the corner and trail brake than heal toe, let off the brake and throttle than turn into the corner hard hit the brakes than gas. You should be sideways at this point. The brake will move the wieght to your front wheels making the slide easier. I heal toe before turning because it allows me to slow the wheels a bit and do a slight shiftlock. I heal toe to 3200 rpm instead of 3500 which slows the wheels just enough not to lock them but instead move the weight and slow you down. Than you turn into the corner and brake for like a split second pretty hard this causes understear so when you let off the brake it will cause overstear. By letting off the brake and giving it no gas for a second it sets the car up perfectly to be turned sideways with a quick punch of the gas. imediatly after you hit the gas you should be sideways and counterstearing while slowly reapplying throttle to keep the car within its torque band so that the wheels stay spinning.

Also make sure you counterstear enough i used to just turn the wheel like almost once around and it wasnt enough. It took me a while to figure this out. I turn it almost two times now depending on speed than start to turn back into the corner so i stay sideways. I turn back in and let off the gas a bit then hit the gas hard and begin more counterstearing. You can stay sideways for a while doing this.
Go find a safe place and give it a try. If you get into it and need more help get the drift bible video and watch the part where he drifts the ae86. Thats pretty much how to do it in an underpowered car.
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Old 03-15-2005, 09:24 AM
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