i was arguing with my mom that an e brake is diffrent then a parking brake is there a diffrence

 

No, it's the same thing.

 

An e brake is exactly the same and does exactly the same job as a parking brake. Think of this, when you park a standard car, you park it with the e brake, otherwise known as a parking brake. Exactly the same device but with different names. The parking brake on automatic cars can also be used as an emergency brake if your main hydraulic lines ever broke down. Same use, only different names. Both are cable driven systems.

 

then what do they do when they drift dont they use the ebrake as one of the methods

 

"The second technique is used by a few drifters in rear wheel drives, but is the only way you can really drift a front wheel drive. You have to use the side brake. A front wheel drive can not whip it's tail out because the tires are being driven in the front as opposed to the rear. So when approaching a turn you pull the side brake to cause traction loss."

Read THIS to no how drifting works

 

Mill, you are introducing one more term - side brake. It may be valid, but does not add to clarity I guess

 

side brake controls part of the brake system right

 

side brake=e-brake , or at least I think that is what mills is referring to.

 

ok just so many terms

 

you got it..

ok READ THIS ..they say e-brake

"E-brake drift - The driver enters the turn and pulls the emergency brake to lock the back wheels. She steers into the turn, and the back end swings out into a drift. This is a basic drifting technique."