this is actally a real civic drift car, he uses the e-brake but whatever, first thing i seen somthing like this..

http://videos.streetfire.net/Player....8935556436&p=5

 

Ive read an article on that before. However, FWD's cant drift. He mainly sliding. RWD's drift because they are spinning with out much traction thus propelling the car to do that.

 

wouldnt that be harder on the car then just spinning wheels? and bad wear on the tires?

 

ahh yes, the age old debate of FWD drifting, more affectionately known as "*** dragging". the reason why a car is supposed to drift in the first place is to prevent understeer in a RWD car, allowing it to keep up its momentum through a curve. even though now drifting is more of a showoff then an actual technique in racing, fwd drifting is an oxymoron. all that aside, kind of a cool video (only got to watch part because the comp i'm on is 56k [:@])

uummmmm, you know how drifting works right?

 

what mossy said. '*** sliding' as its become known as around here is not drifting.

ps if you watch a lot of amature autoX then you see a lot of drifting. its still used a lot as a driving technique. but like you said its a lot of showofyness for the most part nowadays

 

yeah but wouldnt the wear on the tires be worse because they are just slidding rather than spinning? and then the front wheels would be pulling the car against the force of the *** drag. because in rear wheel drifting dont you just grab the ebrake to start the slide and then get right back on the gas?

 

not really. In RWD, you can even drift on a sraight street. I usually do one of the following:

1. Downshift and floor the gas - not at high speeds. I just go up to like 35mph in second, then slow down just enough to be able to downshift into 1st. This usually results in rear end kicking out

2. if it's wet, then I can just floor it in the 1st and the same thing happens as in the 1st technique.

3. enter the turn quickly and downshift to the 2nd. This is not as safe as straight line drifting, because I always fear sliding into the curb.

Bottom line is that using e-brake is not necessary at all. I'm almost positive that you can do this in any RWD

 

i think they were talking fwd though with the wear on the tires.. yes that would cause worse wear and probably random bald spots on the tread.. i was playing around last night with my car on my road i did a ebrake slide for about 100-120 feet... i was going 70 and jacked it... .. i never thought an auto would be such a powerful car.. i love when my car acels it puts u in ur seat and spins em up.. plus when the passing gear kicks in around 100 it really goes fast.. rock on vtec!!

 

yea i kno alot about what can result from "*** sliding" i had an 88 hatch and i used to "drift" it around curves and stuff and i hit a cement barrier. but i found out that it pretty much flatspots your tires and u get this irritating bounce when u drive at high speeds, its fun though if u feel like trashing a completly good car, its also hard on the cv axles of a FWD. but whatever i only do it in the snow and in empty parking lots now lol

 

no offense man, but it's doing idiotic things like that on public road that can give imports a bad name [&:]. plus your lucky you didn't loose control and go off the road