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No drifting/handbrake turn
- Thread starter SloCal
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Wowzers... your friends BRZ is also rear wheel drive. These cars cook brakes as is, i HIGHLY suggest you DONT do that. Very possible to warp your rear rotors and/or damage other parts.
Personally its much funner to drift it by flinging it way too fast into a corner, rear end will step right out especially if you lift off the throttle.
Personally its much funner to drift it by flinging it way too fast into a corner, rear end will step right out especially if you lift off the throttle.
[MENTION=3124]SloCal[/MENTION], For what ever reason, most drift cars are fitted with a set of additional hydraulic calipers on the rear rotors.
An additional master cylinder with handle is then mounted.
As you have found out, the normal E-Brake is not strong enough to perform this task unless you are going too fast on a wet surface.
Many of us here were taught some of these skills at the Octane Academy.
Yes, these can be fun stunts to perform at an appropriate venue.
However they can be very dangerous on regular streets.
Dave
An additional master cylinder with handle is then mounted.
As you have found out, the normal E-Brake is not strong enough to perform this task unless you are going too fast on a wet surface.
Many of us here were taught some of these skills at the Octane Academy.
Yes, these can be fun stunts to perform at an appropriate venue.
However they can be very dangerous on regular streets.
Dave
Alrighty.
To start off, e brake drifting is something that Fast and Furious made popular. Which is never the way pro drivers actually drift unless it's rallying and then they have hydraulic e brakes for that (Ken Block). But, even then he only uses that trick a little. So, most get a RWD because they can spin those tires and slide the car. Doesn't necessarily work that way for a FWD. Not saying it's impossible, just a lot more challenging. And to boot, doing this will wreck your e brake and potentially more. Your buddy with the BRZ is going to have a really expensive bill. Don't know why when he has a RWD.
That said, if you really want to e brake drift your car, it's your car. youre going to need to go into a turn with a little speed and then pull it. Just a little! And either way you're going to have to use the 'lame' throttle to maintain it. Orrrrrrrrrrr, you put a pair of crappy tires on the rear (or all around). You could even put on drifting slicks.
And the REAL way it's done, is by maintaining a speed of let's say 30 in a circle just to start, pushing in the clutch to let the engine rev high and then releasing it fast and let the car slide.
To start off, e brake drifting is something that Fast and Furious made popular. Which is never the way pro drivers actually drift unless it's rallying and then they have hydraulic e brakes for that (Ken Block). But, even then he only uses that trick a little. So, most get a RWD because they can spin those tires and slide the car. Doesn't necessarily work that way for a FWD. Not saying it's impossible, just a lot more challenging. And to boot, doing this will wreck your e brake and potentially more. Your buddy with the BRZ is going to have a really expensive bill. Don't know why when he has a RWD.
That said, if you really want to e brake drift your car, it's your car. youre going to need to go into a turn with a little speed and then pull it. Just a little! And either way you're going to have to use the 'lame' throttle to maintain it. Orrrrrrrrrrr, you put a pair of crappy tires on the rear (or all around). You could even put on drifting slicks.
And the REAL way it's done, is by maintaining a speed of let's say 30 in a circle just to start, pushing in the clutch to let the engine rev high and then releasing it fast and let the car slide.
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