Drifting 101 - for the neewbie

nigelr13 wrote:

Did'nt mean for it to come out bad if that's wat you thought, was just mentioning. Thanks for the reply though.

no probs... 🙂

hey SilviaS13, why dont you take over the tread? give us some pointers? 😉

P3g4sus wrote:

hey SilviaS13, why dont you take over the tread? give us some pointers? 😉

x2 ... i agree.. we need a practicing Drifter to give proper advice...

i have a few Q's.. here's number 1 .. 🙂

After speaking with another NAT Pro drifter from the forum.. he was telling me his suspension setup for high speed comp drifting .. and how it differed from low / mid speed setups. I was amazed at the reverse of suspension ideology.. atleast from what i know.

So i guess my Q to you is.. what are your basic setups for low, mid and high speed drifting. Or do you use one kind a setting for all?

DriftZ wrote:

nigelr13 wrote:

What bout the drifting in durban, any1 here anything bout that? I havnt seen much happen, or actually nothing infact. Heard all these guys building fast cars and big plans but nothing cums out seems. Hope some1 has more info than i do.

well.. guys that spend big bucks on there cars in Durban are not gonna publicly post where they are 'street' drifting.. now are they.

all im saying is just coz you dont know doesnt mean its not happning... 🙂

Don't be so touchy o, was just mentioning, 😀 lets keep it clean. Haha 😛

Well it depends on the driver the car and style,

i use a basic setup for any drift,i guess if your drifting at 180km
or drifting at 40kmh then the changes can be significant but usually you drifting between 65kmh-130kmh so i find that minor changes to the damping and spring rate according to the track surface will do.

Then again thats the way i drive, i tend to adjust my driving to the way the car react at high or low speedoing big changes to suspension requires a lot of testing and experiance.

So you would you adjust your dampers and spring rate just by trial and error and feel for the track? Also how'd you get your initial setup for camber, caster & toe etc.?

nigelr13 wrote:

So you would you adjust your dampers and spring rate just by trial and error and feel for the track? Also how'd you get your initial setup for camber, caster & toe etc.?

Stock setting to start with

castor i left standerd.as for camber i run as much camber i can get for best front end grip.anything from 3-5 dagrees negative is good.
toe i like to run about 0.5-1 negetive(facing out)on my car that works best and also it gives slightly more steering angle.

damping and spring rate is trial and error at the moment,basicly we trying to stop the car from bouncing in the back,also we trying to make the car more loose at the back because the tires we use are to gripy,you want the car to carry on sliding once you of the power.

cool... so what does your suspension consist of? ie .. coilovers.. complete arm kit .. uprated sway bars... urethane bushes... etc ..?

Also .. do you do your own alignment or do you take it to .. say 'tiger wheel & tyre' and tell them the settings you want .. 🙂

get Uras pinapple^^

They called driftsquad and it almost every sunday at 3pm at atmostpher and i know a few open tar spots were you can drift in capetown.

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What width and tyre presure must the rear tyres be for grip wile drifting for a beginner 165 or 195 or 205 etc.

Depends on power, but 195 or 125 is good.
165 will have NO grip and despite what you may think, you want grip!

Thanks djtreble understood, so 195 sounds like right number im pushing 220kw on the rw

At that power 205 or 225

205 to start, then go 225

and as for tyre pressure,what must it be?

Play around until you get the right feel. The higher you go, the less grip it has. The lower you go, the more grip you have.

Oh ok i see makes sense thanks djtreble.