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Drifting techniques:

Power Over - To use the power over method you need alot of power as the name suggests. Basically, you enter the corner at full throttle to cause the wheels to break traction and slide. To control this you should be using the throttle on and off so that you don't spin but you still are breaking traction.

Shift Lock - When entering the corner, downshift, do not release the clutch until the revs have dropped right down which will cause the rear tyres to lock and therefore producing the desired oversteer effect. This method is very similar to using the handbrake but will cause more stress on the driveline.

Handbrake Drift - This is as simple as the name sounds. Basically just clutch in (very important or else it wont do anything) and pull the handbrake to cause the rear tyres to lock up and break traction, use the throttle to control the drift through the corner.

Clutch Kick - On approach to the corner, or mid drift, clutch in then increase the revs and drop the clutch (release the clutch quickly, also know as dumping the clutch) causing the tyres to break traction and inducing the car into oversteer which is what you want. Control this drift with the throttle to keep the traction broken.

Feint - To feint, you need to approach the corner, turn away from the corner then sharply back towards the corner using the momentum forces to cause loss of traction therfore inducing the drift. This method is best for low powered cars.

Setting up a car for drift:

Must have's - Before trying to setup a car for drift, you need a rear wheel drive (RWD) car and limited slip differential (LSD)

Suspension - If you are going to start somewhere, start here. I cannot recommend highly enough suspension work. A major "enemy" in drift is body roll. This is caused by soft springs which usually come with stock suspension. Manufacturers usually provide soft springs because it is a more confortable ride for the customer which 95% of people would prefer over a really firm uncomfortable ride which should be used for drift. If you are on a budget, don't waste your time by cutting springs or even buying lowered springs. To get a decent setup I strongly recommend getting some decent drift aftermarket adjustable coilovers. Other items I suggest are strut bars (front and rear) to stiffen up the chassis, sway bars to prevent body roll, adjustable castor rods to adjust the castor obviously and a front and rear camber kits. You should get a workshop to setup your camber, but basically you need negative front camber (the top of the wheels point inwards slightly) and 0 degrees rear camber.

Braking - If you are going to go throwing your car around sideways, definately upgrade the brakes. Sure, you could spend the money on increasing the power, but after you do suspension, then you add more power, how are you going to stop? There is nothing worse than miscalculating a drift and not being able to stop. Make sure that when you upgrade the brakes, you upgrade both front and rear. You can start by doing something like upgrading the pads to metal or even to race type brakes with high temperature resistance. While you are there, you can uprage the rotors to give better stopping like getting drilled rotors which keep them cooler as heat can disperse alot better than a standard solid rotor. If you want to go the whole way, you can upgrade the calipers as well, which will help you stop ALOT better. Also, by upgrading the rear at the same time, it helps with your handbraking.

Power - After you have done the suspension and braking mods, move on to the power mods. The best type of car to use would be some sort of turbo car. We will base this on a Nissan 180SX SR20DET. First, install a front mount intercooler. Then, exhaust and an aftermarket computer, something like a powerFC would be perfect, do not just go and get a piggy back computer. Next, I would suggest getting a bigger fuel pump, and possibly injectors. After you have done this, then upgrade the turbo, for SR20DET i recommend a HKS GT2530. Now you will need a boost controller. Don't go and buy a cheap bleeder valve you get what you pay for. Go for something like A'Pexi AVC-R electronic boost controller as they are feature rich and high quality. Now you are ready to get your car tuned and dynoed. Once you have done that, you should have approx 200rwkw which is perfect for a drift car.

Wheels - If you have aftermarket wheels, such a 17" rims would wide grippy tyres, I would suggest replacing the rear wheels with your stock rims when you drift as they will usually have less grippy tyres and be not as wide, allowing for better drift.