Drifting 101 - for the neewbie
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well.. guys that spend big bucks on there cars in Durban are not gonna publicly post where they are 'street' drifting.. now are they.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.
all im saying is just coz you dont know doesnt mean its not happning...
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x2 ... i agree.. we need a practicing Drifter to give proper advice...P3g4sus wrote:hey SilviaS13, why dont you take over the tread? give us some pointers?
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?
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Don't be so touchy o, was just mentioning, lets keep it clean. HahaDriftZ wrote:well.. guys that spend big bucks on there cars in Durban are not gonna publicly post where they are 'street' drifting.. now are they.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.
all im saying is just coz you dont know doesnt mean its not happning...
Will Drift For Tires..........
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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.
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.
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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.
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.