Shifting Weight

[Dorito86]

You can tell when a driver has used the handbrake. It shows on the rear wheels and it shows on the abruptness of break of traction.

@TakeItSideways: Sounds like you're having the same problems I had in the beginning. I assume you also have stock suspension. The problem is that you brake too early into the corner. That combined with the fact of worn bushings and soft suspension means that you don't make full use of weight transfer and the suspension parts absorb most of what you DO transfer. My advice is: Get the drift bible and learn it by heart Then you can try worn rear tyres. The rear will break loose much easier, even with very little weight transfer. Worn rear tyres will also help you when trying to brake late into the corner. Most stock AE86 will understeer during hard brake&turn situations and worn rear tyres help balance things out.

Apart from that, increase the responsiveness of your car to torsional changes. Only way to do that is get some fresh bushings and better springs-shocks. The more responsive the car, the better your chances of getting it right.

Good luck