How do you drift ?

[Ian.G]

A lot of drifting is to do with weight transfer on the car.

The e-brake/handbrake (call it what you want) is good for locking the rear wheels - and if you are not travelling in a perfectly straight line can cause the car start to slide.

This does not have the same effect on the car as for example trail braking. Pulling he ebrake does not have as bigger effect on weight transfer as the front brakes are not used. When you trail brake there is a big weight shift to the front of the car (as that is where most of the breaking energy is coming from) which allows the rear to brake away easy as it has less weight over the rear end.

You can simulate some of the effect of the ebrake by moving brake bias to the rear of the car. Hachi doesn't have this ability as standard so you need to fit a bias proportioning valve - adjustable bias is factory fit on my westi.

You can similarly start a slide by backing off the gas whilst already turning or at the same time as turning. I've always know this as lift-off oversteer but I think the japanese call this dynamic drifting.

I am not an expert on drifting - but I do understand the physics of what happens to the car in various conditions. This is totally relavent to the track driving I've been doing for the last 8 years.

Now I just need to slide my hachi better now