How do you drift ?

[wouter86]

since it was raining yesterday, I went to a new industrial terrain near my home.It consists of 4 90 degree corners so everytime you got the same corner.There aren`t even any companies on that terrain.Off the road there are only long stretches of grass.Pretty safe.So i went trying some things out with the mr2.

The rear is quite easy to brake with the handbrake but i had the feeling you lose very much speed.Only the handbrake isn`t enough,you have to brake with your right foot a bit and then pull the handbrake,works much better(weight distribution maybe).This technique feels very "inaccurate" if you know what i mean.

The second thing i did was, i drove towards a corner in 3rd gear with quite some speed (60 or something).while you brake for the corner you have to shift back to 2nd gear and release the clutch immediatly,just when you steer into the corner.The result is that it upsets the rear,but the car gripped short after that.So i found out that the moment when the rear is upset you have to give gas and you can keep your rear wheels slipping.Too bad the mr2 hasn`t got a LSD!.But you feel your wheels lock for a sec when you release the clutch.

So i tried the same technique with heel and toe.Man this get`s very difficult because you have to do so many things at once, also your timing is very important.This needs practice.

What i did with my brothers car was simple, steering in so far until you felt understeer en then go full throttle.Very easy, the rear was slipping but it isn`t really hard.

Well hope to have my 86 on the road soon for more testing and practice