Apart from lowering the car, ensuring tyres are all okay etc what can I do to increase the traction on the car. I drift 90% of the time at the moment, usually having to slam on the hand break and push power through to put the car into a controlled drift.
Any tips please?
Stop pretending youre on a rally stage? :?
drive slower
buy new tyres so you arent "drifting"
Install brain MK2 or at least use the one you have.
its wet.. drive slower.. hardly rocket science. if its FWD and the back end is coming out check the tyre pressures and drive slower.
i thought i drove hard yet iv never had my car (240bhp 4x4) break away into a "drift" i dont know how people can drive fast enough to do it, it must be insane speeds!
and drift is just a term to make people more comfortable with the fact its actually a slide they are actually in very little to no control of the car.
Quote from: Poison_UKApart from lowering the car, ensuring tyres are all okay etc what can I do to increase the traction on the car. I drift 90% of the time at the moment, usually having to slam on the hand break and push power through to put the car into a controlled drift.
Any tips please?
Guys from that post i get he wants to drift (controlled ofc) :P go slower doesnt help :)
no such thing as a controlled drift
Suppose your right there, Ive been playing too much Burnout :)
activa. more tyre contact due to near zero body roll, more grip than just about any other car out there.
and driving slower, lower front suspension (or raise rear), increase track, more front toe out, ,more negative camber on front suspension, softer compound tyres, stiffen rear shock absorbers, blah blah blah....
yea stop pretending youre a rally driver and drive properly
Serieously 10mph around a roundabout should be fine yes? Im still getting stupid movement.
205s on steelies.... It just aint working at all....
Arrgg and Roll ask Knighty about the roll on the thing. His reaction was "ermm is this a clown car?" Ive replaced all shocks, dampers and springs yet still not killing the roll.. Also checked the integrity of the anti-roll bar and its fine...
Get a new car then :P
No just do more work on this one.. Way too much fun having my head under a bonnet. Even tho im spending a lot of cash on nothing...
it does roll like a bitch :(
can you get some more aggressive anti-roll bars for it ?
all I can think of tbh after youve replaced prettymuch everything else :(
stiffening the roll bars will cause more sliding
Is the tracking sorted?
FWD Cars dont "Drift"
They slide.
Get a rallye! :P
how long have the current tyres been on it?
Quote from: Markstiffening the roll bars will cause more sliding
I was thinking the excessive roll would cause more sliding ?
tbh.... just be gratefull its not understeering :)
Quote from: knightyQuote from: Markstiffening the roll bars will cause more sliding
I was thinking the excessive roll would cause more sliding ?
tbh.... just be gratefull its not understeering :)
it is understeering isnt it? i.e. he turns the wheel and it keeps going forwards... :?:
"drifting" would = oversteer i would have thought, but pulling the handbrake at any time would be not clever yet he says he "has" to
seeing as I am board and drunk i drew a pic of what i thought he was saying was happening.
(http://www.robdav.nildram.co.uk/oversteer.JPG)
the black line is what a decent car does.
the red line is his pug understeering going around the roundabout
the green is after he has used the handbrake to correct.
i had a car that used to always do it, was caused by old tyres, they had loadsof tread but coz the car had been sitting they had gone hard
All tyres are sub 2 months old. Thinking of buying some winter tyres...
Im going to take it into a garage this week on Thursday and get them to ensure my suspension install is all sound. Also see what they can do about the roll.
If it cant be delt with I think i am going to move over to a Xantria for the winter. 2l turbo I think.. Insurance is not bad at all :)
Whoa, this just happened to me, going round a sharp corner at like 10mph and the back end slid round about 6ft, cool :mrgreen:
The road was damp but nothing unusual I had a look at my tyres n just realised theyre budget. Oh the shame :whoops:
The only time I understeer is when I floor it and my cheapo tyres I put on there are struggling for grip.