[VIDEO] Civic Drift? FrontWD...
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[VIDEO] Civic Drift? FrontWD...
ok this is a civic.. a front wheel drive car... how did he get it to drift..? sorta sucks at it.. but its drifting...
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Its called Left foot breaking!
See, RWD and AWD cars have this wonderfull thing called Throttle lift oversteer. This allows them to initiate OVERSTEER (At its extream its called a drift). FWD cars dont have this, so we have to Simulate it. so heres what you do.... enter a turn, stay on the gas and press on the break. the theory is, on the front tires, the engine and the break will cancle each other out, so you will not be accelerating nor decelerating. The rear tires however, will be forced to slow down and thus lose traction. when they lose tracion they start to slide out (OVERSTEER!). pratice enough and you might beable to do a "FWD Drift".
DO this at your own risk!!! You may endup Glazing your front break pads!!! (Price to pay, RWD drifters Fry their clutches, FWD Drifters Fry their breaks).
Note: drifting a FWD car is a WHOLE HELL OF A LOT HARDER then Drifting a RWD or AWD car.
also, its the slowest way around the track, contrary to popular belief.
See, RWD and AWD cars have this wonderfull thing called Throttle lift oversteer. This allows them to initiate OVERSTEER (At its extream its called a drift). FWD cars dont have this, so we have to Simulate it. so heres what you do.... enter a turn, stay on the gas and press on the break. the theory is, on the front tires, the engine and the break will cancle each other out, so you will not be accelerating nor decelerating. The rear tires however, will be forced to slow down and thus lose traction. when they lose tracion they start to slide out (OVERSTEER!). pratice enough and you might beable to do a "FWD Drift".
DO this at your own risk!!! You may endup Glazing your front break pads!!! (Price to pay, RWD drifters Fry their clutches, FWD Drifters Fry their breaks).
Note: drifting a FWD car is a WHOLE HELL OF A LOT HARDER then Drifting a RWD or AWD car.
also, its the slowest way around the track, contrary to popular belief.
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