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Drifting
Techniques
Heel Toe
Shifting
Learn proper race shifting to get your car into the right gear for
drifting. Section also includes double clutch shifting so you can downshift
before drifting without blowing out your transmission too quickly.
Power Over Drift
A throttle induced drift, this is performed when entering a corner and using the
accelerator to slip the rear wheels, producing heavy
oversteer through the turn. You will often need lots of horsepower to make this happen.
E-Brake Drift
This drifting technique is very basic, pull the E-Brake or side
brake to induce rear traction loss and balance drift through steering and
throttle play. This can also be used to correct errors or fine tune drift
angles.
Main drift technique used in FWD vehicles, however since it does decrease
speeds, e-brake drifting is looked down upon during solo (tansou) type drifting
competition.
Clutch Kick
Drift
This drifting technique is performed by depressing the clutch pedal on
approach or during turn in to a corner. The clutch is "popped" to give a sudden jolt through the driveline to
upset rear traction, causing the power wheels to slip. Drifting is maintained by
balancing the throttle.
Shift Lock
Drift
This is performed by letting the revs drop on
downshift into a corner and then releasing the clutch to put stress on the
driveline to slow the rear tires inducing over steer. This is like pulling the
E-brake through a turn, but this should be performed on wet ground to
minimize damage to the driveline.
Similar drifting technique to Clutch Kicking.
Dirt Drop Drift
This is performed by dropping the rear tires off the road into the dirt to
maintain or gain drift angle without losing power or speed and to set up for the
next turn. This technique is very useful for low horsepower cars. Do not attempt
this technique at the Drift Session.
Feint Drift
This is performed by rocking the car towards the
outside of a turn and then using the rebound of the vehicle's suspension to throw the car into the
normal cornering direction. This is heavy rally racing technique used to change
vehicle attitudes during cornering.
Jump Drift
In this technique the rear tire on the inside of a
turn or apex is bounced over a curb to lose traction resulting in over steer. Do
not attempt this technique at the Drift Session.
Braking Drift
This is performed by trail braking into a corner.
Loss of grip is obtained and then balanced through steering and throttle
motions. This is mainly for medium to low speed corners.
Kansei
Drift (Inertia Drift)
This is performed at race speeds. When entering a high speed corner a driver
lifts his foot off the throttle to induce a mild oversteer and then balances the
drift through steering and throttle motions. The car that is being used for this
style of drift should be a neutral balanced car therefore the oversteer will
induce itself. If the car plows through any turn this technique will not work.
Long Slide Drift
This is done by pulling the E-brake through a
strait to start a high angel drift and to hold this to set up for the turn
ahead. This technique can only be done at high speed.
Swaying
Drift (Manji Drift)
This is a slow side-to-side faint like drift where
the rear end sways back and forth down a strait.
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