Japan Drifting
04-25-2007, 09:06 AM
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Japan Drifting
ok. i am moving to japan later thi year and have some questions. first, i have heard that it is always faster to do grip, but out in Japan all i ever hear about is drifting. i know if you use the e-brake than you are just slowing youself down, there are other ways to initiaate a drift, but can drifting actually be faster than grip on the extremely tight and twisty mountains out there? there has to be more to drifting than just a show event.
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04-25-2007, 09:14 AM
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Re: Japan Drifting
I am pretty sure they drift there for fun, because that is the type of driving a lot of people enjoy. There are also highspeed street races, and organized drag races. Tracks are everywhere and track time appears to be cheap. Check out www.ZeroYon.com.
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Re: Japan Drifting
E-braking is not the fastest way to drift. You want to initiate the drift with the cars inertia which is called the scandinavian flick. You basically just turn away from the corner then countersteer back towards the corner so the weight of the vehicle pushes you into a drift. E-braking would be the easiest way to initiate and control a drift.
But grip > drift anyway :P
But grip > drift anyway :P
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Re: Japan Drifting
yea drifting isnt about being fast its for fun, style, and show. clutch kicking would be maybe the fastest way to drift? what part of japan are you moving to?
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there are 6 basic ways to drift. 3 of which require a dynamic shift in weight. 3 of which do not. the 3 that do not are e-brake (also called side-breaking in japan), power-over, and clutch-kicking (also called shift-lock in japan). the 3 that do require a dynamic shift in weight are feint (some of you call it a scandinavian flick), breaking drift, and lift-off (also called accel. off in japan).
if you're show-drifting, feint and e-brake are the most popular, because they don't require the driver to be as skilled in his clutch/brake/accelerator control. usually if someone's racing the touge, they're doing breaking drift, if they drift at all. they do what's called a high-speed drift, which is using minimal oversteer to keep the car at a higher speed when you reach the clipping point (apex), which allows for faster entry and exit speeds.
clutch-kicking is just stupid because it will screw up your transmission quicker than anything. trannies just aren't made to handle that much torque.
if i were you, i'd seriously invest a lot of money in the track. a lot of people in america think they can go over to japan and race on the mountains without worrying about anything, but they don't realize that most of the touge racers over there have been driving for years.
if you're show-drifting, feint and e-brake are the most popular, because they don't require the driver to be as skilled in his clutch/brake/accelerator control. usually if someone's racing the touge, they're doing breaking drift, if they drift at all. they do what's called a high-speed drift, which is using minimal oversteer to keep the car at a higher speed when you reach the clipping point (apex), which allows for faster entry and exit speeds.
clutch-kicking is just stupid because it will screw up your transmission quicker than anything. trannies just aren't made to handle that much torque.
if i were you, i'd seriously invest a lot of money in the track. a lot of people in america think they can go over to japan and race on the mountains without worrying about anything, but they don't realize that most of the touge racers over there have been driving for years.
