Drift question when you are right handed or left handed

[nickflic3]

When street drifting (in Mexico of course) I get sketched out with right hand turns. But mostly because I cant see around the corner if I'm close to it so therefore left handers preferred always

[trackjunkie21]

Drift? What do you mean drift?

[lovinmye30]

Freeway? No
Bald tires? No
City driving. ANY city driving? Yes.

because the chirpin thing when you turn? is it almost unturnable at slow corners?? and if i take a yellow light going left at 25+ am i going to start sliding/ lose control?

[Ian Bowers]

dont mean to thread jack but does anyone have a welded diff and HAte it while driving on the freeway or bald tires?

Freeway - Yes if the road is grooved. It will make the car track like crazy.
I don't drive on bald tires.

because the chirpin thing when you turn? is it almost unturnable at slow corners?? and if i take a yellow light going left at 25+ am i going to start sliding/ lose control?

It still turns fine, but you're going to be made fun of every time you try to park. My entire car would hop up and down because I drove with grippy tires. It's no issue once you're moving over 10MPH, but you're going to be screeching, and wearing tires like crazy. I drove around San Francisco for 4 hours with a welded diff killing time, I never had any issues (even going down Lombard), except tire wear. You're not going to magically start sliding unless you're driving like a dipshit.

[TurboJake]

Wet weather can get a tad hairy if you're not paying attention on super stiff coils and shit, but that's common sense.

And it's not the chirping that bothers me. It's the entire damn car shuddering and banging going 3mph around a corner. It gets REALLY annoying. And no, not unturnable at all. Just annoying.

Never had a tracking issue on the freeway. Going around turns at 25+ you can feel the rear end push and ratchet back in, but it snaps back smoothly enough.

I also haven't noticed extreme tire wear. I go through rears too quickly to notice, or even care.

But, This isn't an E30 I'm speaking of.
\/ It's that car. Sees less road time than track time. I'd put my gopro in it and show you, but it's winter. I would most certainly die recording it.

[Ian Bowers]

Wet weather can get a tad hairy if you're not paying attention on super stiff coils and shit.

And it's not the chirping that bothers me. It's the entire damn car shuddering and banging going 3mph around a corner. It gets REALLY annoying.

Never had a tracking issue on the freeway. Going around turns at 25+ you can feel the rear end push and ratchet back in, but it snaps back smoothly enough.

But, This isn't an E30 I'm speaking of.
\/ It's that car. Sees less road time than track time at the moment.

I found the E30 on a welded to be really consistent, honestly. It didn't ever snap oversteer unless I was greatly exceeding the speed limit. The first time I drove it any distance was actually to the track, in the rain.

The tracking issues I had was from a 1" groove in the road that would only be on one tire, if it shot off from straight, the car would grab it and want to follow. And yeah, the car shuddering is definitely annoying, my car would hop up and down. It's horrible, ahah.

[TurboJake]

Yeah. It's consistent. WAY more consistent than an open diff for tracking and playing. You never really know what wheel will decide to do 2 bazillion RPMS and light up with an open diff. It's the same for the old S12. You have an educated guess of the inside tire, but that's not always correct.

But, my S12 is SRA, not IRS. So it's handling characteristics with a welded are going to be a little different with the 4link. Snap oversteer is it's way of life.

[Dj Buttchug]

ive always had fun driving cars with welded diffs, had to be careful in the rain daily driving. Drifting on a welded is interesting tho. Full lock all the time makes for some crazy didnt mean to do that slides haha

[jaywood]

I'm right handed and I like left turns ;)

[slammin.e28]

http://drifting.urbanup.com/5369711

LAWL!

Had to post it.

[nickflic3]

How to aim one's car at a wall and miss it completely; drifting is the opposite of grip driving, which involves taking a corner without sliding.

:rofl:

[samiam3356]

as it will have a sudden spike in epic if done correctly.

[Texas Toast]

At first wasn't comfortable with right turns but after my first event I no longer notice. No power steering either.

I drove an SR20 240 with an welded diff, fuck that mess.

[A_Whelan]

If anyone here skis or snowboards and laps the park the drift left/right drift is the same direction you would prefer to slide a rail, or spin.