What is involved in the art of drifting and can you do it in any size car, i have a rwd vectra 2.2cdi?

Question

What is involved in the art of drifting and can you do it in any size car, i have a rwd vectra 2.2cdi?

Answer 1

Breaking traction at the rear of the car so that you can then balance the angle of the car using the throttle and steering.  Mainly the throttle.  You need either a h**l of a lot of power of else low grip at the rear.  I used to do this before it was fashionable in a Mk 3 Cortina which had sod all power, but only 165 section tyres and a lot of body roll.  Pumping the tyre up (illigally for the road) HARD also helped as it reduced the contact area (in Autotesting).   You'd not have much fun in a Vectra as it is FWD.  I'd recommend polishing the vectra and getting a Mk 2 escort or an old 3-series BMW if you fancy drifting.

Answer 2

I have watched  drifting on bbc2 topgear and it looks very hard you need a bit of driving skill to do it  

Answer 3

Vectras are front wheel drive.  How on Earth is yours rear?  That would have been an enormously expensive conversion!

Answer 4

drifting is controlling the angle of the car using the throttle, it's basically a controlled skid and can be done best in rear wheel drive cars as a front wheel drive will pull the car straight when you apply power.

Answer 5

just as a starting point... drifting isnt art.... its motor sport  

Answer 6

A lot of skill, decent tyres and a suitable track.

Check out www.driftracing.co.uk/