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Why only potentially? You have the idea right, you'd have to make the slip angle of the rear tires greater than those of the fronts...why is this hard for a front wheel drive car? Under nearly full load (laterally and longitudinally) simply let off've the gas, and weight will shift to the front. It...

Theoretically a FWD car can't drift at all, but it can imitate it. To truly "drift" the rear wheels must be slipping to put the car in a power slide, hence the image of the rear end chasing the front. In a FWD car, it can potentially have the rear wheels at a greater angle of the front, bu...

lol...fwd can drift very, very easily. The next time I head out to the track i'll take a video camera. Considering the point of drifting is to get the back end out so you can "swing" around a corner sideways would make a vehicle that takes its power from the front end of the car a little ...

you can imagine yourself as a race car driver, and make all the sound effects and everything

I've already tried that....



Thanks for the post guys.

Hello Everyone.

I am in the process of changing my insurance, so I don't want to attempt to drive my car until everything is settled. So, my question is, are there any good exercises to do stationary or in a small space (My driveway ) that will help my shifting skills in anyway?

Thanks
-Erik

Hmmm......it's quiet again...to quiet.

Woohoo, some posts! Thanks.....now continue! Continue I say. :D Hmm, they should have some MT club for the noobies like me. Maybe i'll start it..... call it the Manny Tranny United Noobs of New England (MTUNNE) or something alone that line. It will be a hit, who wants to join?! Hehe, what a funny gu...

Hey guys,

It appears this part isn't to livly, maybe, just possibly I can bring it "back from the dead", while I am getting carried away with making new topics.
Anyways, I live in MA, if you live in the northeast, or just feel like posting, give your location and your current car.

Haha, nice jomotopia, wish I could say the same.

That kind of stinks screename, I guess be grateful for what you can legally have. I've had my moments with M80, very nice........

Hey, just wishing everyone a happy 4th. Post a story of your 4th. For me, I went to see some fireworks at 1 in the morning (last night), then continued to light some of my own. Yes, firworks are illegal where I live, but for some reason the cops just watch, sometime take them away, just to light the...

Thanks for the replies! I do indeed drive a Mazda (well, trying to learn to drive it well), a 1993 Miata to be exact. Wonderful car in my opinion. I'll post some pictures of it later if anyone is interested. Any other Miata owners here? Well, I am sure I will have loads of questions and stories (pro...

Hello everyone, If you havn't already noticed, my name is Erik and I live in MA. I am pretty much a newbie to a Standard Transmisson cars with the exception that I use to ride a dirtbike (if that even counts). If you are still reading at this point, I thank you, I wouldn't have guessed that people w...