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ORIGINAL: Navy Flyboy
2. Are there any verbal instructions you could give on how to drift Starship? I'd really love to know how to do stuff like that.
If you were here, I could show you how.......
1st, you have to have the power to break the rear loose on the type of surface you are drivin'. For instance, on a snow covered road, I can drift all day at 1 to 10 miles an hour, in any rear wheel drive car.
It is really just a controled skid, or slide. By feathering the trottle, and working the steering wheel, steering into and out of the slide, you can maintain the degree of slide. I generally start by downshifting and dropping the hammer. If you back off on the throttle, your rear tires will regain traction and you can straighten out.
It takes practice, so I recomend that you find a parking lot to practice at. I suggest you work on doing figure 8's. Start from a stop, spin your rear tires, and turn your steering wheel back and forth, this will give you the idea. After a rain will promote the loss of traction. You don't have to be goin fast, you can drift at very low speeds. The tighter the turn, the lower speed is used. I wouldn't recomend drifting at 80 mph., unless you have the technique down, and the room. Work into it, as your confidence builds. Don't get in a hurry, it takes time to develope your technique. Bare in mind, I've been doin this for some 40 yrs now, and I still aproach it with caution. There is a fine line between control and disaster. A two wheel drift is one thing, but when you get into 4 wheel driftin', it can get real hairy, real fast.
Other than what I have stated, it becomes a "feelin' "!
Oh ya, be prepared to buy some more tires, they will wear very fast.! You are doin' a sustained "burn out".
Good luck, and have fun!
