Drifting

By: Justin Schumerth

Common Terms• Oversteer: is when the lateral angle of the rear tires is

greater then that of the front tires• Under-steer: is when the Tires (usually the front tires) on

the car lose grip and the car tends to be unresponsive to steering

• FR,FF,MR etc.: refers to Engine and Drivetrain • FR: is Front Engine & Rear Wheel Drive• FF: is Front Engine / Front Wheel Drive• MR/Mid-Ship: is Mid Engine / Rear Wheel Drive• 4WD: allows all four tires of a car to be used all four tires

share the same speed and power also due to a differential at the center rather than both axels.

• AWD: AWD is like true 4WD were all four tires are operating at the same time but are able to move at different speeds from the rest due to a differential at the center rather than both axels.

Oversteer

Understeer

What is it?• Drifting started in Japan, over 30 years ago• Drifting is were a driver purposely put the car into

a Oversteer.• Drifting is controlled by Throttle and Counter-

Steer (If your technique is good you can control a drift by near throttle only (using the cars balance to drift))

• Drifting started on the Touge of Japan (Mountain Passes) by just some people trying to find the fastest way down the mountain

• Drifting is now an extremely popular motorsport and is also used in Rally Racing combined with power slides.

The Touge

FR / RWD

Popular FR Drift Cars

240SX (Nissan 240SX)

S15 (Nissan Silvia S15)

~FR/ RWD~

FF / FWD

Popular FF Drift Cars

EK9 (Honda Civic Type R)

DC2 (Acura Integra Type-R)

~FF Drift~

AWD / 4WD

Popular 4WD Drift Cars

CT9A (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo)

GDB (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)

~AWD DRIFT~

MR / RWD

Popular MR Drift Cars

SW20 (Toyota MR2)

NA2 (Acura/ Honda NSX)

~AE86~

• D1 Grand Prix is the Largest Drifting Motorsports expo in the world

• ~D1GP~• Street Legal Class (w/ Nomuken)

Inside Clipping point

Outside Clipping point

Keiichi Tsuchiya

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