Drifting A4 WS6, what problems??
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Hi,
So I'd love to have a go at drifting in my WS6, but I will learn the basics in a different car.![Punch](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_punch.gif)
What might I break doing this in the WS6, (10 bolt, transmission....?) and do I really need a M6 for drifting, or will my A4 cut it??
Thanks for the advise....
So I'd love to have a go at drifting in my WS6, but I will learn the basics in a different car.
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What might I break doing this in the WS6, (10 bolt, transmission....?) and do I really need a M6 for drifting, or will my A4 cut it??
Thanks for the advise....
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Here's a stalled auto drifting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&h...&v=bbNHnE_m0Vo
Yes it will be harder with the auto because you don't get the control of a manual transmission, but its do-able.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&h...&v=bbNHnE_m0Vo
Yes it will be harder with the auto because you don't get the control of a manual transmission, but its do-able.
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Nice video ![Grin](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_grin.gif)
It doesn't take much to get the rear end sliding out even with the A4, but I'm not sure how well it can be controled yet, as I have never been to a good bit of tarmac. I think some drift lesons for my B day are in order![Nod](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_nod.gif)
So it sounds like the WS6 might break the transmission.
Any other probable breakages??
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It doesn't take much to get the rear end sliding out even with the A4, but I'm not sure how well it can be controled yet, as I have never been to a good bit of tarmac. I think some drift lesons for my B day are in order
![Nod](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_nod.gif)
So it sounds like the WS6 might break the transmission.
Any other probable breakages??
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I dont see anything wrong with drifting a f-body. I wouldn't do it in an A4 though, too hard to get the tires to break loose and control the drift.
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It looks like to me that camaro has magnaflow with headers and maybe ORY. but thats a guess. cause mine sounds like that a little, granted mine is an lt-1 so it sound a little different.
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throttle response is gonna be a killer. if you ease off the throttle even a tad halfway through a turn and it upshifts, by the time you get back on it and it downshifts it's gonna be too late. keeping it in a lower gear may work, but then you're gonna be nailin the rev limiter. i'd think this would help some with the shifting disadvantage:
http://redhardsupra.blogspot.com/200...automatic.html
that way you're always in the upper RPM and you'll always have plentiful torque on semi-instant tap
http://redhardsupra.blogspot.com/200...automatic.html
that way you're always in the upper RPM and you'll always have plentiful torque on semi-instant tap
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idk why people say it would be hard to get the tires spinning on an a4? i can get my tires to spin whenever i want.
but yes, i would drift in a manual, and i dont think i would do it in my car anyways, id buy some shitbox to drift in. unless there was another fbody i had to drift.
but yes, i would drift in a manual, and i dont think i would do it in my car anyways, id buy some shitbox to drift in. unless there was another fbody i had to drift.
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Road racing IS NOT DRIFTING. If fbodys were designed to be easy drift cars, they weigh 2000lbs and have all high end power not low end torque. Can we do it, yes, we have lsd rwd with plenty of power. Is it made to do it, no, we have wide tires that are meant to hook the road not slide around it with 195s on our rear, not to mention the weight compared to the import drift cars.
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whipping the rear end out around a single turn is simple; pedal to floor, steer accordingly. around longer higher speed turns that link into other turns, you need a LOT more throttle control.
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Road racing IS NOT DRIFTING. If fbodys were designed to be easy drift cars, they weigh 2000lbs and have all high end power not low end torque. Can we do it, yes, we have lsd rwd with plenty of power. Is it made to do it, no, we have wide tires that are meant to hook the road not slide around it with 195s on our rear, not to mention the weight compared to the import drift cars.
If you don't know there are "heavier" cars like ours in drifting that do really well, for example a S197 Mustang, GTO, '68 Camaro, R34 Skylines, etc.
The biggest problem our 4th gens have is lack of steering angle.
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The car doesn't have to be lightweight to be a good drifter, nor does it have to lack low end torque (a flat torque curve is actually preferable, notice all the LSx swaps in drifting now).
If you don't know there are "heavier" cars like ours in drifting that do really well, for example a S197 Mustang, GTO, '68 Camaro, R34 Skylines, etc.
The biggest problem our 4th gens have is lack of steering angle.
If you don't know there are "heavier" cars like ours in drifting that do really well, for example a S197 Mustang, GTO, '68 Camaro, R34 Skylines, etc.
The biggest problem our 4th gens have is lack of steering angle.