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I found the best technique is to lift the throttle as you start to change your steering input (at the beginning of "the flick") - and then nail the throttle again as you start to correct the steering (i.e.
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Power slides especially running around a skid pad is a fun way to learn some car control and the limits your car.
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Imagine how fun it would be to have 5" run-flats on the back of either car...
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Never under estimate the over-use of a quality tire dressing.
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I found the best technique is to lift the throttle as you start to change your steering input (at the beginning of "the flick") - and then nail the throttle again as you start to correct the steering (i.e.
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So now that the weather is getting colder and/or rain, it's been fun to slide the car sometimes making a sharp corner or off the line.
Granted I'm terrible at it, not in a unsafe way but just starting it and holding it.
Anyone else do this, any tips?
I know these aren't the best cars for it, but sometimes you have to make due with what you have.
Power slides especially running around a skid pad is a fun way to learn some car control and the limits your car.
If you lose it on the street you run the very real risk of seriously damaging your car and it endangers civilians.
See if your PCA region or another sanctioning body, SCCA?, runs car control clinics or autocross in your area. That is the best way to learn your car and sharpen your skills.
As FPB111 said, the skidpad is awesomely fun. Even in a C4 (with PSM off), you can drift a circle with some practice. Even on wet pavement, lot, you need to help the car break loose - a small helping of Scandinavian flick (without the braking component) does the trick. The resulting body roll and the forward dip caused by the throttle lift will be enough to get the back tire(s) to start spinning.
Unless you have really good throttle control, you'll probably wind up whanging off the rev limiter. I try to avoid that.
I found the best technique is to lift the throttle as you start to change your steering input (at the beginning of "the flick") - and then nail the throttle again as you start to correct the steering (i.e. as you start to load up the outside tires).
With all the work Porsche has done over the years to tame oversteer, you may be surprised at how hard you have to work to get your 996 to go sideways intentionally.
Have fun. Don't break anything or kill anyone.
A nice big parking lot on a Sunday/holiday when nobody else is around - preferably one without light posts - makes a great drift practice spot...
On a non-Porsche-related note - my 1996 Corvette (with a 3.73 D44 rear end) and line locks on the front brakes is a drift/donut monster. I lock the front brakes at about 40% and nail the throttle, and the car gets busy turning gas+tires into smoke...and suddenly I'm 16 again. Whee!
The last couple years of C4 production - after Chevrolet stopped trying to make 40MPG Corvettes with 160 horsepower - are solid cars, and they are dirt cheap.
Old, retired guys buy a LOT of new Corvettes, so it's not that unusual to find an immaculate, low-mileage car.
The fourth generation Corvettes are not luxurious. There is a lot of hard plastic, the door sills are MASSIVE, there are exposed screw heads all over the cabin. But...if you are willing to look past the plasticky interior and ignore the squeaks, you can get yourself a really, really fun car - not much more than a 5.7 liter V8 bolted to a frame with 4 big tires and a curb weight of just 3,200 pounds - for less than 10 grand. And unlike the M96, the LT1/LT4 motors are stout. Want to throw a hundred-shot of nitrous at the car? Do it. Feel like adding a rear-mounted turbo or a supercharger? The V8 can take it.
Porsche makes scalpels. Corvettes are sledge hammers...and we all know that you can have some damn good fun with a sledge hammer.
996C2 is a great car to hold sideways, hardest part is getting the tail to kick out.
E36 and Z3 are the best that I've driven for it though. The car will keep sideways until you want to bring it back in.
I don't think I knew it was called a Scandinavian flick until I started watching Top Gear years ago - before that, it was "that thing you do to make the car go sideways..."
Every once in a while, I get the urge to go to Tire Rack and find the skinniest wheel and hardest tire combo possible for either the 911 or the Corvette...
Imagine how fun it would be to have 5" run-flats on the back of either car... heh.
Nice and simple instructions on over steering. I do the turn in whip technique to shave fractions off my time at solo events. My old c2 was the master if this move, c4s now just needs a little more power.
http://m.motortrend.com/multimedia/v...1/xJSrwTq33V4/
