A Toyota Supra in drifting exhibition in Atlanta in 2005.

Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motor sport involving the use of the technique. This article deals primarily with the sport. A car is said to be drifting when the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle, and the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn (e.g. car is turning left, wheels are pointed right), and the driver is controlling these factors. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 156 KB) Summary A Toyota Supra drifting at NOPI Nationals 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 156 KB) Summary A Toyota Supra drifting at NOPI Nationals 2005. ... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... In car handling, slip angle is the angle between a wheels actual direction of travel and the direction towards which it is pointing. ... Opposite lock is a colloquial term used to mean the deliberate use of oversteer to turn a vehicle rapidly without losing momentum. ...

History

For years drivers have purposely induced oversteer in motorsports such as dirt track racing, motorcycle speedway, and rallying. Early Grand Prix drivers such as Tazio Nuvolari also used an at-the-limit form of driving called the four-wheel drift. It has also featured prominently in stunt driving and other forms of exhibition. Ideally, when the car reaches the turn, the driver will steer it along the line marked with green dots. ... Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. ... Motorcycle speedway, normally referred to as Speedway, is a motorcycle sport that involves usually 4 and sometimes up to 6 riders competing over 4 laps of an oval circuit. ... Petter Solberg driving on gravel at the 2006 Cyprus Rally, a World Rally Championship event. ... Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ... Nuvolaris statue in front of PalaLottomatica in Rome. ... An under 16s motorbike display team perform a potentially dangerous stunt Freestyle & Stunt Show 2007 - Landrévarzec A stunt is an unusual and difficult physical feat, or any act requiring a special skill, performed for artistic purposes in TV, theatre or cinema. ...

Modern drifting started out as a racing technique popular in the All Japan Touring Car Championship races over 30 years ago. Motorcycling legend turned driver, Kunimitsu Takahashi, was the foremost creator of drifting techniques in the 1970s. He was famous for hitting the apex (the point where the car is closest to the inside of a turn) at high speed and then drifting through the corner, preserving a high exit speed. This earned him several championships and a legion of fans who enjoyed the spectacle of burning tires. The bias ply racing tires of the 1960s-1980s lent themselves to driving styles with a high slip angle. As professional racers in Japan drove this way, so did the street racers. The Japanese Touring Car Championship (abbr: JTCC, officially known as All Japan Touring Car Championship, Japanese name: 全日本ツーリングカー選手権), was a series of championship for touring cars held in Japan. ... // Classic Road Racing Road Racing on (temporary closed) public roads Motorcycle sport is a broad field that encompasses all sporting aspects of motorcycling. ... Kunimitsu Takahashi (高橋 国光) was a Formula One driver from Japan. ... In automobile and motorcycle racing, the line is the path that a vehicle takes through a corner. ...

A street racer named Keiichi Tsuchiya became particularly interested by Takahashi's drift techniques. Tsuchiya began practicing his drifting skills on the mountain roads of Japan, and quickly gained a reputation amongst the racing crowd. In 1977, several popular car magazines and tuning garages agreed to produce a video of Tsuchiya's drifting skills. The video, known as Pluspy, became a hit and inspired many of the professional drifting drivers on the circuits today. In 1988, alongside Option magazine founder and chief editor Daijiro Inada, he would help to organize one of the first events specifically for drifting. He also drifted every turn in Tsukuba Circuit in Japan. Keiichi Tsuchiya , born January 30, 1956, Nagano, Japan) is a professional racing driver. ... Touge ) is a Japanese word literally meaning pass. ... Option (オプション, Opushon in katakana) is a automotive magazine founded by Daijiro Inada in 1981, to meet the demand for enthusiasts of modified Japanese cars in Japan. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ...

One of the earliest recorded drift events outside Japan was in 1996, held at Willow Springs raceway in California hosted by the Japanese drifting magazine and organisation Option. Inada, the NHRA Funny Car drag racer Kenji Okazaki and Dorikin, who also gave demonstrations in a Nissan 180SX that the magazine brought over from Japan, judged the event with Rhys Millen and Bryan Norris being two of the entrants. ^[1] Drifting has since exploded into a massively popular form of motorsport in North America, Australia, and Europe. One of the first drifting competitions in Europe was hosted in 2002 by the OPT drift club at Turweston, run by a tuning business called Option Motorsport. The club held a championship called D1UK, then later became the Autoglym Drift Championship. For legal reasons, the business was forced to drop the Option and D1 name. The club has since been absorbed into the D1 franchise as a national series. Willow Springs may refer to: Willow Springs, Illinois Willow Springs, Wisconsin Willow Springs, Missouri This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ... Funny Car is an NHRA drag racing car class, relating to the United States. ... Drag racing is a sport in which cars race down a track with a set distance as fast as possible. ... The Nissan 180SX was a hatchback coupe (though Nissan marketed it as a fastback in most of its markets) based on the S13 chassis from the Nissan S platform, and sold only in Japan (although sold in some other countries under the 200SX name)[1]. It was sold as a... Rhys Millen (born in New Zealand) is one of the worlds top competitors in drifting. ...

Present day

Drifting has evolved into a competitive sport where drivers compete in rear-wheel drive cars to keep their cars sideways as long as possible. At the top levels of competition, especially the D1 Grand Prix from Japan and others in Malaysia, Australia, Canada,the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Formula-D in the United States, and New Zealand, these drivers are able to keep their cars sliding for extended periods of time, often through several turns. Drifting is not recognized by the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) motorsport's governing body, as a professional form of motorsport.^[2] Rear-wheel drive (or RWD for short) is an engine/transmission layout used in automobiles. ... Current D1 Grand Prix Logo The D1 Grand Prix (Japanese: D1グランプリ, D1 guranpuri in katakana, abbreviated as D1GP and subtitled Professional Drift) is a production car drifting series from Japan. ... The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ...

Amateur drifting on public roads is a significant problem in Saudi Arabia.^[3]

Drift competition

Drifting competitions first showed up in Japan, "All Champion Touring Tournament". It then evolved by the century to become its own sport.

Team Drift Competition in Melbourne, Australia.

Drifting started in Japan approximately 10 years ago. Today, the extreme motorsport is so accepted and popular in the country, that drivers have become recognized celebrities. In time, drifting evolved into an organized series called the D1 Grand Prix in which top Japanese professional drivers compete in a series of events to determine the best drifter. Amateur drifting events take place in Europe, Australia and in the U.S. U.S.-based drifting has been an underground sport for the last 10 years but professional drifting has only taken off in the States recently. In Spring 2003, Irvine, Calif.-based Slipstream Global Marketing brought top professional Japanese drivers to the U.S. to participate in an exhibition competition to a sell out crowd at Southern California’s Irwindale Speedway. Within six months of the exhibition, which was nothing less than an electrifying debut, Slipstream Global Marketing, along with Yokohama Tire Corporation as title sponsor, brought the D1 Grand Prix All Star Invitational to the U.S. in its official debut appearance outside of Japan. The success of these events caused an explosion of interest in mainstream national media and further reinforced the interest and need for a North American competition, and in 2003 Formula Drift was founded by Slipstream to deliver sanctioned competitions of auto-crazed fans across the U.S. ^[4] group judging, seen in the Drift Tengoku videos where the four car team is judged in groups. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x455, 96 KB) Summary Took photo myself, 11th December 2005, Calder Park, Melbourne, Australia, photo shows Team Drift competition, I think the teams name was Snatch Catchers? Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x455, 96 KB) Summary Took photo myself, 11th December 2005, Calder Park, Melbourne, Australia, photo shows Team Drift competition, I think the teams name was Snatch Catchers? Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute...

Cars

Drifting Toyota AE86

Usually, drift cars are light to moderate weight, rear-wheel-drive coupes and sedans. In Japan and worldwide, the most common drift machines are the Nissan Silvia/180SX/200SX, Toyota AE86, Mazda RX-7, Nissan A31 Cefiro, Nissan C33 Laurel, Nissan Skyline (RWD versions), Nissan Z-car, Toyota Altezza, Toyota Chaser, Toyota Mark II, Toyota MZ20 Soarer, Honda S2000, Toyota Supra (MKIV), Ford Mustang and Mazda Miata. US drift competitions feature local versions of those cars (such as the Nissan 240SX and Toyota Corolla GT-S). Drifters in other countries often use local favorites, such as the early Ford Escort (UK and Ireland), BMW 3 Series (other parts of Europe), Porsche, early Opel cars, the later Russian market Lada (Hungary) or Volvo 700 series (Scandinavia), modified Proton cars (Malaysia) and the Holden Commodore in Australia. 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As an example, the top 15 cars in the 2003 D1GP,^[5] top 10 in the 2004 D1GP,^[6] and top 10 in the 2005 D1GP^[7] were:

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FWD cars do not qualify for entrance into D1GP events, nor are they eligible for Formula D events.

AWD vehicles, such as the Subaru Impreza WRX STi, and Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution can drift but usually requires different suspension tuning (when compared to RWD), higher amounts of power, and, in some cases, an adjustable center differential. It has been suggested that Subaru Impreza RB320 be merged into this article or section. ... The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, colloquially known as the Lancer Evo or simply Evo, is a car manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors. ...

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Techniques for inducing drift

The basic driving techniques used in drifting are constant, though each car and driver will employ some subset of these techniques. A similarity for all drifting techniques is to be smooth and practice. These techniques include:

Beginner techniques

These techniques don't use weight transition, so are typically the first thing the novice drifter learns.^[8] However they are still used by the most experienced drifters, and require skill to execute properly. These techniques aim to induce a loss of traction on the rear wheels, either by locking the wheel (e-brake drift), or using enough power from the engine to break the traction force (power-oversteer and clutch kick). In automobiles, weight transfer (often confused with load transfer) refers to the redistribution of weight supported by each tire during acceleration (both longitudinal and lateral). ...

Hand-brake drift

While the clutch is depressed, the hand brake (or Emergency brake) is pulled to induce rear traction loss. As soon as traction is lost, the driver releases the clutch, depresses the accelerator, and countersteers. This technique is used heavily in drift competitions to drift large corners, or to trim the car's line mid-drift.^[9] In cars, the hand brake (also known as the emergency brake, e-brake, park brake, or parking brake) is a supplementary system that can be used if the vehicles primary brake system (usually hydraulic brakes) has a failure. ... Emergency brake handle in a German train around 1920 An emergency brake is a brake system that is generally only to be used in emergency situations to slow or stop a machine. ...

Power oversteer or Powerslide

It is usually done at the corner exit by stepping on the gas hard, to slide side ways out of the corner. It is most commonly employed by beginners because it teaches steering and throttle control without the danger of an actual entry oriented drift.

Nissan 240SX Shift Lock Drifting

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Shift lock (compression slide)

Initiated by downshifting (usually from third to second or fourth to third, and using a very fast shift) instead of braking, without rev-matching, causing the drive wheels to lock momentarily. Helpful for very tight corners, allowing the driver to approach the corner at a slower speed and lower revs, while allowing quick acceleration when exiting the corner. This technique can be very damaging to the engine if mis-used as the ECU is unable to rev limit when the engine is oversped by the rear wheels. Premature downshifters are called "Rod Stretchers".^[10]

Clutch kick

This is done by "kicking" the clutch (pushing in, then out, usually more than one time in a drift for adjustment in a very fast manner) to send a shock through the powertrain, upsetting the car's balance. This causes the rear wheels to slip. The foot should be at an angle so the brake and gas may be pressed as well, this being needed to control speed and stop from spinning out in the drift. For other uses, see Clutch (disambiguation). ...

Weight transition techniques

These techniques employ a further concept of weight transition. When a vehicle has the load towards the front, the back wheels have less grip than the front, causing an oversteer condition that can initiate a drift. In automobiles, load transfer is the imaginary shifting of weight around a motor vehicle during acceleration (both longitudinal and lateral). ... Ideally, when the car reaches the turn, the driver will steer it along the line marked with green dots. ...

Braking drift

This drift is performed by braking into a corner, so that the car can transfer weight to the front. This is immediately followed by throttle, which in a RWD car causes the rear wheels to lose traction. FWD cars can also use this technique as it does not depend on the rear wheels being driven.^[11] In FWD cars the front wheels are not allowed to lock due to the continuous power, the rear wheels locks easily due to weight transfer and due to the general front heavy design of FWDs. In automobiles, weight transfer (often confused with load transfer) refers to the redistribution of weight supported by each tire during acceleration (both longitudinal and lateral). ...

Inertia (Feint) drift or Scandinavian flick

^[12] - This is done by transferring the weight of car towards the outside of a turn by first turning away from the turn and then quickly turning back using the inertia of the rear of the car to swing into the desired drifting line. Sometimes the hand-brake will be applied while transferring the weight of the car towards the outside to lock the rear wheels and help the rear swing outwards. This type of drifting causes the car to accelerate faster afterwards, because of momentum built up while drifting. This article is about inertia as it applies to local motion. ...

Kansei, Lift off, or Taking In

^[13] - By letting off the accelerator while cornering at very high speeds, cars with relatively neutral handling will begin to slide, simply from the weight transfer resulting from engine braking. The drift is controlled afterwards by steering inputs from the driver and light pedal work, similar to the Braking drift. In automobiles, weight transfer (often confused with load transfer) refers to the redistribution of weight supported by each tire during acceleration (both longitudinal and lateral). ... It has been suggested that Exhaust brake be merged into this article or section. ...

Other techniques

Dirt drop

This is done by dropping the rear tires off the sealed road onto dirt, or whatever low-grip surface borders the road, to maintain or gain drift angle. Also colloquially called "Dirt Turbo".^[14]

Choku-Dori/Manji (Pendulum)

This is done by swaying the car's weight back and forth on straightaways, using countersteer and throttle to maintain a large angle. This is a show maneuver that usually involves many cars following the same line.

Drift tuning

Drive train

A proper mechanical limited slip differential (LSD) is almost essential for drifting. Open diffs and viscous diffs cannot be controlled during a sustained slide. All other modifications are secondary to the LSD.^[15] Popular drift LSDs include OS Giken,^[16] KAAZ,^[17] & Cusco.^[18] In automotive applications, a limited slip differential (LSD) is a modified or derived type of differential gear arrangement that allows for some difference in rotational velocity of the output shafts, but does not allow the difference in speed to increase beyond a preset amount. ... This article is the city in Peru. ...

The most popular form of LSD for drifting is the clutch type, in "2-way" form; this is preferred for its consistent and aggressive lockup behavior under all conditions (acceleration and deceleration). Some drift cars use a spool "differential", which actually has no differential action at all, the wheels are locked to each other. Budget drifters also use the welded differential, where the side gears are welded to give the same effect. This makes the car very easy to slide at high speed, but difficult to park, and is hard on the driveline. Torsen and Quaife (available on cars such as S15, FD3S, MX5, JZA8x, UZZ3x) diffs are also adequate. Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. ... In an automobile and other four-wheeled vehicles, a differential is a device, usually consisting of gears, for allowing each of the driving wheels to rotate at different speeds, while supplying equal torque to each of them. ... Torsen traction, an automotive part adding differential, was invented by American Vernon Gleasman and manufactured by the Gleason Corporation. ... Quaife Engineering, LTD A noted manufacturer of automotive drivetrain products, like gearboxes, replacement gear sets, 4WD systems, and differentials. ... The Nissan Silvia is the name given to the companys long-running line of sport coupes based on the Nissan S platform. ... The Mazda RX-7 (also called the Savanna and Efini RX-7) is a Mazda sports car first built in 1978. ... The Mazda MX-5 is a popular sports car built by Mazda in Hofu, Japan. ... ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lexus SC. (Discuss) 2nd Generation Toyota Soarer 3rd Generation Toyota Soarer The Toyota Soarer was a personal luxury coupé sold by Toyota in Japan from 1981 to 2005. ...

The clutches on drift cars tend to be very tough ceramic brass button or multiple-plate varieties, for durability, as well as to allow rapid "clutch kick" techniques to upset the balance of the car. Gearbox and engine mounts are often replaced with urethane mounts, and dampers added, to control the violent motion of the engine/gearbox under these conditions. For other uses, see Clutch (disambiguation). ... A polyurethane is any polymer consisting of a chain of organic units joined by urethane links. ...

Gearsets may be replaced with closer ratios to keep the engine in the power band. (Japanese drifters confuse the "L" and call these "cross-mission"^{[citation needed]}.) These may be coarser dog engagement straight cut gears instead of synchronised helical gears, for durability and faster shifting at the expense of noise and refinement. Wealthier drifters may use sequential gearboxes to make gear selection easier/faster, while sequential shift lever adapters can be used to make shifts easier without increasing shift speed. A close-ratio transmission is a transmission in which there is a relatively little difference between the gear ratios of the gears. ... The power band of an engine refers to the range of operating speeds under which the engine is able to operate efficiently. ... Spur gears found on a piece of farm equipment A gear is a wheel with teeth around its circumference, the purpose of the teeth being to mesh with similar teeth on another mechanical device -- possibly another gear wheel -- so that force can be transmitted between the two devices in a... A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift, straight drive, or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in automotive applications. ... Spur gears found on a piece of farm equipment A gear is a wheel with teeth around its circumference, the purpose of the teeth being to mesh with similar teeth on another mechanical device -- possibly another gear wheel -- so that force can be transmitted between the two devices in a... Description A type of manual transmission designed for high-performance driving or auto racing, where random access to specific gears is no longer required (or in fact possible). ...

Suspension

The suspension in a drift car tends to have very high spring and damper rates. Sway bars are upgraded, particularly on the rear. Caster is often increased to improve the car's controllability during a slide. Most cars use an integrated coilover/shock (MacPherson strut) combination. This type of suspension allows the ride height to be adjusted independently of the suspension travel. There is no perfect height setting or spring/shock combo for any car, but each driver will have their own personal preference. Many suspension manufacturers offer suspension tuned specifically for drifting, allowing many people to enter the sport competitively. The front suspension components of a Ford Model T. Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. ... sway bar (also stabilizer bar, anti-sway bar, roll bar, or anti-roll bar, ARB) is an automobile suspension device. ... θ is the caster angle, red line is the pivot line, grey area is the tire Caster (or castor) angle is the angular displacement from the vertical axis of the suspension of a steered wheel in a car or other vehicle, measured in the longitudinal direction. ... A simple MacPherson strut suspension on the left front wheel of a rear-wheel drive vehicle. ...

Bushings can be upgraded with urethane parts. Most Nissan vehicles have a floating rear subframe which is usually fixed in position with billet aluminum or urethane "drift pineapples", to prevent the frame moving during drift.

One suspension tuning method, still popular in Japan, is known as "Demon Camber" (Japanese: 鬼カム, Oni-kamu). It involves setting the suspension with extreme negative camber in the front to reduce slide. Negative camber on the rear would only induce understeer, making the car more difficult to drift. The front of the car having better grip and less tendency to slide, it is easier to swing the rear of the car around to get a good drift angle. However stability, grip, and overall ability to control the car are compromised. It has thus fallen out of favor as a serious performance-minded suspension setup. However, many cars built for show (such as those driven by bōsōzoku) still use this style of suspension setup for its aggressive look. A few degrees of toe-out on the rear wheels (leading edges angled outward) can reduce rear stability, and make setting up a drift a little easier. A wheel with a negative camber angle Camber angle is the angle made by the wheel of an automobile; specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of the wheel and the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear. ... Bōsōzoku (Japanese: 暴走族; violent running tribe) is a Japanese subculture associated with types of car and motorcycle clubs and gangs. ...

Generally drifting consumes tires rapidly and multiple sets may be necessary for a single professional event.

Cockpit

Because of the large sideways forces, drivers find it preferable to be retained firmly by a bucket seat, and five point harness. This allows the hands to merely turn the wheel, as opposed to bracing oneself against the wheel. The steering wheel should be relatively small, dished, and perfectly round, so that it can be released and allowed to spin through the hands as the caster returns the front wheels to center. The locking knob on the hand brake is usually replaced with a spin turn knob, this stops the hand brake locking on when pulled. Some drivers move the hand brake location or add an extra hydraulic hand brake actuator for greater braking force. Many drivers favour additional gauges to monitor such things as boost levels, oil, intake and coolant temperatures A bucket seat is an upholstered seat in a car, truck, or motorboat that seats one person. ... The term harness has been used for many centuries for part of the collection of equipment known as horse tack, essential in the domestic, military, and agrarian use of horses. ... A modern road cars steering wheel Steering wheels from different periods A steering wheel is a type of steering control used in most modern land vehicles, including all mass-production automobiles. ... In cars, the hand brake (also known as the emergency brake, e-brake, park brake, or parking brake) is a supplementary system that can be used if the vehicles primary brake system (usually hydraulic brakes) has a failure. ...

Engine

S13 Silvia bay with typical drift mods - including oil cooler, front mount intercooler (pipes only visible), remote oil filter mount, strut brace, camber strut tops, high mount turbo, glove over brake master cylinder.

Engine power does not need to be high, and in fact if a car has too much power, it can be very hard to handle during a drift. Each driver has their own preference, and drift cars can be found with anything from 100bhp (74kW) to 1000bhp (745kW). Typically, engine tuning is oriented towards achieving linear response rather than maximum power output. Engines also must be equipped with upgraded cooling systems. Not only are the engines pushed very hard, creating lots of heat, but being driven at an angle reduces the airflow through the radiator. For turbocharged engines, intercooler efficiency is similarly reduced. Oil coolers are almost essential. V-mounting the intercooler and radiator improves flow through these components, and keep the expensive intercooler out of harm's way in the inevitable offs. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x731, 220 KB) Summary Took photo myself, 11th December 2005, Calder Park, Melbourne, Australia, photo shows S13 Silvia engine bay. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x731, 220 KB) Summary Took photo myself, 11th December 2005, Calder Park, Melbourne, Australia, photo shows S13 Silvia engine bay. ... Engine tuning or engine building is the adjustment, modification or design of internal combustion engines to yield optimal performance, either in terms of power output or economy. ... For other uses, see Linear (disambiguation). ... Radiators and convectors are types of heat exchangers designed to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating. ... Radiators and convectors are types of heat exchangers designed to transfer thermal energy from one medium to another for the purpose of cooling and heating. ... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ... An intercooler, or charge air cooler, is an air-to-air or air-to-liquid heat exchange device used on turbocharged and supercharged internal combustion engines to improve their volumetric efficiency by increasing intake air charge density through isochoric cooling. ...

Steering

With increased steering angle it is possible to achieve greater angle with the vehicle, it will also aid in spin recovery. This is often done with spacers on the steering rack, custom steering racks, custom tierod ends, or machining the spindles. Increased steering angle often requires other modifications as at some point the tire or wheel will come in contact with other suspension pieces or the inner/outer fenders.

Body

Cleaning up severed bars during drift meet.

Chassis preparation is similar to a road racing car. Roll cages are sometimes employed for safety, and to improve the torsional rigidity of the car's frame, but are compulsory in events that involves the 2+ cars tsuiou runs in the event of a side collision. Front and rear strut tower braces, B-pillar braces, lower arm braces, and master cylinder braces are all used to stiffen the chassis. The interior is stripped of extraneous seating, trim, carpet, sound deadening; anything that is not essential is removed to reduce weight. Image File history File linksMetadata Drift_Carnage. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Drift_Carnage. ... Road racing can be a term involving road running, road bicycle races, or automobile races. ... A specially constructed frame built around the cab of a vehicle to protect the driver from being injured in an accident, particularly in the event of a roll-over. ... An SUV with four pillars A pillarless hardtop vehicle, considered to have two total pillars A stretch limo with five pillars An A pillar is a name applied by car stylists and enthusiasts to the shaft of material that supports the windshield (windscreen) on either of the windshield frame sides. ... The master cylinder is a hydraulic control device that converts physical pressure (commonly from a drivers foot) into hydraulic pressure to operate other device(s) in the hydraulic system. ...

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As drift cars are pushed faster, aerodynamic tuning becomes more important as well. Rear spoilers and wings usually are useful only in large, open tracks where the cars develop enough speed to create a need for more downforce. Wheel arches are often rolled or flared to allow the fitment of larger tires. Airflow to the engine is critical, so the hood is often vented. The popular "whale tail" spoiler is only practical at high speeds (+130 mph), and in street use create drag and/or add weight to the car. This Ford F-150 pickup truck has two spoilers one on the roof and another on the tailgate. ... For other uses, see Wing (disambiguation). ...

Due to the nature of the hobby, drift cars are typically involved in many minor accidents. Thus, those involved with the sport tend to avoid expensive or easily damaged body kits and custom paintwork.

Tires

S13 Silvia - tire stretched over a wide rim, increasing sidewall rigidity. The rim has a low offset to increase track.

The cars quite often have different tires on the front and back, and the owner may have quite a few sets. This is because a single afternoon of drifting can destroy a new set of tires. As a rule, good tires go on the front for good steering. On the back, hard-compound tires are used, quite often second-hand ones tend to end up in a cloud of smoke. 15" wheels are common on the rear, as 15" tires are cheap. As a driver gets better, they will most likely want to upgrade the tires used in the rear for a higher grip compound. Although cheap/hard tires are fun purely for their slipperiness and ease of drifting, they quickly become a hazard for high-speed drifts. More advanced drivers require the most grip possible from all 4 tires, so as to retain control adequately during high speed drifts. Competitive drifters often run DOT approved tires closer to racing tires, which is permitted, with the exception of some major championships including D1GP which only permits commercially available tires that are approved by them. The grip is required for control, speed, and a fast snap on the initial entry. Some companies have started to create tires with special effects for drifting. One such company is Kumho. They recently released tires designed especially for the drifting crowd. These new tires produce colored smoke instead of regular grey smoke when drifted. They are not permitted in many competitions, as they are seen as giving an unfair advantage to teams with the funding to use them; they are currently too expensive to be used by the amateur competitor. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (500x903, 110 KB) Summary Took photo myself, Friday 14th July 2006, Brooklyn, Melbourne. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (500x903, 110 KB) Summary Took photo myself, Friday 14th July 2006, Brooklyn, Melbourne. ... A used good is one that is not new or a resource that has been partially or completely depleted. ... Special effects (also called SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to realize scenes that cannot be achieved by live action or normal means. ... Colored smoke is a kind of smoke created by an aerosol of small particles of a suitable pigment or dye. ...

Drifting in popular culture

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Anime and Manga

• The manga series Initial D by Shuichi Shigeno, later adapted to an anime, an arcade game, and a Live action film, is sometimes people's first exposure to the sport of drifting.^{[citation needed]}

• The manga "Over Rev!" prominently features drifting as a way to attack turns in mountain touge battles, this series is praised for its realistic view on street racing and drifting techniques

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Videos

• Best Motoring International as well as JDM Option frequently features drifting events with Keiichi Tsuchiya (nicknamed the Drift King). BMI also released the Drift Bible, a well-known reference DVD explaining drifting in a step-by-step fashion. JDM Option covers the D1GP Professional Drift series regularly.
• Race Factory, a US based company documents the lifestyle of everyday Japan drifters as well as Japan D1 pros. A specially built S13 with 450 Horsepower was customized to follow the drifters on the track to document the techniques of those drifters, but turned to a Professional D1SL car in 2006. By their 3rd appearance, D1 pro driver Ken Maeda, managed to place 7th at Fuji Speedway on 5/14/2006.
• Tunersdream - All Canadian Drifting Videos of Drift Mania and Drifthing serie online

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Video games

A drifter performing a Feint Style drift in the simulator Live for Speed

• Driving simulators like Gran Turismo, Enthusia Professional Racing, Forza Motorsport and its sequel, Live for Speed, and Need for Speed: ProStreet include the physics necessary to simulate drifting. Live for Speed has online multiplayer servers specifically for drifting.
• Several games in the Need for Speed series (Underground, Underground 2 and Carbon) require players to compete in Drift events.
• Drift City, an MMORPG where one is able to complete missions to gain money and experience, which usually involve some use of drifting.
• Other drifting games include Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift, Tokyo Xtreme Racer Drift 2, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Juiced 2 and D1 Gran Prix.

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Television

• The presenters of British TV program Top Gear are known to enjoy powersliding cars on their test track. In the final episode of series 6 Richard Hammond tested the Vauxhall Monaro VX-R and was taught how to drift in the same car by D1 Grand Prix driver Yasuyuki Kazama. Despite being unable to speak English, Kazama was able to teach Hammond by using hand signals. Kazama then took the VX-R and showed Hammond how to drift properly.^[19]
• Drift events have been covered by major TV sports networks worldwide, as well as through a regular program on US-based cable TV network G4techTV.
• One of the earliest coverage on drifting was at the first episode of Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld, at the early segment of the episode which deals with Japanese car culture, Jeremy Clarkson visits a touge where drift runs took place and remarked that its like joyriding but with their own cars, he then interviewed a boy of 19 when his 180SX is waiting for it to be recovered. He then attends a drifting event where he interviewed Dorikin.
• The childrens TV Series Roary the Racing Car has a character - Drifter - who is so named because of his ability to Drift around corners. He is often shown to be almost perpendicular to the intended direction of travel.

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Movies

• Slide America (May 2007) is a documentary about the American Drift scene and culture. They traveled to 19 cities filming street drifting, grassroots events, and interviewing drifters.
• Drift Alliance Bad as Hell (May 2006) is a documentary about Drift Alliance, a popular drift team composed of Vaughn Gittin Jr., Tony Angelo, Chris Forsberg, and Ryan Hampton. The documentary features Drift Alliance at competitions as well as demonstrations.
• Drift: The Sideways Craze (2007) is a documentary HD film that features the art of professional drifting. National drifting champion Samuel Hubinette and drifting rival Ken Gushi prepare for the D1 Grand Prix, while they teach a young fan the basic elements of drifting. The film can be found on Discovery HD Theatre.
• The third film in the The Fast and the Furious series, Tokyo Drift, is set in a romanticized version of Japan's drift culture. The film very loosely depicts the Japanese drift-racing environment. However, little to no street racing — such as that depicted in the feature — takes place in major Japanese cities, and the majority of racing is undertaken on licensed tracks or on touges (mountain passes).
• Drifting and Touge driving are featured in the third, fifth and final installment of the Shuto Kousoku Trial series.
• In the Pixar movie Cars, Lightning McQueen learns drifting from Doc Hudson.
• Impak Maksima (literal translation from Malay language is Maximum Impact) and Evolusi: KL Drift (Evolution: Kuala Lumpur Drift)
• In the Initial D live action movie, a Toyota Corolla Trueno/GTS(AE86), Mazda RX7Gen2(FC3S), Mitsubishi Lancer EvoIII, and Nissan Skyline GTR32 were drifted.

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R/C drifting

Main article: Radio-controlled drifting

R/C drifting refers to the act of drifting with a radio-controlled car. R/C cars are equipped with special low grip tires, usually made from PVC or ABS piping. Some manufacturers make radial drift tires that are made of actual rubber compounds. The car setup is usually changed to allow the car to drift more easily. R/C drifting is most successful on 4WD (Four wheel drive) R/C cars. Radio-Controlled drifting refers to the act of drifting with a radio-controlled car. ... A Team Associated Nitro TC-3 model four wheel drive nitro touring car. ... PVC may refer to the following: Polyvinyl chloride, a plastic Premature ventricular contraction, irregular heartbeat Permanent virtual circuit, a term used in telecommunications and computer networks Param Vir Chakra, Indias highest military honor. ...

References

1. ^ Super Street, Issue 4, December 1996
2. ^ FIA Championships Homepage 2006. Retrieved on 2007-01-21.
3. ^ http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=95689&d=2&m=5&y=2007
4. ^ Drift Mania! Inaugural D1 Grand Prix presented by Yokohama August 31, 2003, Turbo Magazine, Retrieved August 25, 2007
5. ^ Ellis, Ben et al (2004). Drift Battle 1. Express Motoring Publications, 24. 
6. ^ Ellis, Ben et al (2004). Drift Battle 4. Express Motoring Publications, 22. 
7. ^ Ellis, Ben et al (2005). Drift Battle 12. Express Motoring Publications, 77. 
8. ^ Keiichi Tsuchiya. (2003). Best Motoring International, Drift Bible [DVD]. Zigzag Asia, Time = 2"56'-3'20", "[Side, Shift Lock, Power Over] should be the entry level technique for all novice drifters. ... There's no difficult weight transition involved here."
9. ^ Ellis, Ben et al (2006). Drift Battle 16. Express Motoring Publications, pg. 94. “Often D1 drivers will initiate with a clutch kick or just a yank on the steering wheel, but then use little hits of the handbrake to help control the line...” 
10. ^ Smith, Carroll (1996). Carroll Smith's Drive To Win. Carroll Smith Consulting Inc., ch.2 p.42. 
11. ^ Drifting And It's Techniques (sic). Retrieved on 2006-09-23. “There are three standard forms of getting a FF to initiate a drift. ...The next technique is trail braking.”
12. ^ What Is Drifting?. Retrieved on 2006-09-23. “Feint drift... This is known as a Scandinavian Flick in rallying...”
13. ^ The Technique of Motor Racing by Piero Taruffi
14. ^ Varga, Carol et al (2005). Drift Battle 6. Express Motoring Publications, pg. 19. “Here's Izumida making liberal use of the 'dirt turbo'.” 
15. ^ Ellis, Ben et al (2004). Drift Battle 1. Express Motoring Publications, 53-56. “It might surprise some people to see this listed first, but a proper mechanical limited-slip diff is absolutely essential for drift.” 
16. ^ OS Giken (Japanese). Retrieved on 2006-06-02.
17. ^ KAAZ (Japanese). Retrieved on 2006-06-02.
18. ^ Cusco (Japanese). Retrieved on 2006-06-02.
19. ^ Top Gear Season 6, Episode 11 August 7, 2005

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See also

• Drift King
• D1NZ
• IDCR
• D1 Grand Prix
• Fishtailing
• Formula D
• Handbrake turn
• Initial D
• The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
• Touge
• Drafting (racing)
• Tafheet

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External links

Sanctioning Bodies

• Drift Ops Canada Drifting body in Canada.
• D1 Grand Prix Premier production car drifting series.
• French Drift Series First French Drift Competiton.
• DriftMania Canadian drifting championship website.
• Prodrift Ireland Home to the Prodrift Irish National Series
• Prodrift Europe Home to the Prodrift European Series
• D1NZ The New Zealand National Drifting Championship
• drifting.pl Polish official drifting site
• USDrift - Events since 2002.
• Pro-Am - The First National Amateur Championship in North America.
• Formula Drift - Major Drift events since 2003
• Driftsport - German Drift Association (Deutscher Drift Cup)
• Hungarian Drift Series (HDS) - Hungarian Drift Association
• Eurodrift - The UK Pro-Am Drifting Championship
• European Drift Championship - The European Drift Championship