Drift entrance techniques/form

[Gostockorgohome]

Another point to consider when clutch kicking is RPM and wheel speed difference.Even If you have low horsepower and clutch kick at low RPM, the rear tires are going to have a greater amount of rotational speed difference between the front and are going to want to rotate around the front. Think of speed difference between front and rear as a ratio, the greater speed difference, the greater the angle your car is going to want. Over rotating at low RPM's can be overcome by clutching in and slowing down the rear tires, allowing them to catch up with the front tires, thus regaining grip and straightening out. Not clutching in will do one of two things: it will keep the tires in a rotation that is faster than the front wheel speed, causing a spin, or after your tires have broken loose, they can actually slow down slower than your front tires(like an e-brake initiation) and cause you to spin. Watch any Team Burst video on youtube and you will see every single driver clutch kick within probably 1-2 thousand RPM of Redline. Also keeping the RPM's up after a e-brake initiation will help greatly also, because when you get don't, the wheelspeed will be much lower in the rear compared than the front and can cause you to straighten and or spin depending on the angle your drifting at.

[LockOn!]

Originally Posted by Gostockorgohome

Also keeping the RPM's up after a e-brake initiation will help greatly also, because when you get don't, the wheelspeed will be much lower in the rear compared than the front and can cause you to straighten and or spin depending on the angle your drifting at.

I think you mean *during* initiation. But yeah this is a good point people miss when learning.

I lol when I watch a car ebrake in then just bog-down and putt away. Its like FWD drifting hahaha

[chiboy002]

yeah
thats why you keep the rpms high while ebrake, not cause it helps but cause its fucking AWESOME

[DenkiMan!]

Originally Posted by chiboy002

yeah
thats why you keep the rpms high while ebrake, not cause it helps but cause its fucking AWESOME

this is something i need to start doing, i always forget to raise rpm when i ebrake initiate. right now i prefer clutch kicking because the car feels way more predictable to me. i learned in order to connect something like an s-turn or something, when initiating by kicking, things like timing, line, speed and not fighting the steering wheel are all important. anyone run summit point?