Drifting? - Page 2 - Toyota Yaris Forums

07WYarisRS · 10-26-2006, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by eflb55

ok so is my yaris, american sedan, a front or rear wheel drive? and regardless of whether i can "ass drag" or not, can i drift and how, detailed please.

If you don't even know if your car is front wheel, rear wheel or awd or the very most basics on drifting don't even try it let alone in a FWD car.
You will crash or roll your car. And YEs it is VERY easy to flip your car drifting.

Drifting means all 4 wheels are sliding in a controled slide.
This takes speed, HP and good hadling, something the Yaris does not have...
To really drift and control it while accelerating you need rear wheel drive or allwheel drive, something the yaris also does not have.

The ONLY way you are going to drift a FWD car is coming into a turn very hard and very fast, set up and brake for a bit of oversteer and continue to steer into it until the rear end has started to come around. At this time you counter steer and maintain the momentum keeping the rear wheels loose and then slide it around a corner. Often you will need to use the e-brake to help break the rear wheels loose. But most new driver or drivers with no experiance tend to let the rear end come around too much and they either wipe out or the car hooks up and flips over.

But again if you have that little of driving skills don't even try to do it on pavement.
If you mess up even a little this is what happens

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9CpujJDW9nY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu5vY...elated&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMrJj...elated&search=

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/50877/...rifting_crash/

yuiedie · 10-26-2006, 09:39 PM

hmmm, maybe not drifting, but how about auto x?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itmmnbWYVQo

looks like fun!

Ran Kizama · 10-27-2006, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by yuiedie

hmmm, maybe not drifting, but how about auto x?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itmmnbWYVQo

looks like fun!

E-Brake FTW!!

Katana · 10-27-2006, 10:47 AM

Cool links!

03Z33 · 10-27-2006, 11:24 PM

That's not autocross

It's gymkhana

BIG difference!

That video is from the Yokota air force base in Tokyo, my friends used to run there all the time.

The 1.3l Vitz is available with AWD in Asia... if the drivetrain fits the 1.5l that would be the easiest way to convert to RWD

eTiMaGo · 10-28-2006, 12:02 AM

hey yeah that's a pretty cool idea actually! Combine that with an engine swap to a 1.8 or 2L engine, and it would be a BEAST!

Sideways · 11-07-2006, 02:28 PM

There is one Yaris that can drift, it has been converted to RWD and powered by a 2.7L Tacoma engine.

the_saint · 11-07-2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sideways

There is one Yaris that can drift, it has been converted to RWD and powered by a 2.7L Tacoma engine.

Really?
I'll believe it when I see detailed pics and video!

ChinoCharles · 11-07-2006, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sideways

There is one Yaris that can drift, it has been converted to RWD and powered by a 2.7L Tacoma engine.

NUMBERS! PICTURES! ANYTHING!

Ran Kizama · 11-07-2006, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 07WYarisRS

If you don't even know if your car is front wheel, rear wheel or awd or the very most basics on drifting don't even try it let alone in a FWD car.
You will crash or roll your car. And YEs it is VERY easy to flip your car drifting.

Agreed. Save your Yaris and go buy a RWD junker to learn on. 240SX's can be found for around $1500 and are great learner cars. They're essentially the drifter's Civic since everybody has one. For around the same price you can also look for old Toyota Cressida's, BMW 3-Series, Mazda RX-7's or Miatas.

ChinoCharles · 11-07-2006, 03:25 PM

I lose the rear end of the Yaris all the damn time. It drives me crazy. 50% of the time I will take a corner hard and it will stay nice and flat. The thing that surprises me the most is the amount of tire squeal. I can take a left turn across a two-lane road at 45 MPH with little to no squeal... pretty impressive. However, if there is any (and I mean any) moisture on the ground, back end comes around and I'm countersteering and steadying the throttle.

Yaris Revenge · 11-07-2006, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by eflb55

ok so is my yaris, american sedan, a front or rear wheel drive? and regardless of whether i can "ass drag" or not, can i drift and how, detailed please.

Oooh my goodness. Please post here and let us know before you get behind the wheel, so we can hide indoors!

No mo-ah "Fasta and Fyoo-ias" fo-ah you! You go home now!

I'm just kiddin' you, of course.

I make fun of my wife all the time for not knowing how many cylinders her truck has (even after I've told her a dozen times).

~YR

ChinoCharles · 11-07-2006, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Yaris Revenge

No mo-ah "Fasta and Fyoo-ias" fo-ah you! You go home now!

HAH!

I think I peed a little bit on that one. wooooo

Sideways · 11-07-2006, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by the_saint

Really?
I'll believe it when I see detailed pics and video!

Here are a couple pictures from mid September. We are currently working on completing the brake system and upgrading the engine.

eTiMaGo · 11-08-2006, 01:01 AM

two words:

holy, and crap

oh and one more: respect!

03Z33 · 11-08-2006, 01:35 AM

the_saint · 11-08-2006, 09:06 AM

wow....you guys really are working on a RWD Yaris. Please excuse my skepticism, but this is the internet.

I can't wait to see video of an actual drifitng yaris.

quadoptix · 11-09-2006, 02:56 AM

there will be video's up when it's ready. It's a project thats only been worked on a total of 18 days. It's seen great progress so far. Sideways..is that you graham? or dave? haha its mike.

10-27-2006, 10:47 AM	#22
Katana Drives: Yaris LB 1.3lt 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Under the hood! Posts: 1,124	Cool links! __________________ It's not the ride, it's the rider!

10-28-2006, 12:02 AM	#24
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	hey yeah that's a pretty cool idea actually! Combine that with an engine swap to a 1.8 or 2L engine, and it would be a BEAST! __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

11-08-2006, 01:01 AM	#33
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	two words: holy, and crap oh and one more: respect! __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

10-26-2006, 09:39 PM	#20
yuiedie Drives: '07 liftback Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: CA Posts: 66	hmmm, maybe not drifting, but how about auto x? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itmmnbWYVQo looks like fun!

10-27-2006, 11:24 PM	#23
03Z33 View User's Garage Drives: TCR10 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,132	That's not autocross It's gymkhana BIG difference! That video is from the Yokota air force base in Tokyo, my friends used to run there all the time. The 1.3l Vitz is available with AWD in Asia... if the drivetrain fits the 1.5l that would be the easiest way to convert to RWD

11-07-2006, 02:28 PM	#25
Sideways Drives: RWD Yaris! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Phoenix Posts: 2	There is one Yaris that can drift, it has been converted to RWD and powered by a 2.7L Tacoma engine.

11-07-2006, 03:25 PM	#29
ChinoCharles Banned Drives: LB Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: OH Posts: 7,787	I lose the rear end of the Yaris all the damn time. It drives me crazy. 50% of the time I will take a corner hard and it will stay nice and flat. The thing that surprises me the most is the amount of tire squeal. I can take a left turn across a two-lane road at 45 MPH with little to no squeal... pretty impressive. However, if there is any (and I mean any) moisture on the ground, back end comes around and I'm countersteering and steadying the throttle.

11-08-2006, 01:35 AM	#34
03Z33 View User's Garage Drives: TCR10 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,132

11-08-2006, 09:06 AM	#35
the_saint 50% borikén Drives: 06 Mazda5, 90 240sx Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Omaha, somewhere in middle america Posts: 166	wow....you guys really are working on a RWD Yaris. Please excuse my skepticism, but this is the internet. I can't wait to see video of an actual drifitng yaris.

11-09-2006, 02:56 AM	#36
quadoptix Drives: 04 Scion xB, 07 Yaris Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 6	there will be video's up when it's ready. It's a project thats only been worked on a total of 18 days. It's seen great progress so far. Sideways..is that you graham? or dave? haha its mike.