View Full Version : Drop Clutch in the Rain
GregBolby 10-06-2001, 06:05 PM :D :D :D
just took my roomate to work, had to take a right at the light so i figure lets see what she will do if i drop it turning right, well the back end came all the way around sideways in 2 lanes and then i kept it floored, it straightend out,and we were off. Then the expression on his face was priceless haha
felt like rear wheel drive until it ripped back straight :)
:eek:
well to anyone going to atempt that be ready for the tail to come out!
20mm in the back
late
Greg
www.jdmracing.com
fanatic 10-06-2001, 06:11 PM that was mean to do to her, but funny for me to listen to. :D
totoherbs 10-06-2001, 09:05 PM ya sure it was fun this time but what about next time when u lose it n slide in to the curb or on comeing car. and i think he was refreing to the car when he said she he was refering to the car "she will do if i drop it turning right". i did almost the same thing in my friends car n it was totaled :rolleyes: but was fun while it was happening
Kostamojen 10-07-2001, 04:31 AM It would take a large lack of skill to go into oppositle lanes doing the right turn thing onto a 2 lane road...
SammyDFG 10-07-2001, 06:35 AM is it possible to have the car FLIP OVER going REALLY sharp and fast on a turn? like what he did ....
im scared to go ALL OUT on turns, i got almost all out :)
because im afraid it will FLIP OVER or something, even if i dont hit a bump
i think this because AWD and stuff, someone explain?
RidinLow 10-07-2001, 10:40 AM What's this FLIP OVER thing you keep talking about?
chkltcow 10-07-2001, 10:56 AM If you get too far sideways, and do something that would cause your tires to really catch and get traction... you COULD flip over, I guess.
If you try to go too sharp and fast... the car is just gonna understeer.
GregBolby 10-07-2001, 11:02 AM keep in mind this was done with NO one in the other lanes or oncoming lanes .every one was stopeed at the light there is no way in the world i could have flipped it over i was not going fast at all!
anyways
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Greg
www.jdmracing.com
doobie 10-07-2001, 11:23 AM I dont know about this flipping stuff all that happens to me is a load of screeching and around the corner I go. Although that tall grass in my headlights last night made me a bit nervous. I dont do it too fast though maybe 40 mips or so.
GregBolby 10-07-2001, 12:19 PM you guys think that i was going 40ish or something?
i was at a standstill taking a right when the light turned green, dropped the clutch and all 4 spun. it slid me around the turn with the tail end out just like a rear wheel drive car...i wasnt going fast at all. the power went to the ground and that was it.
greg
GRWRX 10-07-2001, 12:51 PM I do it whenever it rains. It is lots of fun.
Blugin 10-07-2001, 01:19 PM I took my car to a road course, I never once even thought I might flip over, even through sharp off-camber turns. I spun out, but didn't flip, don't worry, it's a car, not an SUV- just don't try a 90 degree turn at over 100 without braking.
subachad 10-07-2001, 01:34 PM When I was a pizza delivery driver in Tigard OR, there's this one turn I could kick out the back very nicely. It started out in my Rx7, but my Subie had no problem doing it either. As long as it was raining anyway.
I learned to drive in Montana... in the winter, and we'd go weeks without seeing the road under all the ice. I guess this might have had some negative impact on my driving because I always want to be going slideways...
Chad
93 1.8T
When I had my car out on the track to see how it did at the limit, it felt pretty good. It had a fair amount of understeer, even with the front tire pressures 8PSI above the back. If you lifted, the read would come around very controllably (dry pavement). In a 95 MPH hard left turn, it would do a nice even drift, but I never really let it loose at that speed 'cause of the concrete walls. ;)
Scrapy Doo 10-07-2001, 10:11 PM and you wonder why insurance is so high... :rolleyes:
Kostamojen 10-08-2001, 03:13 AM Originally posted by GregBolby
you guys think that i was going 40ish or something?
i was at a standstill taking a right when the light turned green, dropped the clutch and all 4 spun. it slid me around the turn with the tail end out just like a rear wheel drive car...i wasnt going fast at all. the power went to the ground and that was it.
I knew you meant that, thats why I said what I said... It would be IMPOSSIBLE to do it from a standstill and go into the other lanes unless everything was ice :p
In my last car, 93 olds achieva v6, I would spin the tires in the rain going around the corners cause it had no traction. Didnt hurt anyone and was hilariously fun to do! (roostertail hehe)
toerag 10-08-2001, 05:01 AM If your tyre pressures are WAY too low then there's a chance that the tyre will roll under the car and the rim will dig into the road. Then you'll flip or trash your wheels!!
Toerag
T-WRX 10-08-2001, 10:06 AM Too many people preaching about safety and insurance. I tire of your rhetoric. :(
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