RS*R Scion tC in Formula Drift

Scion has announced that it will participate in the Formula Drift this year with its rear wheel drive RS*R Scion tC which is based on Scion’s most popular model, the tC sports coupe.

The factory built front-wheel drive tC converted to a drifting rear-wheel drive by RS*R, acclaimed exhaust and suspension manufacturer. The conversion made possible due to its similarity with Toyota’s Japanese market Avensis four-wheel drive and Caldina all-wheel drive platform. RS*R changed the stock transverse 2AZ-FE 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine configuration to a longitudinal setup in order to drive power, through the transmission and drive shaft, directly to the rear wheels.

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Mixture Of Drift Video

Check out this cool drifting video. The music was great too – 99 red balloons by Goldfinger. Great mixture of video and music. Even I watched it for few times. Enjoy…..

Drifting Video From SEMA 2006

Watch this awesome drifting video from SEMA 2006. There’s no sound but the drift was great.

Quick Look At One Of The Coolest Drifting Video

Even though it’s in black & white but the drifting is superb.  It’s 7 minutes of superb drifting skills. Watch and learn

MMU Drift Autoshow

Watch Malaysia’s own drift autoshow that was held in Melaka. I got the video from YouTube.

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How To Drift?

There are two ways to start a drift. The first is the clutching technique. When approaching a turn the driver will push in the clutch and shift his car into second gear. Then rev the engine up to around 4000-5000 rpm (it all depends all the model of the car being used) and then slightly turn away from the turn and then cut back towards it hard while at the same time popping the clutch and causing the rear wheels to spin.

At this point the drifter has a loss of traction and is beginning to slide around the curve. Now comes the hard part. You have to hold the drift until the next turn. To do this you must keep your foot on the accelerator while at the same time adjusting your car with the steering wheel so you don’t spin out. It’s not as easy as it sounds.

Then as the drifter reaches the end of the turn and approaches the next turn which is in the opposite direction he must cut the wheel in that direction and in some cases, if the previous drift was to slow and they start to regain traction, they must pop the clutch again to get the wheels spinning. And that is how you drift a rear wheel drive car.

The second technique is used by a few drifters in rear wheel drives, but is the only way you can really drift a front wheel drive. You have to use the side brake. A front wheel drive can not whip it’s tail out because the tires are being driven in the front as opposed to the rear. So when approaching a turn you pull the side brake to cause traction loss. And the rest is pretty much the same except that it’s much harder to take more than one turn with a front wheel drive car.

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p.s. I’ve never drift before but would like learn and do it someday

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