HOW TO - ADD TRACTION To Your Drift Car - BUT DON'T RUIN IT!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video we talk about how to manage the traction of your drift car. Don’t get greedy with it, it can be a slippery slope of losing the ability to drive your car. Make sure you have some quality dampers as they are the most important part, I recommend BC Racing for all drifting related shock absorbers.
If you’d like some info on the custom shock setups that I build, shoot an email to orderdriftparts at gmail.
Denofa is the only one I know that shares this much good knowledge just to see his fans succeed in the drift scene
How about Deane sharing his alignment? That's some confidence there. But Chelsea gives great explanation about how things work, love it.
Always been a big fan of your style. I am stoked to see someone who is still humble and spreading the knowledge and love for the sport. Keep it up man. If you keep driving like you have been you are for sure taking this one.
You don’t need to do this.. but so many of us appreciate it and love it and it really shows how much you love drifting. Thanks man. Btw this season is yours! Kill it G!
These videos are fuckin amazing. It’s so cool that Chelsea gives out this knowledge for free.
I've been drifting at a decent level for 10 years and this video was still helpful. Theories I already kinda understood, explained in a great way. Thanks, Chelsea!
I haven't drifted in real life for a single minute, only on sims like Assetto, but you're giving us a treasure trove on car setups for free. Thank you, many times over.
im dead ass writing notes, cuz some of the things he mentions are in FH4. which im playing till i get a ebrake for assetto. definitel going to try all of these things on my virtual car lmfao
It does indeed work and translate with assetto vdc
This is great info! How about big wings and endplates? I remember you used to run the wing on the e46 at certain tracks.
This is the most underrated driver in the game. Even though he first this year. Chelsea is the reason my car is set up the way it is
Another great video. Thanks for always being down to help. For the public every time I text Chelsea with some questions about how to setup the car, never a complaint, always helps makes my car feel amazing. Thanks for the knowledge man.
Loving all this content your putting out. glad to see u stepping up how often u upload
You're a great driver one of my favorites, also I got interested in Drifting because of your video from like 5yrs ago. When you made a how to Drift video and how to do donuts, and now you're making these videos about alignment and grip.
You explain things very well compare to others I've watched and asked.
Can you do a video explaining how differential setups change how a car drives, i.e, welded, 1.5way, 2 way, lsd, torsen . What the pros use and why? How to decide what you might need?
I drove a high powered 1.5way car and could not figure out how to transition, literally broke my brain.
I absolutely love these vids, have taken a ton of notes from them!
I think the "donut emergency tire" video is so misunderstood, amount of people that use that pic of that car at PARC as an argument against front grip is crazy.. I like to run a small (225) grippy front tire and play with pressure & rebound to get the slip I want. What lots of people forget, is that your front setup is also your "bail button" when drivers in front of you fuck up. If you dial out all front grip and you do a festival event with tons of driving, you gotta bail at least once a day, and its sketch af when there's no front grip.
Its badass you take the time to make these videos. Really helping the "little guy".
Can we please get an update on the FoxBody?.. please
Its so awesome to see you post these videos thank you! You came and taught a course for our series in 2017 and after that the driving level increased exponentially. Thank you for everything you do for the sport.
Both front wheels off the ground in the thumbnail what the heck
The amount of knowledge this legend has been dropping on us is god tier
For more info suss out the HP academy courses. :)
Totally grippin dood
CANT KILL ITEM-B
I hope prospec field is watching and making notes and making cars easier to drive
I hope so as well! Great driving this year dude!
Denofa, the FD Champion for 2021 Mark My WORDS.
I knew you couldn't resist talking about sway bars! 😂 Awesome information dude. Thank you for spreading the knowledge!
I also wish Formula D wasn't such a grip and power thing. I want to see people run doors on more technical tracks, and not break their cars every round.
This ^
Could you do a specfic video on e30/36 settings?
I agree
I have been really intimidated by the idea of tuning my suspension. The way you break it down at least gives me confidence to a) give myself a baseline setup thats not just "set it all in the middle" and b) what to feel for when making adjustments. Thank you so much for passing along the knowledge. I want to come back to the school sometime to talk setup and improve my driving.
It might be a good idea to put all of these setup vids in a playlist.
those carbon trophies in the background.. slight flex
I love all the info you are giving out for free. I'm literally writing it all down
the subtext of "don't just do what I tell you all at once" is SEAT TIME!! Drive your cars and feel them out!!
Love the info man going to make some adjustments on my BC coilovers next event.
Anyone else just stare at his two tone beard the entire time?
Also, runs and immediately clicks the shocks full soft and full hard 😂
All about that grip tune, baby.
hey chelsea! you are the man. You rock with this videos, thanks for making them! they are awesome since always... I still remember all your how to drift videos years ago...
We all like seeing drifting videos, but we appreciate when those drifters take their time to share their knowleadge.
Thank you for this video!
Thank you for the information. It's very enlightening and helpful. Especially explaining stuff in a way us regular people can understand it. I hope I can apply some of what I learned to my car. Especially now that I'm putting sway bars back on lol.
Amazing information, thank you
I might try adding the bars back on my vette and feel how it drives. Right now I love how it feels. But like you said I might like the bars better.
A grip drift tune, aka “The Grift Tune” lol
Thanks for giving this stuff out, its great.
They need a tire limit for FD IMO. The higher speeds are making the tracks too samey and boring.
They do have a tire limit. It’s weight to tire.
Wow....just wow. Having someone as skilled and talented as you helping us understand these huge concepts is sick. Thank you for doing this because its nice to have some sort of path to guide you and understand whats going on when it comes to adding grip to a drift car. Some of us only have simulators and video games since the logistics arent there. And we dont get the true 'seat time' but at least with this information, we can learn to practice and understand grip overall.
This honestly helped allot for vdc cars at Irwindale where if you don’t run a sway bar the banked corner is almost impossible
Thanks Chelsea, I know its and old video, but it never gets old for us. Saludos from Panama, Central America. You are an inspiration for drifters out here. Would be a dream to meet you sometime or even come once again to our city. Keep Drifting!!
Thanks papa Denofa! Now I can stretch all 212hp of my Z to keep up with my 1J friend lol
Really interesting hearing you say toe is a last resort. I’ve been chasing the way my car felt one event like 6 months ago. On shittyish ironmans at like 18psi hot, nothing crazy but it felt like a goddamn rocket ship and I couldn’t figure out why. Since then I’ve put a bunch of toe in the car and played with dampening but it hasn’t felt the same at all. Finally I went back and looked at my tire order and realized it wasn’t a 265/35 like I normally run but a 235/45..? Smaller contact patch, but that difference in sidewall just made it feel like the car was on rails. Ive probably now ruined my original alignment lol, but I now understand I’m chasing that squatty side bite feeling of the tire flexing. Going to try softening up the rear bar next event.
Thanks! Cya!
How many sports have the current top guy giving out info like this?
awesome video! blew my mind! so many extra things I've never though of before! definitely going to wacth this again and absorb as much as I can. THANK YOU
Thank you so much for these videos! Awesome man😎👌🏻 champ!
Sick videos you have giving all info anyone would ever need if they put all your information together from all videos and has a bit of knowledge. first person i have seeing to put all info out there big thanks 👍. I buy drift cars with sway bars removed and always put back in way better and set up how you have have explain and young fella bets cars with twice power in comp whole time 😁
Can you make a video on a grip race set up? I'm also into road racing and I commute on fun mountain roads. I once had a friend who competes set up my car and it was amazing but I had a shop align it to factory and I'm not happy and want to know how to get that back. I've watched your Alignment video also and have a good idea as to what to do now but I wanted to know if you had any tips on that
The 'forwaed traction' part is quite confusing.. so it's not driving straight?? But when you did a hand gesture, it looked like straight.. and how do you drive towards the rear wheels??
very good explanation of sway bar effect and weight jacking / transition feel
Love the videos bro super informative! I wanna see the progress of the fox body!! But you are slaying FD bro I hope you take it all the way man!
Thanks men I alway liked your style of driving. Thank for making video like this
Now you're just spoiling us!
I'm so glad to hear you say FD is getting too fast and you'd rather be driving slower cars. Me and my friends miss the old days of more street looking cars and less speed and more focus on style and technique. However, I think it's cool to have FD. Grassroots drifting is still supported, but FD is the Formula 1 of Drifting. It has to be as fast as machine and driver allow. I already can't stand those dumbass people who look down on drifting talking shit about "iT's slOWer tHaN ThE RaCInG liNe" or whatever. I want them to see what the world's best drifters and their teams can do, entering corners at insane speeds and linking full sized race tracks around the world. I just love the sport of drifting.
I used to compete in 1/10 Rc drifting in Europe… seeing you talk and explain 1/1 car setup is so so cool when i can compare that to my skills in Rc, Running Plastic tires for example (by rule) creates different challenges, things like hp wars were non existent because of tire damage rules, for example if u overpowered your car the tires would literally melt and increase grip which was not allowed (would result in dq) swaping shhocks and shock oils and springs was waaaaaaay easier and faster than on 1/1 and the tuning options were endless… even tho i wish i had more setup knowledge back then beacuse thousands of different setings was overwhelming at times… Anyways super interesting videos! Lets get that championship!
Goodluck at St. Louis! hopefully they bring back the Big layout this time
This vid is great, would be nice to watch the advance pro side of this series
Man the only thing not stoked on this team are the bumpers! LMAO, dale yeah! Keep up the work and the content!
what a master class lesson mate, really appreciate it!
Thank you so much for all this info! I am excited to start drifting and making adjustments and learning!
Super instructive video, thank you a lot Chelsea! It would be fun to discuss setup for a newbie like me.
Very informative; definitely saving this to my library. This is your year buddy; bring it home. 🏆🙏
I just added everything now my car only travels sideways. Thanks my sons crying now
This is a great video I've forsure been messing with tire pressures but not clicks on my bc coils but I'm for sure gonna mess with some shock adjustment at the next drift event
I’m definitely sending this vid to some of my buddies that don’t run sway bars.
I’m debating chopping my car up and you’re posting heat…
Bird is the word #familyguy
Im stage 2 chipping my sl550 will be 600hp stock is 430hp but other owners tell me there is no difference at all in times since their is a lot of wheelspin ....is their any way i can fix it?
this was really what many drivers were missing including myself! Thanks👌🏻
Love your stuff bro, from New Zealand man!! Your the best
I was super curious why did the manji and now I know! That’s insane the nitrous plays that big a role.
Bird. Bird is the word my friend…..Cuz you know…
Thanks for doing these videos man. Keep it up we love this stuff. Drifting has been such a dark art for all these years so it's great for this information to make it out there.
I drift with no sway bars at the moment. I can't fit a front bar with the LS in the way and I removed the rear bar chasing more grip in Pro-Am class trying to pull every last bit of grip from a 235 radial, suspension full soft, 15psi tyres and a healthy amount of toe in.
Great videos bro appreciate all the knowledge !! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I'm a professional Sim Drifter and always finding my way to this video ! huge thanks for all the info it helped me so much in the last season ! ( Best one I ever had )
Super helpful thanks! The fact you're taking time to make these videos just to help us out is why you're the shit.
These videos came out just in time, I’m building a s197 right now or next season🤘🏼 thank you for your knowledge my guy you absolutely kill it!!
your last video where you said your trailing wheel is really the lead wheel made me a better driver over night js
I have messaged you on Instagram but I’m trying to find a video where you reference if you should only run digressive coilovers in the front or in the rear aswell? Have the digressive in the front makes sense for the extra stiffness and response in the front until bigger bumps but in terms of rear grip you would want non digressive coilovers for linear grip?
THE BIRD IS THE WORD
Awesome video, I’ve tended to have the same theory’s and beliefs as you, I was so happy to see the spares in the front video, when I first started looking into the front end, I felt grip was important, then after watching stewy do his maniac driving, I watched the front doing a lot of sliding, and started to understand the pivot point, and it’s importance. A car that pivots around the front end is just a weird feel, and it takes so much more room to make transitions and god forbid you get backwards, you scrub that speed really fast, and that’s about the best scenario you can hope for.
Really appreciate these videos Chelsea, great info shared. thank you
Fricking wicked videos mate! So many people keep these things as guarded secrets, glad you're spreading the love ❤
I think Dan at one point disconnected his front bar to slow down the transition in the rain and his car did look extremely smooth
Fuck yes. Thank you for the tips. I love car setup.
Thanks dude you're the best, all this info really helps us all 👍🏽🙂
The two last videos about setup was freaking awsome.
Can you come to nz
thank you for your time!! thank you for support non professional drivers!!
What would be a good baseline spec for an e46 coupe? I have BC racing RM coils on the way but not sure what else to put into it do get a good drift baseline
Love the insight man, thank you a bunch! Recently got my stock KA s13 feeling pretty good but might loosen up the rear so I don't need such hi psi for the rear tires lol
Hey Chelsea, any chance that you'll be re-opening your drift school?
Always great to see professionals share their tips and not keeping info to themselves. Reminds me to watch the HP academy suspension courses.
These videos are so awesome and informative. I need more. Thank you so much for all of this. I can't wait to see you drive in person.
He's bringing fd into fame kinda like Vaughn did. Not that others aren't but wow he's taking off these days
Learned a lot from this video. Sway bars and what grip in diff places does. Sharing your years of knowledge with the community. We appreciate it all!
Audience should skip the 1.5 mins. It is so hard to watch unless you like cringey nonsense.
Taking notes on how to ungrip, appreciate the info.. thanks!
Learnt some new things in these videos, solidified some things in my mind iv been doing and thinking of doing. Appreciate the content 👏