The idea of camber is to keep the tire flat and in contact whilst cornering and without camber the edges of the tire will lift up under cornering reducing your grip. It will keep the front planted and give a fast turn in.Īs a rule, the more camber you roll on, the sharper the turn in will be. Most use a slight toe out setting on the fronts, of around 1.5 to 3 degrees but this varies according to car and drivers preference. The second area we shall consider is suspension modifications and setup for drifting and you will find detailed articles on TorqueCars tuning pages if you want to go into more detail on suspension tuning.įor drifting you don't really need much negative camber, just lower it to get rid of body roll stiffen, unless you're going to use the car exclusively for drifting. On a track or road the LSD will make a big difference to lap times and cornering speeds especially in low grip conditions like wet roads or when you are really hammering the engine so if you intend to do some track work get a slightly higher ratio diff. On a fast road you can get a sharper turning circle and put down more power if you moderate the rate of power going to each wheel.Īn LSD is exactly that and is usually specified as a ratio.įor drifting you need a locking diff (or permenantly locked) that encourages the back to slide over the road helping to prolong the duration of the drift.Īn adjustable diff will give the best of both worlds but can prove very expensive and is not something available for most cars so go with something like a 2 way diff with 4.788 final drive ratio. It is something you'll notice if you have one wheel in snow or mud and the other on a grippy surface leaving you effectively stuck.
The drawback of having a Slip Diff fitted is that when one wheel has no grip and spins all of the power goes to this wheel. The LSD in a car sends the driven power proportionally to the wheels with more going to the wheel that needs to rotate a greater distance. When going in a straight line both cotton reels rotate at the same speed.īut when on a curve the reel on the outside needs to rotate faster than the inner reel otherwise it will just be slipping over the surface and not gripping. Imagine you have a pencil with 2 cotton reels on each end. Let's look first of all at the Diff (limited slip diff or LSD hereafter) and what it does. Drift Limited Slip Differentials (LSD or slip diffs) Patience, steady control and very deliberate slow throttle and steering controls are the difference between hacking a car around and drifting.
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