[TheBrander]

I have seen a few Top Gear episodes were the Elise/Exige was put in a sideways drift. How do you do this with so much under-steer? Just lift?

 

[...m...]

...scandinavian flick - or grippier front tires...

...driftaholic drifts his elise these days...

 

[fitfan]

understeer? oversteer? ...its all driver induced.

 

[TheBrander]

...scandinavian flick - or grippier front tires...

...driftaholic drifts his elise these days...

"Scandinavian flick" - that's what I was looking for.

 

[Ave]

I'm a bit wary of doing the scandinavian flick in the dry on a track with walls. I've never practiced it in a parking lot, which seems like a logical starting point. Who here has the cojones and has done it well on the track?

Wendy

 

[apk919]

Trailing brake oversteer gets the Lotus sideways really quickly: http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f100/lcs-1-sow-1-23-9-a-67142/index5.html#post1203566

BTW, don't try this at home kids...

 

[Green Ghost]

1) Better tire sizes (assuming you have base wheel/tires), 2) shim removal, 3) adjustable sway bar.

 

[Hello Kitty]

...Or you can get a lotus with LSD, and the backend will do what you expect it to do. The Open diff is no fun at all

 

[Seb]

LSD is the key here. Without it, you will just get a whole load of smoke and no action.

The Scandinavian flick is the way to go!

 

[Appleseed]

I accidentally did it the other day on an onramp... I guess that the slight incline was enough to add the necc downforce to the front and the back came out and slid (scaring me a little; I thought that I was headed for the ditch...)

 

[Seb]

When that happens the temptation is to lift, but that just gets you more trouble.

I bet you lifted...

 

[exige cup dr]

Very easy to induce at racing speeds. Jump of the brake or the throttle and be ready with opposite lock!

 

[exige cup dr]

Opposite lock plus throttle! Sorry.

 

[Appleseed]

When that happens the temptation is to lift, but that just gets you more trouble.

I bet you lifted...

yeah, I did, even though I know better... I have been told, yet my foot did not listen...

 

[DeanG]

To do oversteer exercises at Lotus driver training they swap the front and rear wheels.

 

[Noisycow]

Here is how it is done the right way!!

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[Demonized]

Here is how it is done the right way!!

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rotfl

 

[codymac]

McRae discussing it:

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Galli doing it with flair:
:bow:

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