Drifting in a A/T?
 

Has anyone tried drifting in thier A/T8? Is it possible to do? Did you have to mod anything to be able to do it well?

I tried searching the forum for info but didn't see anything. Hopefully I am not just being blind.

You'd probably need FI or bald tires and rain.

There is someone on this forum that has done it. I also looked back and did a search but could not find the posts. I would think it could be done but ....................

if you define "drifting" as doing donuts, then yes. actually drifting would be much more difficult.

haha

i don't know about drift - but there's definately a lot of oversteer

just follow me in the rain :)

My future license plate ==> WHTDCS? (What DCS?)

lol. That video clip was funny.

And yeah, I expected as much but had to ask. One of these days I would like to give drifting a try. Guess it will be with my next toy.

yes, it can, I have, Phillip has also

Been there done that. its really bad for your steering rack.

how is your steering rack any different from MTs?

No its not "bad" for the steering rack.

I have seem on. Need to move about 40-50 MPH and pull hand brake.

how do u bust a doughnut on an AT? i really wanna try it but i dnt wanna mess up and look stupid LOL

^ Is that a serious question?

I'm not sure if you're serious but by the looks of your avatar... I think you're for real.

Donut on snow!!

Rain is dangerous....

Donuts are easy,, just turn the wheel all the way and floor it. Be sure to turn off the DSC though.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...X-8/DSCOFF.jpg

^DSC?? WHAT'S THAT?? HAHA

base model FTW (in this case) :)

yea, me and atilla never had a DSC/TSC so it was like win

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how much is your door i really like it....the way it modified.how much did you spent in your nice door...

till this day i still laugh about my lil driftin accident.

i was at a stoplight, roads were wet, i tapped the gas harder than i thought while making a left turn then all of a sudden i felt my rear tires skidding..i was panicking b/c i was headin straight towards oncoming cars so i quickly countersteered. for a short while i was swervin left and right...i was scared out of mind, so my instinct was to slam on my brakes and yank the wheel all the way to the right (sidewalk). here was the results lol

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...b/untitled.jpg

all my guy friends that were in the back of me thought i did it on purpose. they said the angle looked real nice, like a pro. lmao

i wanted to punch their faces because i still all shaken up and here they were showboating in front of all the cars passing us haha

^holy hell...

My friend, here is my link that i did some donuts with my 4 Speed Auto :) Enjoy
AT not hopeless
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...s+with+my+auto

lmao hell yeah!

i actually busted a lil doughnut on sunday on accident:dunno:

This thread is full of fail....

I've done some light drifts in my A/T. It's got the stock tires on it (which are pretty much the equivalent of bald tires :lol: ) It's real easy to induce power oversteer in the A/T rx8 with the DSC off, just get the weight to transfer and mash the throttle. If you put the car in Manu-matic mode you can get some more serious drifting going, but your transmission won't thank you.

please dont do this on the road man. at some point youll probably regret it for one reason or another.

heh, you're from jersey dude. The roads where I'm from in texas are probably night and day from what you're used to. Hell one road here we do Touge style races down at night. There are lots of twisty country roads here in the hill country with no one around. It's easy to drift (depending on the technique being used) and I've done it many times in various vehicles. It all depends on your geographic location and well.... I got lucky.

I know its a real big sin but I have a few places in an industrial park where I can knock off 3 sliding turns in different directions(Notice I did'nt call it drifting:lol: )in certain intersections. I turn off the dsc with the 7 sec. hold down. Enter the turn in 2nd @ 29MPH, down-shift to 1st gear and gas it.

u fail to grasp his meaning.... take it off the street.

Off topic: xsniper, Looks like a choate stock. The action? does'nt look like a 700. A MK4 would look nice sitting on top!

Meh, differences of opinion.

offcourse you can drift yOff course you can drift your At rx-8 does it have lsd?? I mean I can’t do it because simple I can’t drift lol. But I was practicing on a open car parks once and I sort of did do a drift.
This is how I did the drift kept my gear at 2nd and got up to around 80km I think or I am not to sure but it was going pretty fast .
Then I just let go of the gas then steer my car left ways then quickly steer to the right at that point my car was sort of on the side ways then after that I just pushed gas.
I think it all about practice.
our at rx-8 does it have lsd ??

Depends on the trim level you have. I don't think the base ATs have an LSD. I have the GT and it does. I can't remember if the LSD came with the sport or the touring package to start.

they all come with LSDs i thought, and the GT comes with a Tochigi Fuji Limited Slip Differential... idk?

The sport model doesn't. I believe the touring is the model which it comes standard .

so who tried to drift in there AT after reading this thread ??

I am not sure that it quite qualified as drifting but I did manage to get my 8 sideways. The control was pretty decent but not real sustainable. Of course, I was not really wanting to blow a set of tires by sustaining it either. lol