- Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:34 am
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Drifting a front wheel drive requires lots of car abuse...and preparation which I did it once by actually planting my foot on the gas and reaching speeds of about 40mph and turning the wheel and lift the ebrake. You got to maintain lots of speed by entering the turn with lots of speed.
Assdragging will be just to turn and lift ebrake and the car just drags its back and slows down.
To drift is to go sideways so by definition if you make your Civic FWD slide sideways and not be in an understeer then your drifting.
My setup for that fun drift session (Oh that was back in the early 2000s):
Worn Yokohama AVS tires (That is why I decided to trash it)
Was about to get me a 100k tune up so might as well make the mechanics do the 30 point inspection on my car after the brief abuse.
Stock front sway bar with poly bushing and 22mm big-O rear sway bar (With a huge sway bar at the rear it really makes a understeering FWD into a oversteering tail happy car)
With braces up and down front and back. (Or else I would have bent something... I think...)
Tokico sport front shocks (Stiff) and OEM rear shocks (Soft)
Neuspeed Springs which have stiffer fronts by design.
Front tires set at 30psi and Rear tires set at 36psi
If anyone ask me what are my most memorable times I had with my Civic SI?
Drifting like a maniac behind the military base, stopping oncoming traffic, and scarying myself to laughter.
Oh yeah, and I spun out once on heavy fast moving traffic on the freeway... that was hella memorable as well LoL... did like 3 spins and amazingly missed the wall and other cars.

It was not fun but one of my brush with death memorable moments.
I love my Civic EG6 and I plan to keep it for the rest of my life... in hopes that some day it will become a collector's car... or at least a classic.