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From: Justin Hughes <ka1ult@channel1.com>
>Sometimes you may want to induce a 4-wheel drift, and
>particularly on FWD cars it's tough to break the back loose without
stomping
>on the brakes hard enough to loosen the back a bit. It's a trade-off,
>really - neither one is better all the time. And the Vette's ABS is a very
>different system from an Escort GT. YMMV - try it both ways and go with
>what works for your car and your driving style.
I can't think of a situation where I'd approach lockup (and thus engage the
ABS) in anything other than hard, straight-line braking. If you lock up the
wheels on any car I can think while trying induce a drift, you're in for a
quck trip to the weeds, or worse, a view of the world upside-down.
Certainly none of the FWD cars I've competed in needed more than a kiss on
the brake pedal (and often not that) to get the rear end to rotate --
trailing throttle oversteer is much easier to induce with FWD than often
assumed. As painful experience has taught me.... :)
Jamie
'92 Prelude Si
Speed Demon Racing
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr
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