>Okay, my advice is much longer (me wordy? ahhahha): As you approach the
>corner, look up and see where your line is an where you want to be when
>you exit the corner. Apply enough brake or decrease throttle to maintain
>this line. Too much speed will mean you gave up the line and perhaps
>cause some horrible plow. As you enter the turn, *squeeze* on the
>throttle to get the driving wheels to hook up. For me, this keeps the
>rear end more planted also in the corner. Using the steering wheel,
>"open up" the wheel to reduce any understeer. If there is too much plow
>you may also have to back off the throttle. It is hard to crank the
>wheel over and be under full throttle in other words.
Unless, like me, you have a car that doesn't understeer... :) Still working
on fixing that. A high torque RWD car like the SVO (or even low torque like
mine with the appropriate camber on that turn) can kick the tail out if you
floor the gas early. Though it looks great to come out of a turn sideways,
it usually isn't the fastest way. At my last event, I did a perfect four
wheel drift through a decreasing radius sweeper on one of my runs. This
happened to be my slowest run by at least a second! In my case, I'm better
off staying straight and not scrubbing off speed sideways.
Also, this technique would probably need some modification for a FWD car.
While you don't want to overspend your front wheel traction, you don't want
to take too much off, either. Your exit in an adequately powered FWD car (a
Neon's an excellent example) is a delicate balance of applying as much power
as you can without transferring too much weight to the rear and off the
front, causing your wheels to spin excessively and add understeer.
Not intending to knock your technique - the basics (which you've described
quite well) apply to any car, and what you've described probably works
perfectly for yours. There are simply considerations to make depending on
your own car's power and handling characteristics.
- Justin
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