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The Weekly Drift Magazine
This is week 3, I'm trying to improve the magazine every single week, so they get better and better. If you have any good ideas, or suggestions, pm me and tell me what you were thinking. In this weeks articles there are already some new features such as the LSD article, to teach you some facts about it.Want to learn some things about LSD, then read this article!
About LSD's:
Written By: Loco4tokin
I was skimming the tuning forums the other day and stumbled upon a great thread that broke down Limited Slip Differential (LSD) tuning into lemans terms. It was written to make a point and that’s just what it did. Some of you are experienced drifters and your thinking to yourself why do I need to know this? I just set my differential to lock. The truth is if you can handle the locked (aka welded) differential more power to you, but there are a whole lot of beginners and intermediates that can’t. I would like to share the wisdom that I found with these beginner and intermediate drifters for them to better understand how a LSD reacts to setting adjustments. So they can keep tuning it until they feel comfortable enough to move on to a locked differential. This information also helps when your tuning for grip races. If you can get the tuning right to where the LSD and suspension harmonize like The Temptations it will be able to reduce the effects of tire wear (to a degree) and make your car feel like its on rails.
Initial Torque:
Lower number, a more open diff = better turning /more oversteer
Higher number, a diff closer to lock = more planted/more understeer
Decel/Accel:
These need to be tuned together. This is how you balance the attitude of the car. Decel affects braking through apex or just before throttle application. Accel affects from apex or throttle application through corner exit.
Decel:
Lower number, a more open diff when off throttle = better turning /more oversteer when off throttle
Higher number, a diff closer to lock when off throttle = more control /more understeer when off throttle
Accel:
Lower number, a more open diff when on throttle = better turning / more oversteer, and more possibility for inside wheel spin when on throttle
Higher number, a diff closer to lock when on throttle = more planted / more understeer and less possibility for inside wheel spin when on throttle” (Motor City Hami)
Thank you to Motor City Hami for allowing me to use his Limited Slip Differential tuning information. He is currently leading the Tuner Challenge on GTP and if you would like to know more about tuning swing by his Motor City Tunes thread(https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=167421). If you would like to know more about LSD tuning visit this thread “LSD settings: How they really work in GT5?” ( https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=196383).[/SIZE]
Want to learn about the Toyota Corolla AE86?, then read this article about the Toyota Corolla AE86.
The Corolla is a great drift car, that pro drifters use in D1GP and Formula Drift both. I like to use the car on Gran Turismo 5, but I really wish it was premium, because I like to use the cockpit view. Here are some facts I researched on the Corolla. The AE86 generation of the Toyota Corolla Levin and Toyota Sprinter Trueno is a small, lightweight coupe introduced by Toyota in 1983 as part of the fifth generation Toyota Corolla line-up. For the purpose of brevity, the insider-chassis code of "AE86" is used to describe the whole range. In classic Toyota code, the "A" represents the engine that came in the car (the 3A and 4A) and the E86 represents the 6th revision of the fifth generation (E80 series) of the E model which is the Corolla. The visual difference between the Levin and Trueno is that the Levin has fixed-headlights and the latter has retractable headlights. The export model name Corolla covers both variations.
Engine of the AE86:
The AE86 was available with a fuel-injected 4-cylinder twin-cam 1587 cc 4A-GE engine in Japan and Europe which was also used in the first-generation Toyota MR2 (AW11). This engine had a maximum gross power output of 130 PS (96 kW) and 110 lb·ft (150 N·m) of torque in standard form, though it was later down-rated to 120 PS (88 kW) and 105 lb·ft (142 N·m) in net output.[1][2] The AE86 came with a 5-speed manual gearbox, and later came with the option of an automatic. The 4A-GE engines used in the AE86 and AW11 were equipped with T-VIS (Toyota Variable Intake System). The AE86 had an optional Limited Slip Differential (LSD).[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_AE86
Information above credited from this source.
Drifter of The Week:
Drifter of The Week's Prize: Fairlady Z (Z34) '08 or 370Z.
Top Ten Pics
Photographer: daltonlm (Lazy Liquid)
Drivers & Cars:
Lazy Liquid - Chrysler Crossfire
Ghostnasty1 - High End Performance Infinity G37
Description: daltonlm, sent me a few pics, but this one caught my eye, because they were both hitting the outside clipping point, and they were door to door.
Photographer: Gonales
Drivers & Cars
Gonales - BMW
SixCylSamurai - BMW
sighkotic - BMW
Romanksiiiii - BMW
Description: Gonales & his/her friends hitting a tandem at the end of the Suzuka East Course, all in BMW's.
Last Weeks Mag: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=197197
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