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hey guys is there a way to make no smoke at all when drifting i like it when theres no smoke and my friend claims that it can be done so is there a way??
BrykeSpike0086In that kind of drift, you won't be able to emit smoke. I do it at times also...
FaLLeNAn9eLFF drifting or "assdragging" has very little or no smoke, i think.![]()
Delphic Reason"Four Wheel Drifting" (not to be confused with AWD drifting) is a technique where you use the maximum amount of traction possible by utilizing a slight slip angle... This allows the tires traction to be fully maximized because to use a tires full grip, durring cornering, you need to have a slight slip angle... (BL, you might be able to better explain the physics behind this)...
Boundary Layerhttp://www.miata.net/sport/Physics/07-Circle.html
http://www.miata.net/sport/Physics/10-GripAngle.html
I think it was Sukerkin who originally sent me those. From a purely theoretical standpoint these links are great, but I find them lacking a little bit in terms of providing all the necessary formulae to support/justify the theory.
Now that I've gone miles outside of the topic of smokeless drifting, I think it's time to call it a night.![]()
Boundary LayerDrift at High Speed Ring
case closed![]()
oh, do not tempt me.
At 2am I'm not sharp enough to piece it together by myself..., infact at 2pm I'd still be in a bind. But I think my old stress analysis texts and a table of material properties for rubber would be enough to get me started. I know of an automotive engineering BIBLE across the road from here in the engineering library that goes into excruciating detail to explain why this is true, fully supported by appropriate formulae of course. The Formula SAE guys never seem to put it down.
If I recall correctly, determining optimum slip angle for a single tire involved a lot of calculations involving roll center and roll stiffness of a vehicle [relative roll couple?], static and kinetic friction coefficients of the tire compound and road surface, tire dimensions and deflection/deformation, vehicle mass, steering input, velocity [memory getting fuzzy here], some constants related to the performance of the LSD... etc etc. anyways, I don't remember it being a trivial calculation.
Generally speaking, tires are at peak grip when a slip angle of 5% to 10% exists. For a steering input of 50*, you'd be looking somewhere around 2.5* to 5* of slip. Traditionally, the softer the tire compound, the lower the slip angle associated with peak grip. ie - R compound tires will perform at their best at a lower slip angle than N compound tires will.
I found the follwing links in my bookmarks that talks briefly about slip angles [author calls it grip angle, which, I agree is a more appropriate terminology].
http://www.miata.net/sport/Physics/07-Circle.html
http://www.miata.net/sport/Physics/10-GripAngle.html
I think it was Sukerkin who originally sent me those. From a purely theoretical standpoint these links are great, but I find them lacking a little bit in terms of providing all the necessary formulae to support/justify the theory.
Now that I've gone miles outside of the topic of smokeless drifting, I think it's time to call it a night.![]()