would i damage my brakes if i handbrake turn my car???

Why do you want to handbrake turn your car?

i dont want to but its nice to know that if i ever go to my private track where i can do some drifting, i can use the handbrake-

You don't need a handbrake for drifting! LOL

its easier tho........... lol any chance of an answer to this question si . lol you make me nervous im sitting here like im on trial, scared.. :D

i remember reading years ago that for every hand brake turn its like adding 5000 miles worth of wear and tear on your car?

 

not a good luck in the local carpark im affraid

Hahaha! Don't mind me!

 

Handbrakes are within the rear disk unit I believe. Too many of them will probably tear the lining.

im not planning it lol just general enquirey, im a sensible driver, just gd to know this info, and i think si has scared me into not doing it with his first reply lol!

Don't point the finger at me! :rofl:

si, you have probably just saved my life, by saying that :) lol

:headvswal

 

lol

obviously its putting extra stress on everything !

Zed handbrakes are bad and wouldnt do a lot anyway.Youd probaly break the shoes hold down springs with the load so i wouldnt bother personally.Drift cars handbrakes are hydraulic and work on the caliper so you can lock the back wheels at crazy speeds.

just give it a go, nowt better than showing off to ya mates with handbrake turns and a bit of a drift

Weld a couple of additional calipers on the rear and pipe them up to a hydraulic handbrake. Hey presto!

just put your foot down and wang the wheel over, that'll initiate a drift easily! only where its safe and legal of course!

not that I've really tried it, but I'd have though using the handbrake to aid a drift would just make things more complicated as one second your trying to lock the rear wheels, then the next your trying to make them spin stupidly fast.

the handbrake would get the back end out, you just need to flick it out then the power would keep the drift, this is what you do if you dont know how to do a scandinadian flick lol

you can change down a gear but violently drop the clutch which will momentarily lock up the rear wheels but you gota use no revs and to get it to start sliding youl have to have one side of the suspension under load, so steering slightly, it works great for me. or you can combine the flick with the clutch drop.

 

go onto driftworks forum and its all expalined there by the pros.

Edited August 21, 200916 yr by j1mmytt

The Handbrake shoes are very thin and not cheap. Absolutely no need to touch the handbrake to get the rear sideways in a Z.

 

If you were to get into drifting seriously with the Z, then you'd fit a Hydraulic Handbrake.