[Drift For Food]

Nice thread!

Yep, AWD is a little different. It was something to get used to when I first got my Forester.

I haven't really thought about the AWD system and how it initiates the AWD. Mines an '02 and I know it's the viscous type, but I don't know if it runs the front first then the rears. I know after the redesign for '03, they have a fuse in the engine bay you could remove to essentially make it a fwd car(disables the rwd). Mine doesn't have that. I'm thinking it just gives 50/50 and leaves it at that, not sure. I haven't really experienced anything to tell me different. Even on gravel from a stop, I don't notice the front or rear spinning alone. In fact it's quite hard to get the car to even spin its tires at all, even on gravel with pretty crappy tires, another testimate to the AWD requiring tons of power idea. One almost needs an STI to get enough power to freely light up all 4 tires.

Good points too. They do like to be forced a little more. I think it's the whole trying to get all 4 wheels sliding idea. Mine's stock still, so I really don't do much for countersteering. I kind of have to actually steer into the corner to hold a slide under power, yay for understeer, lol. I plan to alieviate that problem in the near future.

I'd also like to point out that all the off-throttle techniques still apply the same as with a rwd. Nothing changes in this respect...well except things like shift lock, clutch kick, and other things that affect the drivetrain since it now affects all 4 wheels. But braking, feint, e-brake and such all work the same way as a rwd.

Things only start to change when you start giving a little gas. Thats when techniques need to change. Once you're on the throttle countersteering greatly diminishes, the gas pretty much stays on full throttle, and steering is then used to control drift angle. Throttle and braking modulation can still be used to adjust wieght balance and drift angle if needed.