How to do Handbrake Turns 

top gear reference

@@aliya2978 no sir. That’s a life reference. If your dads dad loved cars it’s likely you heard that way before top gear :)

are there even tags, nowadays?

@@jaycreds106 "TWANG!"

makes me appreciate the double pump release. But either is better than neither and my current DD has an electric ebrake that doesnt work for locking up any tires.

@@rallywagon261 try it while also braking... Yum

@@georgekurgansky5986 the electric brake? Yeah, I also tried it doing the Scani Flick, no dice. At least not in a Fusion. Feels like it's activating on the front brakes, but it releases so fast the tires never lock up.

You can,,,drill a hole in the handbrake, and put a nail through it. Then you just pull it on when you need it, and then just let go of it, as the release button is held down by the nail.

In awd you just turn press the clutch and handbrake

clutching will allow you to lock faster, (and be less likely to stall), but either way it's fine to handbrake turn in AWDs, just know your center diff isn't going to thank you.

The GRyaris apparently disconnects the rear wheels when you pull the handbrake

It is a custom roll cage we built in house as we still need useable back seats in our cars for our training purposes. It does have roof and side bars but is not an ARA or FIA approved cage.

@@Teamoneilrally this is great stuff, I think a lot of people likes the prep of cars just as much as the driving skills.

Brake first to a manageable speed

You would still straight line brake initially, then pull your handbrake and start the process once you are going about the right speed. A handbrake turn will scrub speed but straight line braking is a much more efficient way of slowing the car down initially.

He's on the Getaway Driver show hosting with Michelle Rodriguez so maybe that's it?

Our handbrakes are stock aside from some Hawk brake pads but the handbrake cable can stretch overtime causing symptoms similar to what you are experiencing.

@@Teamoneilrally Is it also drum brakes on the rear of your fiestas?

@@johnbowie4869 Our STs like this one are discs in the rear but our naturally aspirated Fiestas have drums in the back.

as a rule of thumb with FWD cars - Throttle makes you go straight, brakes make you rotate (especially handbrake), so when you do your handbrake turn, use no throttle, but if you're going to spin out (or you screw up and release the handbrake button and its stuck all the way on etc), then add throttle to straighten the car out, but watch out as you might snap back the opposite direction (accidental scandi flick/pendulum) also the thing about "Throttle makes you straight, brakes make you rotate" is sort of true for all drivetrains, but only if you don't add enough power to slide the rear, since if you're oversteering under braking in a RWD, you could technically add a little throttle (after releasing brakes), and as long as you don't light up the rear, it will weight transfer to the back, stopping oversteer. And brakes work the same in all drivetrains (almost), so the braking -> rotation part stays true as well.

I guess it's ok on gravel but yeah it inevitably puts stress on your diff. I'm pretty sure you can make your wrx fwd tho

I have no idea. But I guess you could brave it in neutral lol.. I think to save parts you are better off rotating by weight transfer. After all that's more speed! As long as no power is applied the diffs should just do their job unloaded. More pedal more wear. Car on tarmac will jolt violently once rears get traction and all opposite lock will fling you off the road if you have no run off or you didn't prepare. Try on grass or gravel first so that tyres are always slipping and speeds are lower. Car will resist locking wheels up if you apply power and parts will get hot. Measure the diff temperatures under different loads, then you can get an idea of the threshold. If the diff goes higher than highest normal use temp you can place your bets more accurately then. Smoothness of operation is key to part internals not smashing into eachother. Video says, clutch in so.. pull the handbrake smoothly to let the drive shafts slow more gently before locking up. Same with the clutch so that drive shafts fatigue slower.

You take your wallet out of your man-purse and you go buy an actual car😂