Belzebutt

I was taking a sharp left turn to get onto an onramp and conditions were good, I decided to see what this baby can do, so I stepped on the gas before and while turning... and out the back went, tires squeeling. I had to make a quick swerve to the right to correct. I knew all these hours of playing NFS would pay off.

The thing with the TSX is that the car feels totally flat when you do this type of thing, my Accord would have told me "I'm about to tip over!"

ABP-CL9-TSX

I've done this several times in my TSX too, one time I almost lost control, but quickly regained control easily. The TSX's tires have a lot of grip. I made two videos of me powersliding my TSX in a parking lot last summer.

Playing games like NFS does pay off lol.

Belzebutt

How do you purposely do this? Is it purely a speed thing, or do you have to step on or let go of the gas at some point? What's the formula?

I have an AT by the way.

xaznperswaesonx

one easy way to do is .. i think i read this somewhere from skunk2 .. they run stiffer sway bar and strut bar in the front than the back .. the back , they keep it softer to get the back end swing more when they are taking a turn. use that and it can help you get your back end swing more

Ken1997TL

Not a real powerslide by the sounds of it. Are you sure it wasnt understeer and you instead managed to slide the tail? The only FWD car I know that can do a throttle powerslide is a Prelude SH.

Bananaairsoft

Ken is right. It was not really a powerslide but it is just as fun!

Belzebutt

Yea I guess with FWD you can't make the rear wheels spin by giving power...

I guess you can call it a fish-tail then?

Ken1997TL

Yup, thats a good term

Its lots of fun, just dont do it too hard and hit a guardrail or worse.

Dan Martin

There's no "car reset" button to save you in real live.

vwong

Oh yeah.....that's correct. That's why I still love my Prelude.

ABP-CL9-TSX

How I do it is get some speed and then lift the e-brake and jerk the wheel to a direction I want to spin and it should spin. Sometimes its not a 360 spin though, but close enough.

I turn off VSA before I do it though.

Belzebutt

Yes, this was a very special time because my wife wasn't in the car. Also I am concerned about tire wear. But once in a blue moon, if you know there's no danger to the car and to other people...

Lung Fu Mo Shi

You don't get speed. You just lose less.

Xtremespeed2102

haahah soo thats what that was, i was flying outa the parking lot somewhere and i heard my tires let loose and i was expecting to feel the car start wantting to give me body roll but it was very little. but yes it was friggin awesome. she squealed and then went right back into the grove.

man i love this car. lol any more power id be wasting too much gas to make it useful and prolly get my self into trouble =P oh well thought it wouldnt hurt if it had more ponies

Xtremespeed2102

hey you got those vids of the TSX? i love to see what this car can do, sometimes i think im pushing it a bit hard but when i see some of these vids it makes me seem like im almost babying it

DarkLava

Actually, if you run your rear end really stiff (springs/swaybar) you can get the rear end to come out easier. The TSX (along with most production cars) is designed to have understeer rather than oversteer... You can even get some adjustable shocks and set the rears to full stiff, and you'll get some entry and exit oversteer; but mid-corner you'll probably push like a hog if that's the only modification... Just my ...

members78

u should try to go aboot 80mph, then pull the brake, slightly turn the wheel, and u should do a 360. its really fun. if u try this, can u make a video of it? thx.

TSX Hokie

I'll take a hit of what you're smoking...in the wet they will chirp if you launch at like 2500 RPM.

Xtremespeed2102

yeah dude every day if i hit the gas too hard making a turn i hear the outer tire just speak up
i wanna smack it and tell it to do its job, i admit they have some good traction but i think the car plays alot in that role too.

oh well sooner or later ill change up the tires, but thats muchh later down the road

xizor

you have it backwards. bigger rear sway and stiffer rear shocks wlil increase oversteer. what you suggested increases understeer

TSXautoXer

I was surprised by the title. How could TSX do powerslide...

Anyways, a couple of other technique to kick the tail out --
1. get up to speed (6k rpm in 2nd for example) , turn into the corner and lift throttle.
2. get up to speed (same as above), brake in straightline, quickly turn steering the wrong way and then right way, while releasing brake when turning into the right way. You can also use left foot to tap the brakes to create even more tail out action.

Try this at your own risk. Put more pressure into the back tire helps too. Have fun and be safe.

NightHawk CL9

please post them..... i'm very interested to see what that looks like. you could pm or e-mail them to me if u need someone to host them, if they are not extremly big.....

aascsm

if anyone has any vids i would love 2 see them

baboo

lift off oversteer,

few honda car cars can do this, EK series Civic, DC2/DC5 integra....this has caught some ppl out on the street and damaged their vehicle.

I'm suprised that such a largish car like TSX can do lift off oversteer..NICE!