sorry if i sound like a total idiot but how do you actually do the sideways stuff ?
obviously you cant do it on the roads
I would be worried i ended up facing the wrong way.
can you give a quick run down on how its done please. 
Doug
Be a pleasure :-)
In an ideal world a locking diff and some useable power is the best way, but there are other techneques you can use to get the car sideways.
The initial getting sideways is the easy bit and can be done by either:
Clutch kick - Going round a corner as normal (even slowly) and dipping the clutch, revving the engine and dumping the clutch to 'shock' the rear wheels into spinning and sending the back out. Side effects when learning are mainly understeer. This normally comes about when you have not given it enough power (or manfoot
) which just sends a surge of grip to the rear wheels making the car push the front wheels forward (against the direction you are pointing them) causing good old understeer. The other reason is (often instinctively) Applying too much lock into the initial turn in the first place causing a similar effect of just pushing the front wheels foward rather than sending the back end 'out'
Hand brake/Emergancy brake (or wand!) - Used if going faster generally, gradually start the turn into the corner, dip the clutch, rip up the wand, let the back come out, drop the wand and lift the clutch/give the power. Common faults, dodgy handbbrakes and not dipping the clutch!
Power over - More or less what it says on the tin, going round the corner as normal and gradually but quickly applying more gas untill the rear comes out. Again, if the set up/power (you need a fair amount vs. rear grip) is not right or too much lock is applied, this can just turn into push on over steer.
Once the back is out:
Clutch kick - you back off the power for a moment to point where you want the angle to be from the initial 'upset' then apply the power fairly sharpish (if turbo'd/under powered another clutch kick may be needed at this point to get back in the power band)
Hand brake - the back is already out and you should be in the power band anyway by the time you re-engage drive as you raise the revs before lifting the clutch after releasing the handbrake anyway
Power over - similar to clutch kick, but if you have got to that stage already then a back off/flutuation of the loud pedal is all you should need.
My lunch break is now over, next is steering which I will do when I can, hope this all helps (evryone?!)
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