Registered User. Join Date: Sep 2009. Posts: 72. #3. 09-23-2009, 06:55 PM. Absolutely. Considering how many automatic cars you can shift these days, it is possible. Plus, all the weight transition techniques are the same. The only technique that I know you can't do is the shift lock technique since there's no clutch. A ford ranger could be made to drift, but even after a lot of work it still wouldn't be as good a ride as a 240sx or some other popular drift car. Anything is possible but it's not really worth the effort. A buddy of mine has been drifting in his 2000 F-150. He makes it work but it is significantly harder. Can You Drift In An Automatic? Therefore, this begs the question - can you drift in an automatic? Short answer, yes. Long answer? It's highly dependent on the capability of the driver. There are a few key concepts that drivers need to know before even attempting to practice drifting. Changing gears can unsettle the car and if you have an automatic gearbox, you don't have control over changing down a gear mid-corner. Do you hold the clutch while drifting? If you have ever been drifting, you know that clutch kicking is a very effective way to initiate a drift in a rear wheel drive car. Clutch kicking is really very simple. .

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