Dear Bro,
I hope u haven't tried it yet and PLZ do not try this at home, in a secluded place, nowhere at all plz.
What u have been told is "sliding" and not drifting. There is a HUGE difference between the two terms. Drifting is a very technical sport and like everything else it requires proper techniques, tools and place to practice it. GT Road, Mall Road, The road in the back of ur house - which is empty at 2 am in the night, is not the place to practice the sport of drifting - or the madness thats called sliding.
To drift, u need a special (and specific) tuning for ur suspension components, a powerful engine and tranny that can withstand the abuse and lots of money - because U WILL BREAK PARTS IN THE CAR, the least of which will be the tires that go up in smoke.
The technique involves "over steering" the car - and this technique has previously been used in races, to maintain max speed thru a corner. The sport that has evolved around this technique is to keep the car "oversteering" thru a corner, as long as one can make it go. During races, as one approached the apex of a corner, they used to break the rear tire loose so that the car would oversteer and then they hung on to it - applying more speed to the rear tires, so as to gain max exit speeds while exiting a corner. The sport tries to do the same, albeit they don't have the high speed turns, or straight ways but just powerful engines, specially tuned suspension and tires. Plz note, u do not use street legal Radial tires for drifting as they are not capable for handling the forces or loads or even withstand the high temperatures that are reached while practicing this sport.
To say the least, my friend, plz do not used the technique u heard to go "drifting". That is called sliding and is extremely dangerous. Unless u want to break ur bones, and destroy ur car ! (If u do go ahead and slide anyways, let me know, I have a good friend who is a neurosurgeon and another one who is an orthopedic surgeon, and i'll provide their contact to ur family).
Regards,
MSKHAN
BUCKLE UP EVERYONE !!