how many of you guys actually use this techinique? just curious. Kind of want to know if u guys are all as hardcore as me...lol. Also, wat did u name ur car? sorry if u think this is a stupid post.

 

i do but only on my track car...otherwise on the streets i just pop it in neutral and coast to a stop. my car has the same nickname as me (coincidence) "ugly"

 

heal toe? im not familiar with that term.

 

with the right foot- heal on the brake, while your toe feathers the gas at the same time.

 

Actually I believe most people put the "toes" on the brakes and the "heel" on the gas, however it is still comfortable to put heel on brakes and toes on gas, the problem is controlling brake pedal pressure.

 

haha...

heal toe? what's wrong with your toe? if it's athlete's foot, don't be too embarrassed. it happens. lamasil works pretty good.

 

lol..uhh i think everybody except gixer1000 puts their toe on the break and then heal on gas...never heard of heal on break and then toe the gas...sounds very uncomfortable and like buttercup said, hard to control the breaks. So what did u guys name ur cars??

 

The proper method is to put your heel on the gas and your toe on the brake. As you brake hard coming into a corner, you just have your toe pushing hard on the brake. Left foot pushes in the clutch. Pull the stick to the next gear, put as you pass neutral, let the clutch back out a bit and give it a bit of gas with your heel. This will help bring the layshaft up to speed with the output shaft. Otherwise, your synchros will take a hell of a beating on hard downshifts, lap after lap.


A lot of people just blip the throttle with their heel without letting the clutch back out on the way through neutral. Yes, this will bring the engine up to speed, but as you pull the stick into the lower gear, the engine is still disengaged by the clutch. The layshaft has to speed up to the output shaft, and the synchros will take all the wear doing it.

 

Very true. I can't downshift to 1st or 2nd without "double clutching". You have to jam that shifter in if you don't let the clutch out in neutral at high revs.

 

??..umm

 

is it me or did somebody have a post of heel toe with left foot on brake and right foot on clutch and gas....thats wut my ?? was about..haha

 

It helps on the racetrack and it is easy to practice when driving every day.

The idea is have your right foot on both pedals at the same time and to roll your foot from the brake to the gas and get a seamless transition from brake to throttle.

Look at any of the books or turnfast.com.

BTW I don't think you don't need to double clutch (double declutch) on our cars. At least that is the case with my car. If you do you may have a synchro going