what is heel toe driving?
Re: what is heel toe driving? (F120man)
heel/toe downshifting is simply a way of matching revs as you go down through the gears. let's say you're braking fror a turn and you want to come from third gear down to second- you have the ball of your right foot on the brake, your left food depresses the clutch and you begin to shift from third to second. as you pass through neutral, use the outside edge of your right foot to rev up the engine before pulling it into second. the concept is to lessen the wear on engine components by eliminating the "shock" the occurs during downshifting. you have to heel/toe downshift in cars with dog-tooth gearboxes. it's not required in a car with syncros but it's generally not a bad idea. i hope this helps...
-tony
EDIT--i can't spell.
[Modified by delinquent, 11:36 PM 7/29/2002]
-tony
EDIT--i can't spell.
[Modified by delinquent, 11:36 PM 7/29/2002]
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Re: what is heel toe driving? (delinquent)
heel/toe downshifting is simply a way of matching revs as you go down through the gears. let's say you're braking from a turn and you want to come from third gear down to second- you have the ball of your right foot on the brake, your left food depresses the clutch and you begin to shift from third to second. as you pass through neutral, use the outside edge of your right foot to rev up the engine before pulling it into second. the concept is to lessen the wear on engine compenents by eliminating the "shock" the occurs during downshifting. you have to heel/toe downshift in cars with dog-tooth gearboxes. it's not required in a car with syncros but it's generally not a bad idea. i hope this helps...
-tony
-tony
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Re: what is heel toe driving? (delinquent)
heel/toe downshifting is simply a way of matching revs as you go down through the gears. let's say you're braking from a turn and you want to come from third gear down to second- you have the ball of your right foot on the brake, your left food depresses the clutch and you begin to shift from third to second. as you pass through neutral, use the outside edge of your right foot to rev up the engine before pulling it into second. the concept is to lessen the wear on engine compenents by eliminating the "shock" the occurs during downshifting. you have to heel/toe downshift in cars with dog-tooth gearboxes. it's not required in a car with syncros but it's generally not a bad idea. i hope this helps...
-tony
-tony
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Re: what is heel toe driving? (6ghatch)
Plus when you hit the corners Apex your in gear and ready to acclerate out onto the straight a way. It may seem as easy to downshift right at the Apex but those tenths of seconds will add up if your say on a 20 turn road course. Once you get the hang of doing it you'll be doing it on every corner you take and in every braking zone.
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