Heal toe shifting.....anyone do it?
Originally Posted by althemean
The street is a great place to practice. I learned from reading the book by "Bob Bodurant on High Performance Driving" I bought that book when I was 17, its my bible on how to drive fast and correctly.
I heel and toe as a matter of course. I do it, because it's fun and engaging (no pun intended).
Originally Posted by racerjon1
Good reason to do it on the street= Its one of those racing techniques that you can practice on the street. (Along with looking ahead, and hand position)
Just start with finding where to put your foot for the brake and gas, and start giving the throttle blip, dont even have to put it in gear as you do it, you can add that later as you feel comfortable, or just stay on the clutch as you do it coming up to lights and get the timing down without the extra clutch use.
What it does for equipment is save the synchros and makes shifts smoother, and by keeping the revs up when you let out on the clutch it will keep the wheels from locking up from the shock of fast car/slow engine. (can cause a spin quick in rwd)
Jon K
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Just start with finding where to put your foot for the brake and gas, and start giving the throttle blip, dont even have to put it in gear as you do it, you can add that later as you feel comfortable, or just stay on the clutch as you do it coming up to lights and get the timing down without the extra clutch use.
What it does for equipment is save the synchros and makes shifts smoother, and by keeping the revs up when you let out on the clutch it will keep the wheels from locking up from the shock of fast car/slow engine. (can cause a spin quick in rwd)
Jon K
www.seat-time.com
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Practiving those on the street is easy because it doens't require any law-breaking behavior. (such as slip angle and such might)
Looking ahead is really pretty simple. In traffic I look way ahead, (though SUVs make this hard sometimes) many cars forward of where you are.
On the track or autocross course you are usually going to find the corner-exit as a point to focus on, and you can do this on the street as well: going through that sweeper on the way to work, practice looking "across" it, instead of what is only right in front of the car.
Hands positions? This is just how to work the wheel, i prefer and teach shuffle steer over the "hand over hand" method. Shuffle steer is where each hand has its "side" of the wheel and doesn't cross over to the other side. If you don't do it already, this is a tricky thing to gfet used to, which is why practicing it every day works to help on the track.
Jon
Looking ahead is really pretty simple. In traffic I look way ahead, (though SUVs make this hard sometimes) many cars forward of where you are.
On the track or autocross course you are usually going to find the corner-exit as a point to focus on, and you can do this on the street as well: going through that sweeper on the way to work, practice looking "across" it, instead of what is only right in front of the car.
Hands positions? This is just how to work the wheel, i prefer and teach shuffle steer over the "hand over hand" method. Shuffle steer is where each hand has its "side" of the wheel and doesn't cross over to the other side. If you don't do it already, this is a tricky thing to gfet used to, which is why practicing it every day works to help on the track.
Jon
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