The heel on my clutch foot stays grounded a lot even while pushing the clutch in. My friend in his Civic Si does not do this, and I noticed most stick drivers keep their clutch foot "floated" when pushing it in and such. Should I fix this habit? Anyone else do this?

 

Does it matter? As long as your engaging it fully your fine. It's kind of like asking is it ok to eat a chicken wing with one hand because I notice everyone else eats chicken with 2 hands

 

^^^ Lol, Just get a exedy twin hd and that will stop in a hurry.

 

I think he's asking whether or not he should keep his foot off the floor when engaging the clutch.

 

I dont drive like that but I dont see a problem with it. Might make your ankle sore after a while i would think tho

 

I'm impressed that you can get the leverage to use the clutch with your heel on the floor. I don't see anything wrong with it though, whatever works for you.

 

How you hold your foot when pushing the clutch pedal doesn't matter; so long as it goes all the way down when you push it (as someone above said) and all the way back up when done. One of the most important things with a clutch is that when not in use, there is no foot on it (resting or otherwise).

 

Can you still modulate the clutch quickly? I would think that it would be slower than with your foot floating. When I downshift i double clutch so you have to have a relatively fast movement to be able to match it properly. If it impedes quick shifting, then I would change my habits.

 

Okay thanks guys! I dont keep my foot resting on the clutch or anything.
BTW Anyone else find 1st->2nd a bit notchy still? Im almost 9000miles and the only time its smooth is after an hour or 2 of driving..



al3xx: Ah ok. I dont really have a problem downshifting but I do feel that it could be faster. I'll probably force myself to change how I drive.

 

I clutch all my cars with my heel on the floor.

EVO clutches aren't exactly heavy. Plus.. factory settings have it disengaging completely at the top of the pedal's travel, so you don't actually need to push it to the floor to shift.. Bugs the snot out of me that they set it up that way from the factory, but oh well..

 

why are you double clutching when down shifting down (clutch in, stick neteral, clutch out, blip throttle, clutch in, down shift, clutch out.) not used in down shifting this tecnique is used for upshifting, rev matching is used for down shifting (clutch in, blip throttle, downshift, clutch out do you just not know the correct terms

 

u probably have a big foot... i have big feet.. i do the same thing...

 

I'm not exactly sure what you're saying...but double clutching is just where you clutch out at neutral and then clutch back in before you select the gear. It doesn't necessarily mean that it's for upshifting. By double clutching when you downshift you put less wear on the synchros, and since I already learned it and I'm pretty good, why not?

 

^^ what he said.

Double-clutching upshifts is something you used to have to do on non-synchronized transmissions. Doing it between down shifts subjects your synchros to way less wear and tear and also provides for smoother shifts.

 

Double clutching is for down-shifting, not upshifting.

As for the heel on the floor, there's nothing wrong with it. BUT, I will say that it's impossible to do in some cars; namely sports cars where you're basically sitting on the floor. In this seating arrangement, the clutch throw is basically straight forward and backward.

I use to have my heel on the floor for the clutch until I drove some other cars where the drivers seat was much lower and had to alter my method.