Naw, I'll let the computer do it. Lol
And away to get more data from Harry's lap timer.
And away to get more data from Harry's lap timer.
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I'll take it. Love it in cars like the Corvette, Camaro, M5, 370Z. It's cheating, but it works so damn well.
ive tried, not very hard , but i tried to learn. i cant seem to keep brake pressure up. and having had auto blip with the Z, its really a no brainer. will be sure to photo step by step of the install and video the set up. then will take everyone for a ride on the track with periscope or something first time I try it out.
heel-toe is as natural to me as regular shifting now BUT I must admit it did take me about a year to get it right. I think I'd be fighting with a computer doing the rev-matching for me now if I got into a car that already did it.. lol
Its natural to me, and I rev-match all the time without the brakes.
But my Focus ST has the most horrible pedal positioning. The gas is so far below the brake pedal in terms of height that unless you are standing on the brakes I cannot reach the gas pedal very well at all with my heel.
Even when standing on the brakes the brake pedal is still taller than the gas pedal.
Oddly enough, the only time Heel/Toe is comfortable in the is when the stock brakes are faded to near uselessness.
They make a pedal mount for the ST that raises the throttle pedal up, and moves it closer to the brake pedal to make it easyer.
Ford did this crappy arrangement to reduce the morons from hitting brake/gas at the same time. While it prevents idiots from doing that, it makes it harder for us to heel/toe.
Hit the nail on the head...pedal placement is key to good heel-toeing...if the pedals are spaced too far or at different heights, makes it much more difficult...also I've never actually done heel and toes, more like side of foot...at least that's how I was taught
Hit the nail on the head...pedal placement is key to good heel-toeing...if the pedals are spaced too far or at different heights, makes it much more difficult...also I've never actually done heel and toes, more like side of foot...at least that's how I was taught
My natural method is to roll my ankle right, its how I heel/toe in the TransAm, and how I did it in the G6 GTP. Part of me wishes I still had the G6, it was actually a really fun car to drive, even though it was a heavy porker at 3530lbs.
With the Focus I can't do that, I have to angle my foot about 45° counter clockwise so the ball of my foot is on the brake, and then I have to drop my heel onto the gas pedal. The distance is so far it makes it really hard to keep smooth modulation on the brakes.
This is what I'm talking about: Left is stock, right is with spacer.
chunky shoes can help. i can't do it in racing shoes which i just use for karting. at least i haven't even tried again in an eternity.
i drove a formula 3000 at yas marina and i got in the car and started panicking because chunky shoes were not my friend. like 80% of the time when i tried to hit the brake or gas i ended up hitting both. thankfully they had loaner racing shoes and i was able to run out and swap some quickly, else i would have been fuuuucked.