| Re: Heel & Toe |
Subject: Re: Heel & Toe by BillH on 2009/4/21 16:08:12 Quote:
What size shoes do you were? I'm 9 1/2. With sneekers, I can H&T easily, with driving shoes, the gap between the pedals makes it harder but still doable. I H&T all the time on the street even with moderate braking where the brake pedal is not down as far. You can certainly mod the pedals (make the gas pedal pad thicker) and get the aftermarket pads if you want. I personnally don't need them but do what feels good for you. If you want to check the height of the brake to the gas, pressed very hard, against my 92, measure it & let me know. H&T on the street, learning the technique without threshold braking: Do this ONLY where there is zero traffic anywhere near you. Read the SpringMountain link a few times. Try the foot positions, clutching and shifting in the driveway with the engine off. I do this with my heel on the floor but you may have to lift your foot up some. The only portion of your foot that should be on the brake pedal is the ball directly under your big toe. Most guys who have problems with pedal spacing have too much of their foot on the brake pedal. I'd suggest you try applying the brakes quite a few times like this without doing the blip. Find an empty road, and start the technique using the 6-5 downshift (this is the easiest one)running at 65mph or so. Do the same with the 5-4 downshift. Do this anytime you're on an empty road for a couple of weeks until it starts to feel natural, don't worry about hard braking. What you're looking for is to do this smoothly, if you can't feel the car slow down or speed up you have it right. If you're in a safe place and can watch the tach, it should not falloff from the blip when you let the clutch out. Once you work on this technique and feel comfortable, you can move to the 3-4 downshift. RevMatching: IMO, you should blip the gas on every downshift, everytime, even if your not hitting the brakes. It's easier on the driveline and makes good practice for H&T. Bike riders, like Kevin, know how smooth this makes things. |
