Heel toe downshifting ?'s

[nismo4banger]

You can practice around any turn. I did it on some back roads I used to take to get home from my school to my parents house (about 1 hour drive). You don't have to drive fast to practice. In fact, don't drive fast. Just get used to the action. If you do it right, you wont feel the car shift. It becomes natural after a while. Then try it on a track when you feel ready.

[2of9]

hmmm..can someone who is very experienced in this explain to me/us beginners how to do heel and toe step by step? thanks! everytime i do it, it goes to neutral, high engine revs and trying to down shift (during a turn)...help!

[sunstreaker.ASU]

In my Integra I found it difficult to "heel and toe" with acutally using the extreme ends of your heel and toe, I had to push the brake down with my toes and push the gas with the rightside part of the middle of my foot. I found that much easier. Once the "heel and toe" felt natural, I did it all the time in almsot everycar I drove just because it makes it more fun to drive.

[conan88]

go over to www.radicalmotorsport.com and go into the videos and images section and download the video called fancy footwork. it is someone driving round the nurburgring but it only shows a view of the racers feet so you can see him heel and toeing. sounds pretty good too

[OLDSCHOOL-MUSCLE]

Just something for you guys to ponder about, I heel-toe the irish way, heel on brake, toe on accelerator, it's just what works for me cause of the pedals and what I'm comfortable with. Mainly I do it to keep the car from stalling, my cars stuffed.

[itrgtr]

Originally Posted by Silver_GTR34

hmmm..can someone who is very experienced in this explain to me/us beginners how to do heel and toe step by step? thanks! everytime i do it, it goes to neutral, high engine revs and trying to down shift (during a turn)...help!

haha did u not read my post? its on the first page. http://www.tcsracing.org/heelandtoe.htm

oh btw...in general, u should be completing ur shifts BEFORE turns, not during.

[beef_bourito]

Originally Posted by OLDSCHOOL-MUSCLE

Just something for you guys to ponder about, I heel-toe the irish way, heel on brake, toe on accelerator, it's just what works for me cause of the pedals and what I'm comfortable with. Mainly I do it to keep the car from stalling, my cars stuffed.

that's how i need to do it with my dads truck, the pedals are too far apart for me to reach both so tha's what i do. i haven't taken any car out racing so im mostly just practicing on the streets at around normal driving speeds so they might be close enough if i brake really hard.