heeeelppp with heel toe

RiceRocket · 04-19-2002, 04:46 AM

okay, i tried doing heel toe except for certain problems i encountered:

1. Is my feet just too big that i cant fit it in there properlly?
2. When i try to do heel toe the gas pedal is way lower than the brake so i would end up depressing the brake half way before my heel would reach the gas. --- which means my car would totally slow down or even jerk to a stop.
3. and when i try to angle my feet its kinda hard coz my legs start to hurt when it gets in that angle! and i'm pretty tall too so that might have something to do with it.

am i the only one with this problem...

oh yeah here's a linkie just in case you need more info:

http://www.geocities.com/df001356/heeltoe.html

RiceRocket · 04-19-2002, 04:47 AM

oh yeah, now that i think about it... the replacement for heel toe is the left foot braking technique which seems like it does the same thing... hmmm

NSX · 04-19-2002, 12:18 PM

what car do you drive?
i dont know what a BB1 is

RiceRocket · 04-19-2002, 12:46 PM

it's a stupid FF honda prelude 4th gen...

not exactly a drift maching but i try to practice

NB8CT · 04-19-2002, 12:54 PM

left foot braking will work in place of a heel toe............if you have a 3rd foot to use the clutch with.

What i would do is make some adjustment to you pedals, you can adjust them up or down a bit. Make it so its a little more even, and practice, practice, practice, and then it will become 2nd nature.

Just a note, some times you cant do a true heel-toe downshift, there just isnt enough room, as is the case in my Miata. When I heel-toe, it is more of a toe-toe, becuase I dont have enough room in there to rotate my heel to get the the pedal. So half of my foot is on the brake and the other on the gas.

Twist · 04-19-2002, 10:46 PM

Heel-toeing isn't really just for drifting. Check out this website for more...

TurnFast: Heel Toe Downshift

It's what taught me how to do it. My shifts for turns and stuff are great now. Be sure you check some of the other articles, the place is great.

RiceRocket · 04-22-2002, 05:10 AM

very informative and good detail. thanks! sure to practice

NSX · 04-25-2002, 12:40 PM

is it possible to drift with a FF?
b/c your wheels drag you out of a corner....unless you lock up your rear wheels with the handbrake...but that's not good

RiceRocket · 04-25-2002, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NSX
is it possible to drift with a FF?
b/c your wheels drag you out of a corner....unless you lock up your rear wheels with the handbrake...ut that's not good

yeah, i think that's the only way.... but i try to do that on every corner i hit anyways... wierd thing is that i feel the rear of my car slide but people on the outside don't see it... they just think i'm driving normally... it's wierd. maybe i'm not doing it hard enough... more fun now that i got my front strut bar

NSX · 04-26-2002, 12:30 PM

don't worry about it..just keep at it

but isn't there any long term or short term damage to your prelude if you repeatedly pull handbrake in motion?

won't it get weaker?

RiceRocket · 04-26-2002, 03:04 PM

i'm sure there's a damage to the car... ive researched it and yes there is... don't quite remember what...

what i've found out is that you have to enjoy your car... i had a car i babied and never raced and someone stole it... so all the hard work gone... so now i just want to have fun and dont think of all the problem... i still take it easy but i just enjoy it more.

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