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Old 01-23-2007, 02:07 PM   #12
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Re: Trail Braking, Heel and Toe techniques

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Originally Posted by Porsche-nine11
oh yeah, i have another question. when you blip the throttle in heel and toe, how do you know how much to blip it. is it just a matter of knowing your car. and the reason you have to do that is that the tranny and engine are moving at different speeds, ive realized that now. but which is moving faster, does tranny move faster so you have to increase RPM's to get up to the trannys speed? or is it the other way round. i hope you understand the question.
You'll get use to how much you have to blip the throttle with pratice... you'll know you've done it wrong when you "feel" the shift. If you are pushed back in to the seat, like you are accelerating, then you bliped too much. If you are pushed in to your belts, then you blipped too little. A good downshift should be heard and not felt.

as far as engine RPM vs Transmission RPM.... On upshifts, the Transmissing is spinning slower then the engine. On down shifts the engine is spinnig slower then the transmission.
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