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#1
08-07-2003, 11:41 PM
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stock heel-toe
Does anyone else have trouble heel-toeing with the stock pedals?
What should i do to ameliorate this problem, heh. new peds?? dunno if that would help 
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#2
08-08-2003, 12:17 AM
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just get some APC pedals.. they are really big at teh bottom... i have some and its soo easy to modulate brake and gas.. like on a hill... anyway... yah.. APC ones...just not the GLOWING pedals
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08-08-2003, 01:00 AM
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Its a downshifting technique for going into turns. The purpose is to downshift more smoothly and not jolt the drive train while slowing down turning hard. By downshifting smoother, your tires wont break loose/understeer.
When youre downshifting, you hit the throttle with your heel while braking with your toe to rev the engine up before popping the clutch. You gotta try to rev it right to where it will be when you pop it. Its a skill to master.
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#5
08-08-2003, 01:08 AM
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I'm sorry... but I've never touched on the gas while hitting the brake before to slow down... I simply let the clutch out more slowly if I need to be gentile.
Rightfully you should be slowing down before going into a turn... going into the turn you shouldn't be breaking or slowing down or speeding up (all of which can cause your tires to break free of the road surface)... midway through the turn and on the way out of the turn you accelerate. At no point do I see the need for your foot to be on the brake and the gas at the same time unless you are accelerating on a steep incline from a stop...
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08-08-2003, 01:08 AM
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skateboarding shoes
 very wide so i kinda do a hlaf foot-half foot instead of heel-toe. or i do toe on brake heel on gas with no probs
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#7
08-08-2003, 01:13 AM
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I agree 100% stock pedals are very hard to heel-toe like its meant to be done. Dont bother with pedals covers, they will only come loose. The right way to do it would be metal pieces welded to the sides. When I "heel-toe" I use the left edge of my foot on the brake with the other part controlling gas. Basically my foot is in the middle of the 2 pedals.
Do not practice heel-toe downshifting with traffic stopped in front of you!
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08-08-2003, 01:19 AM
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yup thats what i do. foot in the middle of the two. and killa_crx these are advanced driving techniques, not for you amateurs
 j/k dude.
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08-08-2003, 01:23 AM
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 Killa_crx you might be interested to know this::http://www.driftsession.com/technique.htm -- check heel-toe I think of camel toe when i here heel-toe 
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08-08-2003, 01:24 AM
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08-08-2003, 01:27 AM
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dude, you'll only be pressing both pedals at the same time when youre clutch is in. It's necessary if you want to drive at the limits of grip. What you described was pretty conservative.
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#12
08-08-2003, 01:33 AM
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My post was meant to be discouraging anyways... I may have actually used this 'technique' before though while racing.... I just don't pay attention to what I'm doing... everything comes naturally... Wait... I don't race... racing is bad 
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#13
08-08-2003, 01:34 AM
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Screw the clutch! That thing is only good for 1st
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