> I've admitted elsewhere that I think my (current) biggest problem is
> overbraking, but it doesn't have anything to do with LFB, I'm just
consciously
> slowing down more than I probably need to.
this is what happens to me if i LFB (overbraking), but i have less
experience than you do.
RFB makes you think if you really need to brake, so in places where a little
brake might be needed, i will sometimes choose to take a slightly different
line so i dont have to brake, only lift.
this was the case for the right at the end of the 2nd slalom last sunday; i
decided i didnt need to brake there, but instead lifted, turned into a
little too much, and let the car scrub off speed. i should have increased
my grip and speed in the that corner by not jouncing the suspension around
with a lift-brake-gas scenario. seemed to work ok.
-james
OSP #74
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
To: Mark J. Andy <marka@telerama.com>; Ba-Autox Mailing List (E-mail)
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: Stuff I Learned at the Evolution School
> > There are some disadvantages though, IMHO.
> >
> > 1) you gotta do the foot dance if you need to shift. With courses
getting
> > faster, this seems to be reasonably important in cars, particularly
stock
> > classes. Its embarrasing when you go to shift and the car stops instead
> > :-)
>
> I disagree. It's only embarrassing when you go to stop and the car keeps
> going with the engine revving. ;)
>
> > 2) its almost _too_ easy to apply the brake. Sam Strano once mentioned
to
> > me that intermediate drivers who LFB almost always use too much brake
for
> > a given "non-heaving braking required" situation. He was of the opinion
> > that the longer transition time from gas to brake of a RFB-er lets them
> > sense a little better that the car has slowed enough just from a lift.
>
> I agree that it's easy to overbrake. However, if you break down the
comment
> above, it actually says that it's better to coast than to be on the gas or
> brake. I can't agree with that.
>
> I've admitted elsewhere that I think my (current) biggest problem is
> overbraking, but it doesn't have anything to do with LFB, I'm just
consciously
> slowing down more than I probably need to.
>
> > MHO, yadda, yadda. Certainly the transition time from gas to brake is
> > less LFB vs RFB, but I'm not sure I believe that that's an important
thing
> > in terms of overall run time.
>
> I wasn't sure either until I had such a graphic demonstration of it.
That's
> why I posted it, it was pretty compelling. (Well, apparently not in
> description, but it was at the time.)
>
> >Couple that with the need to teach yourself
> > feel, the need to keep your feet straight when shifting is involved, and
> > the tendency to overbrake, and I think LFB-ing is a skill that can wait
> > until the other, more important things have been addressed (looking
ahead,
> > using all of the course, setting up the car, etc. etc.)
>
> I agree kindof. If you're going to do it, the universal opinion is that
it
> takes time to learn, and you may as well be doing it concurrently with the
> other stuff (unless you're at a focus group like Evo or something). But
> certainly it isn't going to shave huge chunks of time off your run like
some
> of the other techniques.
>
> KeS
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