As you've probably heard, there are a number of ways to heal and toe.
Personally, I put my heel/ball of my foot on the brake and twist my foot so
that all of my toes are on the gas. Others do it the other way around with
their toes on the brake and heel on the gas. Usually my breaking is done in
a straight line so that I can just lift my foot off of the brake or the gas
when I'm in the corner, whichever is called for. Therefore there is no
sudden lifting off the brake.
Ron Bauer
'98 Acura Integra Type R
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Moriarty <Brad_Moriarty@prospectus-ma.com>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, June 18, 1999 6:54 AM
Subject: H & T revisited
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>I don't mean to disappoint here with a non-rule based question, but I've
>been trying the Heel and Toe business since the thread several weeks ago
>and I need some assistance from the collective intelligence out there:
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>I can do it on the street quite well, matching revs etc. and thought I
>would be all set to apply it on the course but I've encountered a few
>problems that only seem to arise at 10/10ths.
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>On the street I'm not applying maximum breaking force so I can press the
>throttle open with the side of my foot and simply slide my foot over, off
>of the brake onto the throttle so my foot is in the typical position on
>each pedal most of the time.
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>On the course, at maximum braking force, my pressure on the brake pedal
>makes it very difficult to effect the "slide" so I end up releasing the
>brake by twisting my foot, pressing down with the throttle side and lifting
>up with the brake side.
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>This feels pretty weird as I end up driving through the corner with the
>side of my foot pressing on the throttle until I can lift and reposition.
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>When I try and force my foot to slide over at 10/10ths I end up releasing
>the brake very sharply and over doing it on the throttle which unsettles my
>softly sprung car and makes the down-shift go as smoothly as Skippy
>Superchunk.
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>Clearly I'm new to this so any advice on technique would be greatly
>appreciated.
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>Thanks in advance,
>
>Brad
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>`97 528i
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