Does anyone do Heel & Toe on daily driving
12-28-2005, 11:56 AM
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no need to heel toe for normal driving unless powering through a sharp turn. Shouldn't have to heel toe to slow down and come to a stop. Use either Neutral and Brake or just Rev match. Heel toeing all the time would put extra wear on your brake pads and you'll find yourself replacing them more often because the brakes are fighting against you accelerating.
12-28-2005, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by LIdrew
no need to heel toe for normal driving unless powering through a sharp turn. Shouldn't have to heel toe to slow down and come to a stop. Use either Neutral and Brake or just Rev match. Heel toeing all the time would put extra wear on your brake pads and you'll find yourself replacing them more often because the brakes are fighting against you accelerating.
The idea behind using it every day is to gewt better at it. Practice makes perfect !
Pads will wear eventually in any cases.
12-28-2005, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by FastZ33
i do. i race a lot. i been trackin racin for 3 yrs. i do it during reg driving as well. and double clutchin
12-28-2005, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by jun14scr
double clutching.. our cars have synchros! i just blip the throttle for a downshift and hell toe slowing down to enter a corner.
12-28-2005, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by LIdrew
Heel toeing all the time would put extra wear on your brake pads and you'll find yourself replacing them more often because the brakes are fighting against you accelerating.
12-28-2005, 03:10 PM
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....for your health
Originally Posted by Kolia
Pretty much all the time. It's becoming second nature, so I can forget about it on the track on concentrate on other stuff...
12-28-2005, 03:12 PM
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Here's another question, when you guys are doing heel and toe, do you actually use your heel to blip the throttle, or are you using the side of your foot? I just roll my foot and use the side, I find myself jabbing the throttle way too hard if I rotate my foot and use my heel. In addition to it being very uncomfortable for me to do that for some reason.
12-28-2005, 03:52 PM
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I've been using the heel and toe technique for probably the better part of 45 years. It just becomes second nature after awhile. I do use the side of my foot rather than the heel. I think the name came from actually using the heel and toe in the 1930's. The pedals were farther apart so the side of the foot couldn't be utilized.
I put new aluminum pedals on the Z because the stock pedals weren't comfortable for heel and toeing.
Les
I put new aluminum pedals on the Z because the stock pedals weren't comfortable for heel and toeing.
Les
12-28-2005, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LIdrew
no need to heel toe for normal driving unless powering through a sharp turn. Shouldn't have to heel toe to slow down and come to a stop. Use either Neutral and Brake or just Rev match. Heel toeing all the time would put extra wear on your brake pads and you'll find yourself replacing them more often because the brakes are fighting against you accelerating.
If your heel/toe is done such that you're braking and accelerating at the same time, you're doing something wrong.
12-28-2005, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by KornerCarver
I've been using the heel and toe technique for probably the better part of 45 years. It just becomes second nature after awhile. I do use the side of my foot rather than the heel. I think the name came from actually using the heel and toe in the 1930's. The pedals were farther apart so the side of the foot couldn't be utilized.
I put new aluminum pedals on the Z because the stock pedals weren't comfortable for heel and toeing.
Les
I put new aluminum pedals on the Z because the stock pedals weren't comfortable for heel and toeing.
Les
12-28-2005, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by kcobean
I think you misunderstand the function of heel/toe. This method actually conserves brake pad because the engine is doing a portion of the braking...that's one of the reasons race cars do it, it helps keep brake rotor temps down and minimizes pad wear while bringing the car to the proper gear for a corner. Also, "Rev Match" as you say, is best done while braking because it creates the most seamless deceleration.
If your heel/toe is done such that you're braking and accelerating at the same time, you're doing something wrong.
If your heel/toe is done such that you're braking and accelerating at the same time, you're doing something wrong.
12-28-2005, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by charlie_rdstr_Z
It is to prevent upseting the balance of the suspension.
I H/T every time I get in the car, just to stay "in practice", and I notice that I increase brake pressure during shifts because the brakes have to work harder while the engine is disengaged to drop to the next lower gear.
