Heel to toe
03-12-2006, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by davidv
Her mom must have just served her a bucket of frosted flakes...
03-12-2006, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Granger968
I just bought a 350Z Track. Previous cars were 92 jetta, 93 impreza and 2003 Mazdaspeed protege. My Z is the first car that I have with pedals too far apart to heel-toe properly. It can be done, but the gap between the pedals is quite wide and I wouldn't want the bad surprise of having my foot slip from the brake pedal while trying to blip the throttle.
Have any of you guys put change your pedals for wider ones? How wide are the Nismo pedals?
Thanks!
Have any of you guys put change your pedals for wider ones? How wide are the Nismo pedals?
Thanks!
On the street, it's not comfortable, but on a race track, everything falls into place.
03-12-2006, 05:05 PM
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I heel toe just because it sounds cool into a left or right turn. Gotta love loud and obnoxious exhausts. I also rev-match downshift at every stop.
03-12-2006, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Granger968
I just bought a 350Z Track. Previous cars were 92 jetta, 93 impreza and 2003 Mazdaspeed protege. My Z is the first car that I have with pedals too far apart to heel-toe properly. It can be done, but the gap between the pedals is quite wide and I wouldn't want the bad surprise of having my foot slip from the brake pedal while trying to blip the throttle.
Have any of you guys put change your pedals for wider ones? How wide are the Nismo pedals?
Thanks!
Have any of you guys put change your pedals for wider ones? How wide are the Nismo pedals?
Thanks!
just practice without the pedal covers.. go drive a mustang, then you'll appreciate your car more so.
03-13-2006, 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Granger968
I just bought a 350Z Track. Previous cars were 92 jetta, 93 impreza and 2003 Mazdaspeed protege. My Z is the first car that I have with pedals too far apart to heel-toe properly. It can be done, but the gap between the pedals is quite wide and I wouldn't want the bad surprise of having my foot slip from the brake pedal while trying to blip the throttle.
Have any of you guys put change your pedals for wider ones? How wide are the Nismo pedals?
Thanks!
Have any of you guys put change your pedals for wider ones? How wide are the Nismo pedals?
Thanks!
03-14-2006, 05:26 AM
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Originally Posted by EvL350Z
its kinda hard to Heel Toe when you wear a size 12...
That's not the issue, it's when you have a EEE wide foot like me that makes it scary.. sometimes I get lazy and I end up pushing the brake and gas at the same time
03-14-2006, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Jason@Performance
I kinda roll my foot to the side...
its more of a circular motion with the heel blipping the accerlerator...
i use the old school real heel-toe method and it works find imo...
but it only applies to asian people
people with BIG and WIDE feet like americans wearing size 14 EEEE sneakers cant do it...
here is a video of tsuchiya doing the touge
http://www.g-attack.com/videos/BestM...eShowdown2.asf
featuring...
Hachiroku VS. Skyline R34 GT-R
ITR VS. S14 Silvia
MR-S VS. S15 Silvia
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03-14-2006, 07:01 AM
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Im Asian and I have EEE wide feet.
Just blip it, do what it takes to position your foot so that you dont need to let off the brakes as you are braking. If you roll it, invert it, pivot it, or if you got the crazy skills to "O'Neil" it, do it.
Btw, O'Neil shifting is left-foot-braking with a downshift.. try that suckas.
Just blip it, do what it takes to position your foot so that you dont need to let off the brakes as you are braking. If you roll it, invert it, pivot it, or if you got the crazy skills to "O'Neil" it, do it.
Btw, O'Neil shifting is left-foot-braking with a downshift.. try that suckas.
03-14-2006, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by xenonk
Im Asian and I have EEE wide feet.
Just blip it, do what it takes to position your foot so that you dont need to let off the brakes as you are braking. If you roll it, invert it, pivot it, or if you got the crazy skills to "O'Neil" it, do it.
Btw, O'Neil shifting is left-foot-braking with a downshift.. try that suckas.
Just blip it, do what it takes to position your foot so that you dont need to let off the brakes as you are braking. If you roll it, invert it, pivot it, or if you got the crazy skills to "O'Neil" it, do it.
Btw, O'Neil shifting is left-foot-braking with a downshift.. try that suckas.
a proper heel-toe is hard on the brakes and then roll your ankle...
03-14-2006, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Silkk
Wait until the 3F3F ricers find this how-to... I'm staying off the streets. They'll be trying to take 10mph turns at 60, just to heel-toe.
dont worry, they'll try to do heel & toe with automatics.
03-14-2006, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ArCtM
They might evolutionize the practice of left foot braking and PWN3D you with just using 1 foot instead of using two feet to do it..
"I got chu FOO!"
Last edited by xenonk; 03-14-2006 at 10:17 AM.
03-14-2006, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by dragon11689
I try to switch from accelerator to brake fast while clutching and shifting to simulate the same effect of heel toe. Just blip the throttle quick and back to brake fast. Hard to do all the time though.
