Attention Track Hounds
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Drifting
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From: Las Vegas Location: Earth
Attention Track Hounds
Anyone use heal and toe with the stock gas & brake pedal? How about with the Complete Dreams gas pedal? It looks wider and should be easier to perform the H&T downshift. HOw difficult/easy would you say the maneuver is in a C-6?
Team Owner
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From: Raleigh / Rolesville NC
Learn to use the peddles that you have. Rember heel-n-toe is NOT really useing your heel and toe.
When downshifting, the right foot does double duty. the left side of the right foot is pushing hard on the brake, when the RPMS drop, the left foot pushings in the clutch, AT THE SAME TIME, the right side of the rigt foot with an ankle roll blips the throttle to increase RMPS 1500 to match the drive shaft speed, then the down shift happens. All this happens AT THE SAME time with in 1/2 sec.
It takes practice, lots of practice untill it is second nature.
When downshifting, the right foot does double duty. the left side of the right foot is pushing hard on the brake, when the RPMS drop, the left foot pushings in the clutch, AT THE SAME TIME, the right side of the rigt foot with an ankle roll blips the throttle to increase RMPS 1500 to match the drive shaft speed, then the down shift happens. All this happens AT THE SAME time with in 1/2 sec.
It takes practice, lots of practice untill it is second nature.
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Drifting
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From: Las Vegas Location: Earth
Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Learn to use the peddles that you have. Rember heel-n-toe is NOT really useing your heel and toe.
When downshifting, the right foot does double duty. the left side of the right foot is pushing hard on the brake, when the RPMS drop, the left foot pushings in the clutch, AT THE SAME TIME, the right side of the rigt foot with an ankle roll blips the throttle to increase RMPS 1500 to match the drive shaft speed, then the down shift happens. All this happens AT THE SAME time with in 1/2 sec.
It takes practice, lots of practice untill it is second nature.
When downshifting, the right foot does double duty. the left side of the right foot is pushing hard on the brake, when the RPMS drop, the left foot pushings in the clutch, AT THE SAME TIME, the right side of the rigt foot with an ankle roll blips the throttle to increase RMPS 1500 to match the drive shaft speed, then the down shift happens. All this happens AT THE SAME time with in 1/2 sec.
It takes practice, lots of practice untill it is second nature.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Goleta CA
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Originally Posted by AU N EGL
Learn to use the peddles that you have. Rember heel-n-toe is NOT really useing your heel and toe.
When downshifting, the right foot does double duty. the left side of the right foot is pushing hard on the brake, when the RPMS drop, the left foot pushings in the clutch, AT THE SAME TIME, the right side of the rigt foot with an ankle roll blips the throttle to increase RMPS 1500 to match the drive shaft speed, then the down shift happens. All this happens AT THE SAME time with in 1/2 sec.
It takes practice, lots of practice untill it is second nature.
When downshifting, the right foot does double duty. the left side of the right foot is pushing hard on the brake, when the RPMS drop, the left foot pushings in the clutch, AT THE SAME TIME, the right side of the rigt foot with an ankle roll blips the throttle to increase RMPS 1500 to match the drive shaft speed, then the down shift happens. All this happens AT THE SAME time with in 1/2 sec.
It takes practice, lots of practice untill it is second nature.
I have no problem doing this with the stock pedals. It just takes a little getting used to, like any unfailiar car would.
Instructor
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From: Baton Rouge LA
Originally Posted by ricatthebeach
Anyone use heal and toe with the stock gas & brake pedal? How about with the Complete Dreams gas pedal? It looks wider and should be easier to perform the H&T downshift. HOw difficult/easy would you say the maneuver is in a C-6?
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Drifting
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From: Las Vegas Location: Earth
Originally Posted by connor
Each new car requires getting used to due to the pedal layout. I put on Elite Engineering pedals that made it a little easier, great looks as well.
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