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From: stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: How do I 'heel-and-toe' ? - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 20-Apr-84 11:11:46 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 20 11:11:46 1984
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Heel-and-toeing is done when downshifting and breaking at the
same time.  This keeps you in the right (low) gear for coming
hard out of corners.  I'm sure everyone & his brother will post
something on this but here's how to heel-and-toe.


Picture this - I'm braking hard to slow down for a corner
with the ball of my right foot on the brake.  To downshift
I push in the clutch peddle with my left foot while rotating
my breaking foot c-clockwise until my heel is over the throttle
peddle - all the time I'm hard on the brake.  As I downshift
I use my heel to tap the throttle and bring the revs up to what's
needed for the next lower gear.  Let up the clutch and your in
the right gear.  The process is the same as normal downshifting
accept that the shift occurs while your still on the brake.

To make this work, you need to adjust the brake and throttle
peddles so that when you brake hard the brake and throttle are even
with each other.  Then practice until you get a feeling for how many revs
you need in different situations.  Wind the engine up slightly more
than you need to get a jolt of acceleration when you let then clutch up.
Use less revs if you want to add engine braking as well.

The important trick is to TAP the throttle to get the revs up.
NEVER use your heel to maintain high revs for a prolonged period.
If you're using your heel to keep up the revs it means you started
the process to early. Also it isn't the bottom of the heel which
works the throttle but usually the side of it.  In my case, I like
to catch the edge of the throttle with the bump of my ankle.  Just
experiment until you find a comfortable way of working both peddles
at the same time.

                                       Jim