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justinco 11-13-2017 02:52 PM

How to Heel Toe Downshift
 
Hey all, I threw this video together over the weekend. It goes over the basics of the heel toe technique, when to use it, why it is beneficial, and then I include demonstrations from both my sim racing rig and in the BRZ. Hopefully this helps some folks who are trying to learn this technique. Let me know if I fudged anything :)

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc7HAPDJznI[/ame]

Snoopyjh 06-04-2018 07:24 PM

Always appreciate a well put video! :)
What do you do when you're going over a big speed bump where you have to slow down below 10mph?? Do you downshift into 1st? or just keep the gear in 2nd without clutching?
When i keep it in the 2nd gear, rpm drops down to around 1,500 and i dont think the car likes it (It shakes and vibrates a little until the rpm is around 2,000) Should i bother putting it into 1st? or just keep it in 2nd? I'm not sure if im hurting the car or not

Grady 06-04-2018 08:52 PM

Good video. However in your description and on the sim you were brake, gas, clutch. When you were driving your car you were brake, clutch, gas? What sequence is better/correct?

justinco 06-04-2018 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snoopyjh (Post 3095072)
Always appreciate a well put video! :)
What do you do when you're going over a big speed bump where you have to slow down below 10mph?? Do you downshift into 1st? or just keep the gear in 2nd without clutching?
When i keep it in the 2nd gear, rpm drops down to around 1,500 and i dont think the car likes it (It shakes and vibrates a little until the rpm is around 2,000) Should i bother putting it into 1st? or just keep it in 2nd? I'm not sure if im hurting the car or not

I put it into 1st if it is slow enough. Just blip the throttle to rev match the 1st gear at slow speeds.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grady (Post 3095113)
Good video. However in your description and on the sim you were brake, gas, clutch. When you were driving your car you were brake, clutch, gas? What sequence is better/correct?

The clutch/gas is kind of simultaneous in real life. But, you don't want to blip the gas without the clutch in, for obvious reasons. On the sim demo I tried to make it super slow mo to make it simple but I think it made it a tad confusing. Brake/Clutch/Gas in short :)


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