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Originally Posted by churchx
When i treshold brake on track after long straight and know that 2-3 gears down will be optimal in specific curve or after it .. why should i do those redundant switches? Especially if heal&toeing each of it, imho it will just reduce braking precision by those extra 2-3 gearswitches till right one. So what's wrong with doing just one properly revmatched gearshift straight to one i'll need when i'll need? +on grippy tires on dry tarmac track braking drops speed at high rate taking rather short time/passing specific gear ranges passed rather quickly.
On sequential gearbox i see nothing lost with rowing through gears, switches are quick. But not skipping gears on H-pattern .. i find it counterproductive in some situations.
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(I have tried this on my Yamaha R6, but not on the BRZ yet)
Shifting down thru each gear helps because of engine braking. If you hold the clutch down or shift to neutral, and then slaw on the brakes, the whole kinetic energy is dealt with by the brakes only. However, as you are going down thru mph, being in the right gear for the right mph window, engine braking helps reduce the braking distance.
BUT... having said that, the precision and control it takes to achieve this is very high. Sequential gearing helps a great deal. If one is really trying to shave off 0.1 secs using engine braking, then they probably should invest in a sequential transmission.