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 Apr 8, 2007 - 9:25 PM
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well my Celica is a 94 ST coupe AT. I am reading up more on manuals, and what not, and I keep finding this "heel & toe" shifting. Can someone explain that to me?
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Apr 8, 2007 - 10:04 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 16, '06 From Maui, Hawaii Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving/driving_heeltoe.shtml
This type of shift technique mainly applies to drifting, but is also applied in other types of racing. This post has been edited by netrata: Apr 9, 2007 - 4:02 PM --------------------  |
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Apr 8, 2007 - 10:23 PM
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nice link, thats pretty indepth, i like how they diagram out some of the steps.
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Apr 9, 2007 - 7:56 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 23, '05 From Charleston, WV Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
That is cool link. But, that technique is used for road racing or other competition driving as well as autoX. In drifting you want to use more left foot braking. That is how you keep the boost up and thats how you control car little better in slide. I think....
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Apr 9, 2007 - 9:24 AM
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Hell toe shifting is pretty irrelevant in this situation... You're an automatic!!
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Apr 10, 2007 - 4:59 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 28, '06 From Delaware Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
...so thats what its called. cool
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Apr 10, 2007 - 3:03 PM
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Heheh... funny topic... AT... hehe. Anyways... it's just a rev matching technique for downshifts to smoothen transition more or less. Is often used in most any race situation that requires a downshift. As for left foot braking... only useful for FWD cars to help tuck-in to corners... but if you don't know what you're doing... it'll just slow you down.
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Apr 22, 2007 - 9:47 PM
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QUOTE(Kwanza26 @ Apr 10, 2007 - 8:03 PM) [snapback]545279[/snapback] Heheh... funny topic... AT... hehe. Anyways... it's just a rev matching technique for downshifts to smoothen transition more or less. Is often used in most any race situation that requires a downshift. As for left foot braking... only useful for FWD cars to help tuck-in to corners... but if you don't know what you're doing... it'll just slow you down. gotcha. thanks for the link, guys! and no, i know it doesnt matter in my car, AT, but i was just curious about it all. |
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