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 Jan 7, 2006 - 2:52 PM
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can somebody tell me how the heel toe method works?
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Jan 9, 2006 - 2:36 PM
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its an advanced technique not "essential" to be a very good autocrosser, but its a plus. most people (like me) do not downshift at all at most autocrosses, theres very few times its necessary because the time it takes to shift you can use to get back into the more adventagous powerband. However certain cars do require a downshift, keeping the car balanced is VERY VERY essential to being fast autocrossing. the whole meaning behind "slow is fast" is keeping the car balanced and on line. blu94gt is correct on how its used, i just wanted to add it "can" be used in autocrossing, but it depends on the car and driver combo wether its adventagous or not.
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Jan 9, 2006 - 2:55 PM
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QUOTE(boosted_K2 @ Jan 9, 2006 - 1:36 PM) [snapback]376373[/snapback] its an advanced technique not "essential" to be a very good autocrosser, but its a plus. most people (like me) do not downshift at all at most autocrosses, theres very few times its necessary because the time it takes to shift you can use to get back into the more adventagous powerband. However certain cars do require a downshift, keeping the car balanced is VERY VERY essential to being fast autocrossing. the whole meaning behind "slow is fast" is keeping the car balanced and on line. blu94gt is correct on how its used, i just wanted to add it "can" be used in autocrossing, but it depends on the car and driver combo wether its adventagous or not. this is true, and some of it depends on the autox course setup, i personally have never used heel toe in autox but like you said, that's because in the time i spend shifting i would be in the powerband anyways -------------------- 1999 Celica GT
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TrD3sgte94 shifting techniques Jan 7, 2006 - 2:52 PM
azian_advanced first off, i'm no drifter.. but by doing the ... Jan 7, 2006 - 5:51 PM Kwanza26 You're close... it does work on FWD cars... it... Jan 7, 2006 - 6:02 PM soulshadow Thats a pretty good explanation, but the way I fin... Jan 7, 2006 - 8:54 PM
Kwanza26 QUOTE(soulshadow @ Jan 8, 2006 - 1:5... Jan 8, 2006 - 12:01 AM tovejas theres a japanese video on this....i downloaded it... Jan 7, 2006 - 10:52 PM blu94gt Ok I did a report on this for one of my english cl... Jan 8, 2006 - 4:15 AM Mr_E Urm. I heel-toe all the time. I always have.
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