heel & toe
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in a nutshell - its a method of 'blipping' the throttle during a downshift.
This has a couple of effects
It stops a jerky 'engine deacceleration' as you go from 1-3k in [say] 4th to 6k in 3rd - and thereby means during heavy braking and engine braking, the car is more balanced and controllable.
It's also handy for the gearbox, spinning all the cogs up from gear-to-gear, thus preventing grinding of the gears or straining the synchromesh
This has a couple of effects
It stops a jerky 'engine deacceleration' as you go from 1-3k in [say] 4th to 6k in 3rd - and thereby means during heavy braking and engine braking, the car is more balanced and controllable.
It's also handy for the gearbox, spinning all the cogs up from gear-to-gear, thus preventing grinding of the gears or straining the synchromesh
oh please no, not again!
on 8th dec 2005 I posted the same question under the title "what is this heel toe stuff". it generated an almighty spat/name calling session amongst the PH boy racers and rapidly ran to 15 pages.
use the search function to read that post. but make yourself a nice hot coffee first and take the phone off the hook - you'll be a while
on 8th dec 2005 I posted the same question under the title "what is this heel toe stuff". it generated an almighty spat/name calling session amongst the PH boy racers and rapidly ran to 15 pages.
use the search function to read that post. but make yourself a nice hot coffee first and take the phone off the hook - you'll be a while
softinthehead said:
oh please no, not again!
on 8th dec 2005 I posted the same question under the title "what is this heel toe stuff". it generated an almighty spat/name calling session amongst the PH boy racers and rapidly ran to 15 pages.
use the search function to read that post. but make yourself a nice hot coffee first and take the phone off the hook - you'll be a while
on 8th dec 2005 I posted the same question under the title "what is this heel toe stuff". it generated an almighty spat/name calling session amongst the PH boy racers and rapidly ran to 15 pages.
use the search function to read that post. but make yourself a nice hot coffee first and take the phone off the hook - you'll be a while
Can be found here...........
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=227430&f=48&h=0&hw=Heel+and+Toe
One of the reasons that we did our in car footage at brands was to show a working example of heal and toe.
Here it is; www.total911.co.uk/brands.asp
Hope it helps.
Steve R
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