Foot technique?

[Harvey]

My foot size is 9 1/2. The GTR pedal is perfect for my small asian foot... heh heh heh. I guess they werent really design for shoe size bigger than 10. Afterall they were design for smaller asian people like some other JDM sports cars such as RX7.

[Fubawu]

really there is no problem with a bigger foot the difference between a 10 and a 12 is very small. If your foot is bigger look for driving type shoes.
It is when you have a 13 or higher you run into problems.

[canadianskyline]

really there is no problem with a bigger foot the difference between a 10 and a 12 is very small. If your foot is bigger look for driving type shoes.
It is when you have a 13 or higher you run into problems.

See, i figure that my foot's as big across as a size 9 is sideways....so i dont have to heel and toe...just roll....hahahha

[BabyZiLLa]

I give everyone full permission to point and laugh. If you can answer this for me. What exaclty is heel and toe? I've heard people give different descriptions.

And after Fast & the furious, I definately heard some funny ones.

Cheers

[klys]

it's the action of revmatching while downshifting and braking, so you can be at the sweet spot of your power range when exiting a corner

so if your in 3rd at 6000RPM~150km/h you brake to 75km/h which would put you at 3000 which is a no no if you wanna re accelerate

so while sheding speed with the brake pedal, you give a tap of gas in order not to mess up the braking while going to 2nd gear

think of it this way
-usually if you clutch and just drop the a lower gear and remove the clutch, it gives a somewhat big jerk, depending in which gear you're in.

-you can drop a gear and remove the clutch gradually... but that's not very efficient when you are in a hurry to downshift thru gears...

-remedy: Brake and (throttle blip (clutch - lower gear - de-clutch))

hope this helps/makes sense

[BabyZiLLa]

Ok that makes sense. Little more too it than I thought though.

Thanks for the in depth description.

[berzerk]

I've tried several times and there's no way I can do it, my knee always hits the steering wheel or door and I have the seat all the way back at all times. Size 13 shoe and 6' here

[canadianskyline]

I've tried several times and there's no way I can do it, my knee always hits the steering wheel or door and I have the seat all the way back at all times. Size 13 shoe and 6' here

Haha, im 6'2 with size 13 and it is totally do-able. Instead of actually trying heel and toe, just roll your foot over onto the gas pedal while braking. Basically, you blip the throttle with the right side of your foot, in about the middle (length wise), while braking with the ball of your foot on the right side of the brake pedal. Practice makes perfect and i practiced a lot in my 92 lude before i got to the point where i am now, that i can do it at will, pretty well flawless every time.....skip barber racing school helps too.....

[klys]

I just bought shoes to replace my puma speed cat.

I bought Asics Onitsuka Tiger shoes

nice and comfy little buggers

www.onitsukatiger.com

any one as used them before?

[WRick]

I just bought shoes to replace my puma speed cat.

I bought Asics Onitsuka Tiger shoes

nice and comfy little buggers

www.onitsukatiger.com

any one as used them before?

Now that's one dedicated driver :wink:

I wear 11's also... I just don't use the heel, since my 'toe' part is huge hehehehe

Be carefull not to get your foot stuck between the pedals though hehehe

Shoes : Puma's or barefeet!!!

[solid_88]

some people such as myself can't drive standard without heel toeing. i don't think i learned how to drive standard properly to be honest

[WRick]

some people such as myself can't drive standard without heel toeing.

Yeah... I find myself doing it everytime/everywhere... Heck, if my bicycle would allow it, I'd heel-toe it.

[Gregzilla]

im 6'3"ish size 12.5 and have no problem using the rolling foot heel and toe technique with globe skate shoes on. Steel toed work boots however are a different situation.

[solid_88]

im just wondering how are you supposed to engine brake and brake at the same time smoothly without heel toeing? or do most of you veterans who don't heel-toe daily just do the engine braking first, then pop'er in neutral and ride the brake pedal?

[klys]

with my suby, it's a bit easier as the clutch has a much longer travel ... you can reengage slowly to bring the revs up smoothly...

but forget about it in the skyline...

also the Gear box is SOOOOO different the gears are so far apart in my 2000 impreza brighton compared to the skyline..

like 2-3 is maybe 3 times further in the suby and it's not related to the throw I'm sure.

also in the suby, the only proper way to gracefully rev match while downshift is to pass from the higher to lower as fast as possible cause if i'm too slow the shift isn't smooth..

but it's my first right hand shift car