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Old 20-07-2006, 02:55 PM   #31
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I mostly use left-foot braking. I've tried "reverse" heel-toe a few times, with my heel on the brake while blipping with the toe, but it's not easy because I wear boots all the time.

I've been driving for 14 years and I mostly just drive instinctively - I'm not even aware of what my feet are doing sometimes while cornering at speed.
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Old 20-07-2006, 03:49 PM   #32
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The Blip is nearly impossible in my fiesta. When im pushing it and doing some quick shifts the throttle delay cause by the ETC will delete the throttle blip. I push the accelerator but revs don't move thus you need to shove it harder and longer than in cable throttle cars.
I've never had a problem! How bad is the delay on yours?
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Old 21-07-2006, 04:41 PM   #33
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_and_toe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_clutch
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Old 21-07-2006, 07:53 PM   #34
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I'd never even heard of this until this thread! And I don't think it's wise that I try it anywhere but in front of a professional, or I'll kill something...
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Old 22-07-2006, 12:08 PM   #35
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JOSH what if your comming to a corner in 3rd @ 5.5k and you want to be in 2nd to exit, You won't just dump it into 2nd without thinking.
why would you want to exit slower than your entry speed?
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Old 22-07-2006, 03:12 PM   #36
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I think he means that You'd want the car in 2nd to exit the corner so that its in a lower gear and revving higher so to avoid bogging down in too high a gear.
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Old 22-07-2006, 06:04 PM   #37
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ok

lets break it down

3rd gear at 5.5k rpm = about 110-120ish? there or therabouts

what corners can you enter at 110 and want to exit at a max of about 90kph? (redline 2nd)
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Old 22-07-2006, 06:10 PM   #38
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Josh your COMMING to a corner. I did't say your in the middle of it. You still need to start braking.

Either way it could just be a tightening corner.
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Old 24-07-2006, 08:55 AM   #39
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lol hheheheheheheh, hey josh think of it like the corner at the end of conrod straight at bathurst. all the V8's do it lol, but there going faster. hehehehehe
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