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Old Feb 5, 2010, 01:08 PM
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who can heel-toe.......

as the tittle states who can heel-toe their evo??
i find it difficult to do it on the evo compared to some other cars... so any advice would be awesome. i plan on doing alot of track events this year and this would help alot!!!

for you that dont know what heel-toe is:
when you approach a corner and you start braking with your "toe" you reach over and hit the gas with your "heel" so you can downshift without having to let off the brakes.
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i think the easiest car i have ever driven to heel toe is the evo LMAO. i heel toe every corner every redlight etc... lmao
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I don't find the evo any easier or more difficult than other cars. I just pull my heel back and pivot off of my big toe onto the throttle with the corner of my shoe. I also don't watch my feel while doing this so I guess I don't have a great explanation.

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i think the easiest car i have ever driven to heel toe is the evo LMAO. i heel toe every corner every redlight etc... lmao
Why are you laughing your *** off, twice?
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I don't really use my heel, more like the outside of my right foot, just takes a little practice..
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Originally Posted by TxEvo8
I don't really use my heel, more like the outside of my right foot, just takes a little practice..
my friend in his evo does this cause he is like a 14 wide shoe or sumthing.
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yes it's easy and I make a habbit of doing it at all times.
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Yea it took some time, but its works very well in the Evo. You gotta kinda pigeon toe your right foot a bit and just pivot, once you get it down its butter.
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Originally Posted by Skylineracer
i think the easiest car i have ever driven to heel toe is the evo LMAO. i heel toe every corner every redlight etc... lmao
Heel-toe is a downshifting maneuver. I don't think you "get" heel-toe, Skyline Racer
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hmmmmmm..... i had a 350z and it was really easy... i might just have to much toe on the gas witch is making more difficult for me to reach the gas... but i have been more of a "drag racing" kinda guy.... but i want to do alot of road racing this year
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Originally Posted by Skylineracer
i think the easiest car i have ever driven to heel toe is the evo LMAO. i heel toe every corner every redlight etc... lmao
ditto, but big *** feet helps me
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Originally Posted by raginghadron
Heel-toe is a downshifting maneuver. I don't think you "get" heel-toe, Skyline Racer
lolol i was thinking about that. maybe only if you're slowing down to a redlight and then it turns green again lol.
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Heel toe is pretty easy. Just like down shifting when approaching a red light, you just brake at the same time as you're doing it. Easiest car I've done this in is, well, the Evo.
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okay yall are makin me feel stupid
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Originally Posted by Skylineracer
my friend in his evo does this cause he is like a 14 wide shoe or sumthing.
lol same here, i run a 14, and my feet are widebodied i swear, only skater shoes fit lol
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Originally Posted by boostin350z
lol same here, i run a 14, and my feet are widebodied i swear, only skater shoes fit lol
My friend for the first time tied his skate shoes when his skate shoes fell of and wedged under his brake pedal. You should have seen his face.

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