Manual transmission - downshifting / Heal and toe rev matching
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Manual transmission - downshifting / Heal and toe rev matching
I've been driving manual for years and i've only tried the heal and toe only when i try to drift a rear wheel car. For all the times i've been driving i've always used my downshift to slow down. I'm hearing too many mixed answers. Out of curiosity I just want to ask if any of you guys actually use the heal and toe technique to slow down or just using your breaks?
Using the tranny to downshift, does this cause any premature wear of any sort?
Using the tranny to downshift, does this cause any premature wear of any sort?
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Bingo, heel-toe is somewhat useless around town, rarely do you get into a situation where you need to hammer on the brakes while downshifting at the same time. For the most part, I leave heel-toe for the track and just rev-match around town if I need to downshift. Using the tranny to brake is a bit silly, brake pads are cheaper than transmissions.
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Dont think downshifting will cause premature wear. If you do it properly (match your speed to gear ratio) its safe and wont cause any damage while saving your brakes, now if you downshift from 5th gear to 3rd this will cause some damage .
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i heal toe when downshifting, its a way of rev matching when braking, i realized when i started using heal toe, my downshifts have been signifcantly smoother
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the only extra wear downshifting will cause is to your clutch plate. The gears are all high grade steel and as long as your not mashing into the gears you should never have any real problems with it. It's debatable on how much wear it'll cause, but I don't care that much about it since I plan on replacing it with something better in the future.
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How the heck do you guys heel-toe in this car?! The pedals are too small in my opinion or just too wide apart.
I have tried many times but to me it seems the gas pedal is too low, and i really have to jam on the brakes to get the heel to blip the gas.
It only works perfectly for me when i am wearing an old pair of wide shoes. But this is stupid because sometimes i catch the brake with the shoe edge while pushing in the clutch with the left.
Did any of you put a pedal cover on the gas to give it a little height?
I have tried many times but to me it seems the gas pedal is too low, and i really have to jam on the brakes to get the heel to blip the gas.
It only works perfectly for me when i am wearing an old pair of wide shoes. But this is stupid because sometimes i catch the brake with the shoe edge while pushing in the clutch with the left.
Did any of you put a pedal cover on the gas to give it a little height?
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well even though its called heel-toe
u dont actually use ur heel. its more like the lower right side of ur foot. and the ball of ur same foot to apply pressure on ur brakes.
and no i didnt give my gas pedal any height, its just practice its a bit different on every car right. u probably just need to tilt ur foot a bit more to the right and blip ur throttle a bit harder
u dont actually use ur heel. its more like the lower right side of ur foot. and the ball of ur same foot to apply pressure on ur brakes.
and no i didnt give my gas pedal any height, its just practice its a bit different on every car right. u probably just need to tilt ur foot a bit more to the right and blip ur throttle a bit harder