$550 to make your car faster without increasing HP (LONG)
Feb 25, 2010, 05:18 PM
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It is, and always will be, ALL about the driving! I've schooled V8 American Sedans(racecars), exotic streetcars of all types, in a little 130hp ITA RX7. All about proper line, braking & turn-in technique, and carrying good speed through and out of the corners. Don't worry about these small details, they don't make a difference, unless you're Michael Schumacher!
Oct 13, 2011, 10:13 AM
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^ The fun with these Evo X's, probably same with your 8, is learning how to roll on the throttle. At different RPM's with different curves' exit strategies, I find it's an interesting (and difficult) difference in torque response rates. Net, I have to learn how to throttle steer. Not just a turbo that's new to me. Not just a AWD that's different for me. I have never had even a RWD that I could use to throttle steer. So the power alone is a toy to learn how to use properly. For safety's sake. (Mine and the public's). So much better to get that out of my system at an HPDE than on a country road. Fewer trees to hit :-D
Now, if I can only figure out a good heel-toe solution. The pedals aren't placed well for my foot/shoe size. Best I've figured out is some larger soles of the shoes, and practicing the "blip", timing and amount, as I downshift and move off the gas/onto brake.
Oct 13, 2011, 10:40 AM
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Figured I could update my earlier intermediate/novice driving post and say that WITH PRACTICE, rolling on the throttle is improving. I still have to "practice" the "when" to begin the throttle activity, because once you start opening up the boost, it's gonna keep going "smoothly" and could cause too much speed too soon before the apex itself. But it's trainable.
Now, if I can only figure out a good heel-toe solution. The pedals aren't placed well for my foot/shoe size. Best I've figured out is some larger soles of the shoes, and practicing the "blip", timing and amount, as I downshift and move off the gas/onto brake.
Now, if I can only figure out a good heel-toe solution. The pedals aren't placed well for my foot/shoe size. Best I've figured out is some larger soles of the shoes, and practicing the "blip", timing and amount, as I downshift and move off the gas/onto brake.
Mar 5, 2012, 07:23 PM
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What size shoe do you wear? Some of the people with bigger shoe sizes use the left side of the foot to step on the brake and right side to blip the throttle. I personally wear a size 7 and can use the ball of my foot on the brake and swing it over to use most of the heel on the gas.
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