>When I try and force my foot to slide over at 10/10ths I end up releasing
>the brake very sharply and over doing it on the throttle which unsettles my
>softly sprung car and makes the down-shift go as smoothly as Skippy
>Superchunk.
>
>Clearly I'm new to this so any advice on technique would be greatly
>appreciated.
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Put some Armor-All on the pedals. That ought to allow you feet to slide
easily. ;^)
Just kidding.
Seriously though, I have just the opposite problem. I do not LFB and my
right shoe slides around on the rubber pedal pads. And it annoys the hell
out of me. So, I put a very small amount of 3M spray adhesive on the front
half of the sole of my right shoe.
If I were to seriously try the LFB thing I, and this only applies to my EE
wide-ass feet, would learn to depress the brake pedal with only the first
two toes (big toe and the next one) of my right foot thereby leaving plenty
of foot-overhang with which to press the gas pedal to smooth out those
shifts.
In my experience though, limited as it may be, as long as you're
downshifting in a straight line (even while braking simultaneously) the
chassis shouldn't get too upset if you stabbed the clutch pedal, shifted
into a lower gear and then released the clutch pedal quickly. I think, and
again I'm fairly new to autocrossing, that the only time you would really
need to worry about upsetting your chassis while downshifting is if you're
already into a corner or a sweeper.
Just my opinions mind you. But I've got a million of 'em. ;^)
See you on course.
Eric Linnhoff in KC
#69DS TLS #13
'98 Neon R/T
<eric10mm@qni.com>
Mustang Sally,
You better slow your Mustang down.
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"Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett
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