It occurs to me that if I really want help with this problem I should
circulate it a bit more. I'm open to non-Kinser-ish solutions
(reshaping my FOOT with metal plates is a bit more committed that I want
to be!).
KeS
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net>
> Date: Fri Jan 11, 2002 10:17:42 US/Pacific
> To: vspeeds7@cs.com
> Cc: sdmc-list@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [SDMC-List] Brake Pedal Mod
>
>
> On Friday, January 11, 2002, at 08:40 , vspeeds7@cs.com wrote:
>
>> Jeff has a good point, also, It would be impossible to right foot
>> "Burp" the
>> gas while braking and upshifting if the pedal was lowered, that is, if
>> like
>> to Burp!
>> Jim Sanders
>> 95 Red
>
> Braking and UPshifting is usually a really, really bad idea. But I get
> your point. ;)
>
> BTW, I have to say as a newish Miata owner that I am still really,
> really struggling with heel/toe on this car ('93). There doesn't seem
> to be any way at all to keep my heel on the floor, any reasonable part
> of my toe/ball on the brake, and roll any other part onto the gas. I've
> tried every combination of angle, orientation, and even shoe type, and
> it's just not happening. My current "solution" is to brake without my
> heel on the floor, which gets my foot up high enough to blip the
> throttle with my toe on the brake, but this is VERY unsatisfactory for
> racing purposes, as not having a "hinge" for your brake foot badly
> affects your brake touch and feel. I've autocrossed literally dozens of
> other cars and not had this degree of problem. It's exaggerated for me
> because I normally left-foot brake, so right-foot braking to downshift
> is a bit unstructured already. ;)
>
> For SCCA Solo II Stock purposes, it's unclear what I can legally do to
> fix the problem; I can't use pedal extensions, and it's very iffy that
> one could bend the gas pedal. How are others addressing this problem,
> or is it just an anatomical peculiarity that I'm experiencing? I don't
> recall this being a problem with the 2000 model I autocrossed several
> times before getting my 1993.
>
> KeS
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