Yikes!
Thank goodness my synchro's work!
Thanks for the good answer.
Scott McKorkle
Issaquah, WA
1978 MGB
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> From: dmeadow@juno.com
> To: bmc@aa.net
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: starting newsgroup/now heel-toe
> Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 12:00 PM
>
> On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:20:50 -0800 "Scott McKorkle" <bmc@aa.net> writes:
>
> >It seems everyone out there knows how to heel/toe (and what it is,
> >exactly), except me. Since we're wasting bandwidth anyway, does
> >anyone care to explain it to me?
>
> Ahem.
>
> As a recent graduate of the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance
> Driving, I believe that I am more than qualified to answer this young
> man's question.
>
> The following is from Bondurant's "High Performance Driving Training
> Manual," page 5:
>
> Begin quote:
>
> Heel and Toe Downshifting:
> This is the technique of operating the brake and gas pedal simultaneously
> with the right foot while clutching with the left foot. If your car has
> an automatic transmission, this does not apply to your kind of driving
> [note: interesting they thought they needed to explain this :-)].
>
> Heel and toe downshifting allows you to brake and match the engine rpms
> with rear wheel rpms which allows for smooth downshifting.
>
> Here is how it is done!
>
> First you start to squeeze on the brake pressure to slow down the car.
> Then pivot the heel or side of your right foot onto the throttle,
> maintaining even brake pressure. Depress the clutch with your left foot,
> moving the shift lever quickly into the next lower gear. Release the
> clutch smoothly, then pivot your right heel off the throttle back to
> below brake pedal and continue trailing brake [note: "trailing" the brake
> is subject of another lesson]. This technique is called heel and toe
> downshifting."
>
> End quote.
>
> Any questions?
>
> David Littlefield
> Houston, TX
> '62 MGA MkII
> '51 MGTD
> '88 Jaguar XJ-S
>
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