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haha i remember when i tried left foot braking in my sisters 950cc ford fiesta when i was 16 thinking i was schumacher, i remember thinking crikey my left foots strong haha

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In my days of hooliganistic mini road driving I used to left foot brake in the wet to bring the back round and stop the terminal understeer, with a bias valve in the rear brake line and no limiter valve this used to work quite well.

i dont see still the point in double de-clutching. if you thinkabout it your your heal toeing on the down shift your matching the revs when the car is in nutral thus not causing any more wear on the box. you only need it if your in a proper old car or a car with a feked box. as for left foot breaking... never good on country roads in near castle combe lol.

another thing foryou clubby is try and keep your self as smooth as posible if that makes sence, the way you turn the steering wheel can make alot of diffrence. and try not to break during a corner its never good.

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really cool class one drivers doubledy clutch....people like me coz iam infact the ice man...or if ure shite blip change brings the revs up for the down change you get no jerking and the revs are up for lift off we were tought to be able to change gears up and down without using the clutch, you blip to get the revs at the right range for the gear change to move smoothly.

forms part of good system driving



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Edited by Richie on 11th Oct, 2008.

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Im sure some people are getting confused with dog engagement and synchro gear boxes, as there is no way that you would be able to match the transmission/ engine revs every gear change, more so in the heat of a race. On a synchro box there will be an inevitable crunch, however small - not good.

Dog engagement on the other hand is designed so that the clutch need not be used. The involute dog box has no posative location on the gear selection, it is the torque being driven through the box that holds it in gear. On an up change, you apply slight pressure to the gear lever, then lift of the gas, this will release the selected gear and alow you to select the next, usualy a short sharp movement of the lever. On a down shift, again applying slight pressure to the lever, blip the throttle to release the gear, again a short sharp movement of the lever to select the lower gear.

I have not heard of this with a syncro box and expect it to last. I cant see how its quicker than actualy using the clutch either, whether double declutch or just a plain declutch.

Like I said, im no expert. Crunch away at your synchros as you feel fit. :)

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so every corner is a fourth gear corner?

Edited by Richie on 12th Oct, 2008.

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on the heel n toe subject does the blipping of the throttle to match the revs put a teeny bit sxtra wear on the thrust washers/brearing for the crank, as i understand they only do there work when the clutch is depressed or is the wear that minmal its not really worrying about it

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Agree with Paul on this one, never double de-clutched and heel and toeing is meant to make the box last longer. Surely the crunch isn't as bad as changing gear when the revs are wrong if that makes sense. I even heal and toe in my diesel, makes driving a lot smoother imo.

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On 13th Oct, 2008 Sprocket said:
You're all Granny shifters, the lot of you

Edited by richminiturbo. on 13th Oct, 2008.

Lol, no, its a general term, that TFATF coined

Just because you heard it there first doesnt mean they thought of it. Have you seen a granny drive a car? have you seen how they pause in nutral with the clutch dipped?

Nah I was just being sarcastic really.

And tbh all the grannys I see driving blatently left foot brake and heel+toe n' what not.

Edited by richminiturbo. on 13th Oct, 2008.

my gran is always left foot breaking and blipping the reves on the down shift! not many people can say that but she does drive a 1.6 auto civic so it does it for her

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