Senna Heel And Toe

[feb 47]

I came across some videos that make you smile but also sad

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izaWlKxVo1A...feature=related

[Baz 421]

I've seen the first one but not the second, both a good watch though!

[allye 530 3 Cars]

Thats fedging coooool. I'v tried it, its haaaard, I love Senna.

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

I'm gonna get me a pair of them there moccasins and some white socks so I can use all three pedals at once!

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

tbh imo heel & toe isn't that hard but you've still gotta love it when you see it done so well.

 

Made me smile when @ ~1.57 in the first one with the opposite lock but after watching the second one it pales into insignicificance with the crossing up you see.

 

Wonder what happened to TPT's old NSX...

 

Graham.

[happygoron 2]

Makes me want an NSX. Their values have never droppecd that low though it looks. I think they are appretiating these days.

[feb 47]

In the 205 I found it difficult as you had to put your foot diagonally to get good grip, on the Subaru it is easier (and also the gas pedal is not slippery), I need to practise more though.

When is the ideal time to downshift, is it once the revs have reached the "maximum" once the throttle is blipped?

 

The VTEC sounds awsome. There is a green one for sale in PH but I am not sure how the automatic ones drive.

[Batfink 201]

In the 205 I found it difficult as you had to put your foot diagonally to get good grip, on the Subaru it is easier (and also the gas pedal is not slippery), I need to practise more though.

When is the ideal time to downshift, is it once the revs have reached the "maximum" once the throttle is blipped?

 

The VTEC sounds awsome. There is a green one for sale in PH but I am not sure how the automatic ones drive.

 

I heel and toe and left foot brake and its hard to say the exact point you have to do it, I just practised relentlessly until I could do it smoothly.

Its easier the heavier you have to brake. I usually combine it with shifting from 5th to 3rd, or 5th to 2nd..

[Stevo309 0]

That's awesome.

 

I wonder if it's easier or harder to go from an F1 car to a road car. On the one hand the road car must feel like it's all in slow motion and you have a lot more time to make decisions but on the other hand you have less repsonse and also i wonder if you would struggle to gauge how much less grip you have.

[SurGie 54]

Not when it comes to Senna it dont.

[Baz 421]

In the 205 I found it difficult as you had to put your foot diagonally to get good grip...

 

It depends how big your feet are, and dextrous your ankles are, i used to be able to use my heel, twisting my foot round quite a bit, but since i twisted/fractured my ankle i can't as much, and it's more the side of my foot that does the throttle blip.

 

Not when it comes to Senna it dont.

 

What what???

[feb 47]

Not when it comes to Senna it dont.

 

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Edited October 8, 2010 by feb

[swordfish210 20]

I allways thought Walter Rohrl was the king of pedal control:

 

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

Got to love the noise of a SWB Quattro.

 

Left foot braking is even pretty useful on the road version of the Quattro, especially if you want full shove coming out of say a roundabout. Turbo technology really has come on in the last 20 years, although the lag-lag-lag-lag-WHOOSH is pretty addictive!

[swordfish210 20]

Got to love the noise of a SWB Quattro.

 

Left foot braking is even pretty useful on the road version of the Quattro, especially if you want full shove coming out of say a roundabout. Turbo technology really has come on in the last 20 years, although the lag-lag-lag-lag-WHOOSH is pretty addictive!

 

They are one of my favorite sounding cars, can't say i've ever driven one (or even sat in one ) but i have heard numerous times that the only way to drive them quickly is to left foot brake through the bends and pump the throttle pedal to control the lag

[Tom Fenton 1,541]

This is my Dad this July at the Nurburgring with me and my mates.

 

 

It really did show that he could go pretty much as quickly as we could in modified 205's, in a car on all its standard parts apart from some different compound front pads.

[Atari Boy 11]

Some fine clips there chaps, thank you.

 

 

.... lag-lag-lag-lag-WHOOSH is pretty addictive!

 

Agreed.

[swordfish210 20]

Nice pic Tom, the car looks great in black. Heres another video of driving excellence, read the video description to give you some idea of the feat being achiveved:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6noOET7Eik

[SurGie 54]

That's awesome.

 

I wonder if it's easier or harder to go from an F1 car to a road car. I wonder if you would struggle to gauge how much less grip you have.

 

 

As said on my previous post

Edited October 8, 2010 by SurGie

[swordfish210 20]

/\ /\ /\ /\ /\ Usually when you quote a post it is customary to write something of your own to follow on from it or as a possible retort.

[DaveW 6]

When is that Senna film out?

[205*31* 0]

that walter rohl vid is cool have to be so fast with pedals and he is left foot braking which I have tried but is really hard to master never really practised hard just tried afew occasions but its bloody hard

[feb 47]

I find that wearing wider shoes (rather than those slim "driving" Puma ones) helps with heel and toeing, anyone else noticed the same?

[happygoron 2]

I find that wearing wider shoes (rather than those slim "driving" Puma ones) helps with heel and toeing, anyone else noticed the same?

 

I'm slowly getting the hang of heel toeing and I usually drive in skater style shoes (vans, dcs, that style) with size 12 feet.

[kyepan 291]

i find it harder to heel toe in my steel toecapped workboots.