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 Oct 20 2012, 12:17 AM
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Considering doing road course work next summer. The 4th Gen brake and gas are not really ideally set up for heel-toe shifting...what are you guys doing to improve this setup? Are you just replacing the pedals with sparco's or are you totally modifying the the assembly...or is the fact I've never worn race shoes throwing me off and this setup isn't as bad as what I thought?
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Oct 20 2012, 12:32 PM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,099 Joined: 14-October 06 From: Mobile, Al Member No.: 1,410 |
I haven't figured it out either,The harder you brake the further the pedal heights are apart.
We tried to get my buddy Greg's car setup to do it as he has much more seat time than me. We fixed the gas pedal where it wouldn't pivot on it's mount and reached down and bent the pedal closer to the brake pedal. The difference in pedal heights when braking is what we cant figure out. I have gotten pretty good at rev matching prior to the corner. Really you need a lot more seat time before you even consider this tactic on track. |
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Oct 21 2012, 02:08 AM
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Veteran Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 3,323 Joined: 30-March 06 From: Detroit Suburbs Member No.: 1,144 |
QUOTE (FASTFATBOY @ Oct 20 2012, 08:32 AM)  Really you need a lot more seat time before you even consider this tactic on track. I'll second that. For someone new to the track it is much safer to downshift on corner exit and you'll likely be faster because you can concentrate on braking rather than downshifting while braking. In Carroll Smith's "Drive to Win" book he actually condemns downshifting while braking for that reason. Having said that I do it,,, hard to say if I'd be faster without or not. Maybe I should test it next time. |
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Oct 23 2012, 12:31 AM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,099 Joined: 14-October 06 From: Mobile, Al Member No.: 1,410 |
QUOTE (StanIROCZ @ Oct 21 2012, 02:08 AM) QUOTE (FASTFATBOY @ Oct 20 2012, 08:32 AM) Really you need a lot more seat time before you even consider this tactic on track. I'll second that. For someone new to the track it is much safer to downshift on corner exit and you'll likely be faster because you can concentrate on braking rather than downshifting while braking. In Carroll Smith's "Drive to Win" book he actually condemns downshifting while braking for that reason. Having said that I do it,,, hard to say if I'd be faster without or not. Maybe I should test it next time. In your brain if you "think" you need to be in 3rd for "x" corner, leave it in 4th and get on the gas as soon as the car is done rotating...not floor it but crack it open and feed it gas pedal. |
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pharmd Improved footwork Oct 20 2012, 12:17 AM
Steve91T QUOTE (pharmd @ Oct 19 2012, 08:17 PM) Co... Oct 20 2012, 02:45 AM
pharmd QUOTE (Steve91T @ Oct 19 2012, 10:45 PM) ... Oct 20 2012, 03:01 AM Steve91T That's your problem. The term "heal toe... Oct 20 2012, 04:19 AM tonycook I took the gas pedal assembly out of the car, remo... Oct 20 2012, 04:45 AM mitchntx http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/index.php?sho...93... Oct 20 2012, 08:46 AM dailydriver Doesn't Alan make a phenolic block type of ped... Oct 20 2012, 05:41 PM Blainefab QUOTE (dailydriver @ Oct 20 2012, 10:41 A... Oct 20 2012, 10:44 PM SuperMacGuy On the road I can heel-toe it (well, ball of foot ... Oct 23 2012, 04:28 PM Steve91T Maybe I'm lucky, but mine are perfect, street ... Oct 23 2012, 05:04 PM Ojustracing I have never had an issue while on track. You do ... Oct 27 2012, 04:01 PM Rampant I actually bent my gas pedal over and up. To get i... Oct 28 2012, 09:35 PM dailydriver QUOTE (Rampant @ Oct 28 2012, 05:35 PM) I... Nov 1 2012, 09:14 PM Rampant QUOTE (dailydriver @ Nov 1 2012, 03:14 PM... Nov 3 2012, 04:26 PM FASTFATBOY Check these Ferrari 330 pedals.
How hard would ... Oct 31 2012, 02:31 PM mesospeedy I took a plastic cutting board I bought at WalMart... Nov 1 2012, 02:14 AM Al weyman I also find the pedal placing on my 2nd and 3rd ge... Nov 2 2012, 05:25 PM BobP +1 on the race shoes. Lets you feel as well as he... Nov 2 2012, 10:31 PM dailydriver ^^^^That intake setup is SICK!!! ... Nov 3 2012, 06:31 PM |
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