LEFT FOOT BRAKING...SLIP DIFF?

[ollie]

lol a bit close to the oncoming car aint he

 

[MarkCup]

great chat, I love playing with techniques but lets face it on the road there should be little use for these things.....unless you like to drive fast. I know that none of us like to to that.






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Double de-clutching maybe not, as said above 99.999% of cars now have a syncromesh - but there is definitely a use for heel/toe changing on the road in a modern car. If everyone did it, clutch manufacturers would go out of business.

Heel and toe downshifts are not about going fast, it's about being smooth, and not abusing your clutch. Think about how hot your brakes get when slowing the car. By not heel/toe changing, you're putting a lot of that heat directly into the clutch by slipping it as you change down.

Racing/track drivers happen to use the technique because the smoothness helps keep the car balanced, which gives them more grip and ultimately a higher speed and lower lap time.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

I read some of the comments, love them, I have to double clutch to get it into 1st from 2nd in my dci, which is the same clutch/gearbox as your Cup, just Renault synchros..

If you have to double declutch to get from 2nd down to first, does it not just mean your road speed is too high for that change.

Not really a change you ever do unless you're coming to almost a standstill is it? Especially not with the torque of the dci?

Nah, I assume it's common to all the JC5s, if you're doing 20mph in 2nd (or any gear for that matter). You can't just shift into first unless you really push it, so you just give it the old double clutch.

I do it for speed humps daily, if I didn't do that, I would most likely just have to slow almost to a standstill and then change. It's all just practice really, and it gets me to work about 2 seconds earlier...