>And so I've been trying to learn to heel-and-toe. My problem is that in
>my car ('98 Mustang coupe), there is a few inches difference in height
>between the brake and accelerator -- the brake pedal sits even with the
>clutch, up high, but the gas is 2-3" lower, maybe more.
Different cars are set up different ways, and your technique has to change
with the car. My car is the opposite of yours - I can heel and toe
wonderfully under light braking, but not hard braking like I do in an
autocross. I've had to abort a number of attempts at heel-and-toe
downshifting when I realized my closure rate on the car in front of me was
much faster than it should've been! Some pedals have a little adjustment in
them, but for the most part you need to get creative and come up with a
technique that will let you achieve the desired effect with your particular
pedal configuration. As someone else said earlier today, there's no right
or wrong technique in autocross - there's just faster and slower.
- Justin
'83 BMW 320i HS (soon to be DSP when I pop some factory Recaros in)
Team SOL #4
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