Heel toe

[Wh33lhop]

Cool footwork vid! You didn't ask for critique but I'll give you some of my bro-theory anyway.

You leave a lot of time in between clutching in and blipping. This leaves a lot of time for the motor to drop revs. As soon as the clutch goes in, the motor's free to rev. Blip the throttle as you clutch in and you will downshift faster, need less of a blip and be more accurate as well.

If you ever decide to double-clutch, blipping immediately will make it faster and easier. Clutch in/blip/shift to neutral simultaneously, quick declutch and reclutch/select next gear simultaneously. It's a nice quick smooth motion when you do it right. I've seen a lot of people try it but do it very inefficiently.

The "toe-toe" method where you use the sides of your feet seems more accurate to me with a bottom hinged gas pedal since you'll have more leverage at the top of the pedal and it'll require less force, but more travel. If you wanna learn, just sit in the driveway somewhere (or on the side of the road if you don't want to piss off your neighbors) put some pressure on the brake and get used to blipping the throttle with the side of your foot. Then try it in motion in a secluded area. I'd go out and drive just to practice when I was 17, there's nothing stopping you.

I said blip like 15 times and now it's bugging me.

[Ocell]

"Heel toe" is a term, not law. However you blip the throttle doesn't matter.

Oh, I know. I wasn't saying you were doing it wrong, just relating how I've gotten it to work for me so far. I WANT to use the sides of my feet, I just haven't gotten a feel for it yet with the floor mounted pedal. I'm glad you posted so I can see if there are adjustments I can do to make it work for me.

Right now hitting the base of the pedal with my heel gives me a decent blip and my downshifts are great under hard braking, but I can't modulate it enough to make things work under moderate or light braking.

[ELVA164]

That upside down is freaking me out, but cool otherwise! Interesting you E30 guys don't have to double-clutch. It was my understanding that helps synchro boxes live much better in race situations.

[ForcedFirebird]

"Heel toe" is a term, not law. However you blip the throttle doesn't matter.

I screwed the clip on cam mount to the plastic trim under the cluster and flipped the vid 180 degrees.

[Ocell]

I love these views! I'm hoping to set this up for my track weekend in a week and a half. Any tips on mounting the camera? (My interior probably isn't as stripped as your's, though. Just a guess.)

I can't critique because I'm still working on my own technique. I think I end up using more of my heel on the bottom of the gas pedal. I haven't figured out using the sides of my feet in this car yet.

[ForcedFirebird]

Put a camera on my feet for this weekend's race. Sure do wish I already had left foot braking under control, but here's the rookie's footwork...