[QUOTE]Originally posted by QIKSILVR

 

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chazmo
Yup, I guess I could get rid of 'em!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by QIKSILVR

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chazmo

 

I might agree on that while braking but he double clutches on EVERY shift, so I'm assuming even 2-3 and 3-4 upshifts.. You mean to tell me that you can double clutch and shift faster than me shifting the "normal" way? Push in clutch, gear in neutral, let out clutch, push in clutch, shift to next gear, match revs, let clutch out. This to me is the definition of double clutching and I cant see how this procedure can be quicker than clutch in, shift, clutch out.

We're not driving 18 wheelers .. we have synchros for a reason.

 

Right! The trick is to have a good feel for where the accel. pedal needs to be for a rev-matching shift. Your time actually spent in neutral is a tiny fraction of a second.

Still, I'll agree that if you're the kind of person who slams the car into gear during a single-clutch gear change, you'll still be faster than me. I never do that though.

 

blipping the throttle during downshifts comes natural while downshifting. Heal toe shifting came after but after some practice, it will come part of your driving. My only problem is that on my old car the throttles was around half an inch below the brake pedal, whereas my S2 has the throttle slightly further down to the brake pedal and find it hard to heal toe shift because It requires more twisting of the foot. Is the throttle pedal adjustable?
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I don't use the actual heal/toe.. I use the method described above, left ball of the foot on the brake, roll over the gas with the right side of the foot. The pedals are close enough for this. Maybe my wide feet help too.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by QIKSILVR