Both look the same to me, just different angles.

 

Need to add a gas pedal extender to bring it closer to the brake. I have one for sale that I have used formthenplasticsni few years. Makes heel toe much easier using the ball and side of your foot.

 

Yep! Everyone wants to bash heel toe on the street, heel toe on the street is the best way to practice for this very reason. I heel toe as much as I can, I also use the side of my foot and heel, just to change things up. The more proficient you are at driving with your feet the better driver you will be, no matter what your driving!!

A awesome braking drill is to come to a full stop without feeling "the stop". This drill is done at speeds of 5mph to 0 and translates to awesome brake modulation at 130 mph

 

Really? Everyone? I didn't get that impression. Some people said it wasn't needed (silly, even). But some people said they do it all the time. Some said they try to, but find it difficult. I didn't take a head count, but I don't think everyone is bashing heel and toe on the street.

One of my exes was amazingly proficient at heel and toe. He did it in every car all the time, no matter what... even in a 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 that he had. It made for a very smooth ride when he was driving, and I was always just amazed at how he could adapt to every vehicle. It was pretty disgusting, to tell you the truth.

(^^ joking about it being disgusting, of course!)

 

Is heel/toe necessary for street driving? No. Does it make the drive smoother? Yes. I was introduced to heel/toe when I was in high school and only as a means of smoothing out shifting. I liked smooth driving so I got into the habit, and it rather quickly becomes second nature. Fast forward a few years and I was at my first track day. After my first session the first thing out of my instructor's mouth was asking where I learned to heel/toe so well. You don't need to be driving hard to use the technique, and as someone else said, practice makes perfect.

 

Agreed ... I do it every day, for almost 40 years now.

 

I was not necessarily referring to this thread, but there have been others just like it and conversations I have been involved in, where people are opposed to heel toe on the street.

 

Not opposed, just stating there is no need. Whomever is heel and toeing from 40 mph to zero? Well...lol

 

this. i do it every single day on almost every downshift. of course it is more tricky with hard braking. but the s2k is very very easy to heel toe. watch initial D seriously they have alot of different techniques on driving, cornering, braking, ect.
its seriously super easy to do it in the s2000 if you cant do it, then i dont know what to tell you just keep practicing.
Its all about being balanced and smooth

 

H/T on the street really allows one to be smoother and more "efficient" when cornering by merging the braking and shifting operation.

Maintaining speed thru corners is a way to have fun without exceeding prudent limits on the street.

All rev matching, when done perfectly basically eliminates clutch wear.


On the track, the challenge is to get optimum braking while downshifting into the corner. I could H&T my 911 on the track but maintaining the BP pressure I wanted while blipping the throttle was not something I mastered. Essentially , I gave back some of the advantage.