thanks. i got the downshift pretty smooth.

now heel-toe is another story haha damn

 

I can't heel-toe this car for the life of me. Only put a few thousand miles on it though. Driving my RSX putting over 100k miles that was the easiest car ever to heel-toe.

I am curious, when you guys shift from say 6->3 do you blip, shift into 5th, blip and get to 3 and then let go of the clutch? Or do you blip 3 times or whatever quick and go into 3 and then let go of the clutch? I notice the videos revving multiple times, but I only can time it right when going through the patterns and not skipping.

 

I usually go from 6-5-4-3 instead of from 6-3.

I believe when professional drivers hit the course, they go through the gears and release the clutch for every gear. However, there are those few instances where they don't and I still see them rowing through the gears and blipping the throttle, although they do not release the clutch. I believe they do this is because when going into a turn, it would be difficult to gradually push down the brake pedal while holding down the gas pedal for an extended period of time to get to the right RPMs for a smooth downshift. It's also easier to get to the right RPMs going down the gears then going straight from a high gear (6th) to a low one (3rd).

I also remember reading that going straight from a high gear to a low one is not good for the synchros but that might have been proven to be a myth. Not sure though...

 

If you want to see some great driving check out the old master in an AP1 prototype.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7...25404894830688#

Kevin

 

Don't think I tried those when I went shopping. Everything was too narrow for my feet. Finally got some Vibram FiveFingers and they're as close to barefoot as you can get.

 

drive barefoot

 

found this video, i've never rev-matched and i don't think it matters for the way i drive.

start watching at 1:40
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7bb2OKFKgc [/media]

 

[QUOTE=travanx,Jan 22 2010, 02:34 AM]I can't heel-toe this car for the life of me.

 

You might look at regular wrestling shoes. Cheap!

 

Indeed.

I also have a pair of worn in chucks that I love to drive in