The base of my heel always stays on the floor.

 

Same here I'm pretty sure, and my foot pivots from the heel between the clutch pedal and my alloy rest!

 

I have very large feet, so that helps.

 

Andy Pandy and Cedric,

Wow, how big are your feet? Your ankle's that that flexible?
I think... it's either you guys have pretty big feet and flexible ankle, OR you don't let the clutch go ALL the way up since the gear engagement point is low to the floor.

Any thoughts?

On Eric N's car, for my left foot, it is hard to keep my left foot heel on the ground when depressing the clutch all the way to letting it allthe way up, my heel has to get off the ground.
If I do let the heel stay on the ground while letting the clutch up, then my foot will slide on the clutch pedal.

Jimmy

 

Well I'll take more notice tomorrow and post but the only way I could stop the clutch coming up is to keep my foot on it which is a nono. I always go straight to the rest (dead pedal) after a change.

 

Cedric,

Yeah, let me know what you find tomorrow.

Just to explain what my question was again, I was wondering what goes on with the heel of your left foot while you let the clutch up when you are at the red light when it turns green in first gear. I'm not talking about pivoting the left foot from clutch to rest pedal, I'm talking about pivoting the left foot forward and backwards much like stepping on the gas pedal. Except, I'm wondering if most of you have your left heel on the floor like your right foot on the gas OR does your left heel lift off the ground as you complete the clutch engagment and proceed to put your left foot on the dead pedal.

=D

Jimmy

 

Here's how I work the clutch:

I'm coming up to a light, so as I'm braking, I put the front part of my foot on the clutch and push in. That results in my left heel being on the floor. When I start going, the heel stays on the floor, and my foot pivots at the ankle to pull up the toes. This causes the clutch pedal to slide against the bottom of the shoe. Only once the clutch is fully engaged do I fully lift my foot off the floor.

I find that unless I can brace my foot like that, when I let off the clutch the car accelerates and causes my foot to move more than I intended, resulting in a very rough start. If I brace my foot like above, everything's very smooth.

 

When shifting or letting the clutch out from a stop, I keep my heel off of the ground. Generally, the only time my heel rests on the ground behind the clutch is when I'm going to slip the toe of my shoe off to engage quickly (to light the tires and haul @ss off the line...). I don't have a problem doing this because I'm a fairly small person. I would assume that this would be a difficult manuever for a bigger person or someone with big 'ol feet to perform.



My two cents.

 

My feet are English size 12's (which is big).
I find if I do not use my heel to pivot, the operation of the clutch can be a bit jerky.

 

EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY! THANK YOU!

This brings me to the point I wanted to ask about...... how do you get a SMOOOOTTTHHHH engagement of the gear for those drivers who let the heel lift off the ground while letting up the clutch?

Jimmy