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By fatz,
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that sounds ok - but technique is better like this

brake in high gear down toward where you then do your gear changes down just before accelerating in correct gear - skipping gears down is ok then (you could skip from 5th to 2nd so long as you come onto 2nd under acceleration.

That is so long as you let out the clutch in low gear at the correct speed with the accelerator down you can avoid tensioning your pistons.

The reason for braking in a high gear with the gear engaged is to get the benefit of vacumme assist braking. So doing your change down to 2nd from 5th 'after' braking makes sense if you are trying to take advantage of this.

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but the point is don't brake with your foot on the clutch!

and remember to accelerate hard when you let the clutch connect into that 2nd gear at a road speed that is correct to give you acceleration in 2nd gear.

Downshifting has nothing to do with slowing the cars drivetrain. more like keeping it sped up.

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Originally posted by dAVE

yeh - i got lost after the first few posts...

so was the article in zoom correct or not?.. im assuming not?

yeah maybe - depends how you look at it / read it I guess :)

Originally posted by fatz

i dont know if this is the same guy but  on one of the HPI videos there is a few "hot laps" in a r34 gtt around wakefield...  

i will find out the vid number so everyone can have a cringe at the driving displayed

pete

So is it HPIv5 or HPv6 ?

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Heel and toe is the gospel of race car drivers.... Mark Skaife is a good friend of mine and uses heel and toe in every gear change. Yes he may go 6th to 2nd, but he does blip the throttle to get it in gear.

Martin, when i last drove a V8 supercar, it doesn't go in gear without heel and toe, i'm sorry most road cars make this very easy by using syncros, heel and toe is better for a car than just cruising into a corner, sticking it in gear and reefing the clutch out into a nice compression lockup. Pete is right by saying whoever drove the 34 @ wakefield seriously needs some training in the heel and toe area as it was obvious that he had major compression lockup in a lot of corners.

And if you've driven any performance cars lately, they prefer to be in gear under brakes, as it makes the car a lot more stable.

If you care to argue, please call any race driver.

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