Heel-toe downshifting

[Badhorse]

The term heel toe comes from the old days, pre war ( WW II ) race cars. The throttle pedal at that time, on some car, was between the clutch pedal ( on the left ) and the brake pedal on the right. So, with this in mind you can see why it's called heel toe.

In modern cars, the ball of your foot ( just under your big toe ) is used on the brake and the your little toe or edge of your foot is used. It feels awkward at first but you will get used to it. Practice in your street car and it will eventually become second nature.

 

[Nice2BEtheBOSS]

I've tried it both ways, moving the heel over takes longer IMHO. i roll the outside of the foot over to hit the throttle simpoly by sort of slinging the leg over makes for a very fast shift and smooth shift. i had a problem with my foot slipping off the brake though on several track days. i ordered these, fixed the problem.

http://www.srpracing.com/pd-mustang-2005-racing-pedals.cfm

I have to get used to the larger pedals though, i found my self still on the gas and brake a few times without realizing it the first day out with them.

Those are some nice pedals. Do you have any pics of them on your Boss?

 

[Nice2BEtheBOSS]

Heres the low down.Good luck .Practice it while driving carefully on the street.
http://www.drivingfast.net/car-control/heel-toe-shifting.htm#axzz1kVLNAUi0

Sweet! Thanks for this! It's very thorough..

 

[ShaneM]

I've tried it both ways, moving the heel over takes longer IMHO. i roll the outside of the foot over to hit the throttle simpoly by sort of slinging the leg over makes for a very fast shift and smooth shift. i had a problem with my foot slipping off the brake though on several track days. i ordered these, fixed the problem.

http://www.srpracing.com/pd-mustang-2005-racing-pedals.cfm

I have to get used to the larger pedals though, i found my self still on the gas and brake a few times without realizing it the first day out with them.

Those are some nice pedals. Do you have any pics of them on your Boss?

i didn't take any on the car pics, the install was a massive PITA. if you have an angle drill use it.

 

[boss1]

The coolest thing about the boss is that I get to Heel-toe everywhere I go!!!! I always ruin my street cars by making them race cars and not drivable on the street. Since I already have a race car this car will see double duty. So, everywhere I go is race practice. Cant wait to get the boss on the track. It may be the most fun to drive of any of my cars so far!

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

The coolest thing about the boss is that I get to Heel-toe everywhere I go!!!! I always ruin my street cars by making them race cars and not drivable on the street. Since I already have a race car this car will see double duty. So, everywhere I go is race practice. Cant wait to get the boss on the track. It may be the most fun to drive of any of my cars so far!

Pics of your other cars?

 

[boss1]

How do I get a picture to post. I am having no luck???

 

[cloud9]

You need to use an external photo hosting site like imageshack.us or photobucket.com

 

[boss1]

http://s1254.photobucket.com/albums/hh602/trj3/

 

[boss1]

Well I guess I will have to work on it.... The above link takes you to a photobucket page that I just loaded some pictures of the Cayman S on. We just built it last year. So far just 5 or 6 DEs at VIR. Doing NASA comp school in march and then some PCA club racing...

 

[cloud9]

Well I guess I will have to work on it.... The above link takes you to a photobucket page that I just loaded some pictures of the Cayman S on. We just built it last year. So far just 5 or 6 DEs at VIR. Doing NASA comp school in march and then some PCA club racing...

Great looking car. I run with the PCA quite a bit at BIR. I definitely need to trek to VIR one of these days.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Nice looking Cayman S. Are those wheels CCW's?

 

[boss1]

No these are OZ Alleggerita. I also had a few sets of the CCWs and they are awesome. Thank you for getting a picture up for me.

 

[CaliMR]

Is NASA comp school the one to do? I'm in group 3 in my almost finished Spec E30 and want to advance to w2w but have hit a plateau. Any other schools you guys would recommend?

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

NASA CS is probably the least expensive route to get a comp license. Otherwise you are looking at a pro school like Skip Barber or Bondurant, and $4-5k in classes. Not saying that you won't learn a lot there, but it's spendy.

 

[CaliMR]

My car didn't cost that much

 

[BossJockey]

I've tried it both ways, moving the heel over takes longer IMHO. i roll the outside of the foot over to hit the throttle simpoly by sort of slinging the leg over makes for a very fast shift and smooth shift. i had a problem with my foot slipping off the brake though on several track days. i ordered these, fixed the problem.

http://www.srpracing.com/pd-mustang-2005-racing-pedals.cfm

I have to get used to the larger pedals though, i found my self still on the gas and brake a few times without realizing it the first day out with them.

Those are some nice pedals. Do you have any pics of them on your Boss?

Here how mine look.


Coming from a 98 M3, I thought the Bosses pedals were to far apart for the rolling of the foot technique that I was use too. When I went to the Boss Track Attack, the instructor said I could be smother if I lifted my heel off the floor before applying the brakes, then blipping with my heal like rocketman link says to do. With practice, I could see how that would work well in the Boss.

 

[orng302]

Bossjockey who makes those pedals and can you provide a link? Btw, they look great.

 

[CaliMR]

Coming from an Evo, I am just glad my foot only covers one pedal at a time. I had to wear undersized driving shoes every time I drove it.

 

[BossJockey]

Bossjockey who makes those pedals and can you provide a link? Btw, they look great.

They are from SRP racing. With the grid texture, black / silver color with the extra wide gas pedal.

http://www.srpracing.com/pd-anodized-options-for-pedals.cfm