Left foot braking

[ccohen5]

Yes its a gentle push on the brake while applying enough gas to maintain the
desired speed.  Because the steering is being done by rotating the rear
rather than the front, that speed can be quite a bit more than would be the
case without LFB.  I found I was much faster with the GTi than I was with
the Q4000, but Tim was faster with the Q4000 although he had to work hard to
do it, especially on J turns where he was also able to select 2nd gear in
the middle of the car's 120 deg rotation from point of entry.

Exciting stuff!

C.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry C Leung" <l.leung at juno.com>
To: <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
Cc: <michael at 1stchoicegranite.com>; <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Left foot braking


|
| I use this technique with my GTi, but was told to get my foot OFF the
| brake alot more (in Auto-X school) and went faster. Car got looser too.
|
|
| LL - NY
|
| On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 16:04:35 -0500 "ccohen5" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
| writes:
| >This technique is a almost exclusively a gravel, and snow process
| >which
| >requires the maintenance of a considerable amount of power when
| >combined
| >with a Quattro.  The O'Neil Rally School in NH teaches it with a
| >4000Q
| >amongst other vehicles and there is a need for plenty of room to
| >sample this
| >technique. You should not let off the gas, but use the brake to
| >transfer
| >weight onto the front wheels without losing forward momentum.
| >Simultaneously you need to move the wheel in the direction of the
| >turn
| >releasing the brake just before the nose points at the apex.  The J
| >turn can
| >be initiated by turning the wheel initially way from the direction you
| >want
| >to go while under LFB, and then as you release, hit the gas and then
| >swing
| >the wheel quickly in the direction of the turn.
| >
| >The physics are quite obvious when you see it done, but mastering this
| >with
| >the Quattro is considerably more difficult than front wheel drive as
| >the
| >Audi team discovered in 1982/3.
| >
| >Colin
| >