[s-cars] heel-toe driving

[Theodore Chen]

--- QSHIPQ at aol.com wrote:

> Go fast?  Or go faster.  If you drive a quattro and don't LFB, you maybe
> going fast, but you can go much faster, dramatically so.   Soft sprung miss
> piggies can move around that roll center pretty dramatically.   I don't see
> that same correlation with H&T on "fast".

you don't need LFB to keep the car settled, though it helps get you
a quicker transition between brake/throttle.  it'd help with a turbo
car, though i don't know how much of a difference it would make if the
car has a bypass valve.

> >Audi changed pedal location since "unintended acceleration" to
> >make H/T just about impossible without changing the hardware under your
> feet.

BTW, i don't have much trouble doing heel-toe in my UrS4, and my
feet aren't that big.

> >>you can add an extension to the gas pedal to make it easier.
>
> My definition of "changing the hardware"

ok, but it's a pretty minor modification.  it can be as simple as buying
a piece of lexan and bolting it to the gas pedal.

> Yes teddy exactly.  The new computers (including some self proclaimed "pro
> racers" S4tt) won't allow simultaneous application of brake and throttle in
> driving, I timed this with another instructor last year, it's pretty much
> exactly 3seconds, then the throttle is deleted from your mix.

geez, that's annoying.

-teddy


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