Re: heel and toe

[Glen Powell <gpowell@acacianet.com>]

Those of us that are really into racing have someone else to replace broken
hardware *and* to pay the bills!

Personally, I like the Doug Nash clutchless 5-speed. It uses a torsion
shaft to absorb the shock and helps to keep the driveshaft connecting the
trans to the diff.....     :)

At 03:48 PM 2/11/96 -0500, Robert Hines wrote:
>You guys are all kidding yourselves.  Heel and toe went out years ago
>when transmissions went from straight cut gear to synchros.  Heel and
>toe shifts take too much time as you have to do so many things.  In
>fact the new racing transmissions like the Jerrico in Nascar and the
>new Indy car tanmissions don't even require you to use the clutch or
>to get the engine speed into directo harmony with the trans speeds.
>Those of us in real racing go straight down to the gear that we want
>to get thru the corner with no throttle blipping or double clutch.
>That allows you to concentrate on fewer things, allows you to get
>deeper into the corner and to get into the proper gear in less time.
>Heel and toe is history.  Bob Hines
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-glen