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Heel/Toe shifting question
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<blockquote data-quote="CobraRed01" data-source="post: 5998609" data-attributes="member: 11346"><p>FWIW...on the street I H/T to improve setting up for a turn (right-gear, right time, right speed) ... and....and trail-braking (on back roads in great moderation) to improve turn-in. The later really is a compensation for Mustang understeer tendancy so in effect I/we may be making up for "handling issues" with trail-braking. Although I've never been on a road race course (in anger... or bliss),I can see how you can actually be SLOWER by miss-using these techniques (more so with trail-braking). As Bruce (and others) have pointed out many times...."momentum" is the key to optimized corner speeds and lower track times on a road course. If you are over compensating with poorly executed technique that could very well be slowing you down....though it "feels" faster. So many - with significant driver mod - may be able to make their Mustang fly with or without H/T and trail-braking. Personally, I can't imagine how one could survive on a road course without H/T....it's got to help you brake harder...find the proper gear and be perfectly balanced for max momentum and power-out. Maybe some day I will have the opportunity to experience this. My guess is I will have to "unlearn" some bad habits from years of "thinking I'm going fast" on the street. :beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CobraRed01, post: 5998609, member: 11346"] FWIW...on the street I H/T to improve setting up for a turn (right-gear, right time, right speed) ... and....and trail-braking (on back roads in great moderation) to improve turn-in. The later really is a compensation for Mustang understeer tendancy so in effect I/we may be making up for "handling issues" with trail-braking. Although I've never been on a road race course (in anger... or bliss),I can see how you can actually be SLOWER by miss-using these techniques (more so with trail-braking). As Bruce (and others) have pointed out many times...."momentum" is the key to optimized corner speeds and lower track times on a road course. If you are over compensating with poorly executed technique that could very well be slowing you down....though it "feels" faster. So many - with significant driver mod - may be able to make their Mustang fly with or without H/T and trail-braking. Personally, I can't imagine how one could survive on a road course without H/T....it's got to help you brake harder...find the proper gear and be perfectly balanced for max momentum and power-out. Maybe some day I will have the opportunity to experience this. My guess is I will have to "unlearn" some bad habits from years of "thinking I'm going fast" on the street. :beer: [/QUOTE]
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