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true, they use these techniques and itsuki is a crash dummy for them, takumi masters a technique ex:air drift and soon youll see Itsuki flipping his 85 off Mt. Akina

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true, they use these techniques and itsuki is a crash dummy for them, takumi masters a technique ex:air drift and soon youll see Itsuki flipping his 85 off Mt. Akina

LOL

I mean, there should be a seperate section for racing techniques since we get so many questions about them.

yea, the racing tech. should be new topic, but i mean the hair thing was a bit out of place. theres the same discussiom in the off topic forum.

I got another information about Misconceptions about heel & toe check this website out http://www.geocities.com/go2iddrift/heelandtoe.html

That article isnt very good and contains wrong information.

Lee

Bad article. I could write a better one. Or at least provide correct information.

Why do you hate me?

Okay, haha. Not a single post here answers the question originally asked, which is.... The application of heel-toe to initiate a slide.

Heel-toe to a drifter means something more than revmatching while braking, it is a means to shift the weight of the car and produce oversteer. Also called a braking drift, the driver uses the brake to shift the weight of the car to the front tires, and at the same time downshifting and hitting the gas to bring the back end around.

You can see Takumi using this heel-toe technique many times during Initial D. Whoever made the show was a pure genius, they even go as far as to show the weight of the car shifting forward and the rear tires losing grip as the driver brings the revs up to start the slide.



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very well put my friend, couldn't have made it any simpler myself

could someone explain the footwork during heel toe in a detailed manner?

do you press brake, clutch... then gas... [change gears] then take foot of gas? then press it again while letting go of clutch? then brakes are out.

what i said is probably 98% wrong and would cause a car to explode so... could someone explain?

Step 1: Brake using the front of the right foot.

Step 2: With the left foot, disengage the clutch.

Step 3: Downshift

Step 4: While still on the brake, use the bottom part of your right foot to depress the throttle. If you are simply revmatching then you're gonna want to blip the throttle to the desired RPM, then let out the clutch. If you are trying to start a drift, then it is a quick, fluid motion: Brake, clutch in, shift, and while the weight is loaded to the front, bring the revs way up and pop the clutch(let it out quickly). As the back end swings out you want to get off the brake and modulate the throttle, and steer through the drift.

Heel-toe is amisleading term I think, cause most people probably don't JUST use the toes of the right foot for the brake... They'll use one half of the foot for the brake and one half for the gas. The foot won't be sideways but more of at a 45 degree angle. Like me, I have racing pedals so my brake pedal and gas pedal are so close together, I actually use the ball of my foot for the brake and "roll" my foot onto the gas...

Watch initial D, he does it during the opening credits.

Yeah, he's right. For the most part, you jusr rool your foot to blip the gas a bit. Not hard really, just need to practice, and you'll be doing it with out even thinking about it.

I give the man props, and you start dissing me, what the hell is wrong with that picture?

HEAL AND TOE IS ALSO GOOD FOR NOT DISTERBING THE CHASSIS WILE CORNERING. IT MAKES FOR VERY SMOTH DOWNSHIFTS AND FAST DRIVING. HEY IS THERE ANY BMW PEOPLE OUT THERE IN INITIAL D WORLD? BMW POWER ALL THE WAY,BUT 4AGE POWER IS COOL TO.


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i think indecisive is a bmw fan
you two should get along just fine

Uh..sorry to interrupt your conversation *ahemcoughcough spamming coughahem* ( ) but can i ask a question about the topic?

Nissan and other companies recently created new technology involving the drivetrain and gears. The new Nissan SUV called the "Murano" features a function such as a CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission) that causes smooth shifting while keeping revs high.

With this and other companies putting down new technology , is heel-toe-downshift necessary when attempting a drift?

ah.

thanks.

///M POWER!!
YEAA, love them bimmers. . . so beautiful . .do u get the magazine Bimmer??(i think thats wut its called, i forget)they are making a project e30 if im not mistaken . .ahh, i forget the model codes for bm's. they are so beautiful tho, luxury and performance, wowzers. . .

imma be ///M Powered by the time I'm 25 baby

E30 is 83-91, E36 is 92-99, E46 is 00-present

and these chassis codes are for the 3 series. the 5, 7 and 8 series have different chasis codes.

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Nissan and other companies recently created new technology involving the drivetrain and gears. The new Nissan SUV called the "Murano" features a function such as a CVT (Continuous Variable Transmission) that causes smooth shifting while keeping revs high. With this and other companies putting down new technology , is heel-toe-downshift necessary when attempting a drift?

heel-toe never has been and never will be NECESSARY in order to perform a drift

but i spose that technology could remove the need for heel-toe, im not really sure , i dont know anything about that tech

That doesn't sound cool, why take all the fun out of driving?