Found these articles referenced on Pistonheads. I thought them quite interesting:

http://www.bmwracedays.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Issue-3-Heel-Toe-Part-1.pdf
http://www.bmwracedays.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Issue-4-Heel-Toe-Part-2.pdf

I am not the best peddler by a long way and will openly admit I wouldn't have a clue how to heel and toe, the articles have gone a little way to explain the theory and practice so now I can go out and practice with at least the knowledge of why its beneficial and the point behind it.

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Ive been using this technique for ages and Im guilty of doing all the steps as independent actions rather than one smooth movement as he talks about in the articles. Its interesting to read that almost a second a lap can be saved in some instances, thats a lot of time!!

If I lost 5 stone Id save a second too but thats not going to happen!!

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Hai,
Twinkle Toes here

thinking you can heel toe and actually doing it are two different things


I fall into the former camp lol

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Heh - I had a different camp entirely which was - Heel and Toe seems really hard and I don't understand the point so I'm not going to bother

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Ive just got confused mike, I looked at your avatar picture and thought it was me, has been messing with me since I uploaded my picture, very similar to yours.

I can remember 1st doing heel toe and just ending up with my feet underneath all the pedals more often than not

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I might change mine - have had the same one for aaaggggeees.

Yes - agree, whenever I have tried to heel toe in the past it generally ends up with the car bucking around all over the place and me looking like a fool.

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I ganerally use the right hand side of my foot on the throttle rather that twisting right round as some of my past cars that was impractical. I learnt while I was uni, and have done it ever since as a matter of course without thinking about it. I only notice when I'm driving someone elses car and realise I'm struggling when I change down.
It does make a noticable difference to how hard you can brake without locking wheels, and hence allows later braking. It's not just a seconds a lap advantage, but allows outbraking manoevers.

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Heel and toe is easy compared to left foot braking or the long lost art of double-declutching since largle rendered obsolete by modern synchromesh. There was some interesting live video of Allan McNish footwork in the Audi at Le Mans a few years ago. I think he said he reverted to heel and toe for the endurance racing as this was easier on the mechanicals over a long race. I tried left foot braking several times and almost crashed! I think unless you have a strong karting background it doesn't feel natural.

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I'm on the third installment, double declutching as my second gear is made of crunchium
I'm a leg twister, should try to cure that I suppose

I left foot brake in autos
There's a bulge in JP's Mondeo windscreen to prove it

That's cheating!

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I learnt double declutching first, then extended it to include heal & toe to allow double declutching while braking.

Left foot braking - from my karting history I find it natural enough, but I've never really sussed using it for car control. My attempts were scuppered about 10 years ago when my cars started running 'fly by wire' pedals which cut power when braking.

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left foot braking is wierd, enough said!

thats what the right foot is for

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Is it a good excuse to post the Senna NSX video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjbrFBE4x8A

I can vouch that steve can left foot brake in an auto:-) His heel & toe work however is very impressive.

I am bad at heel/toe or left foot braking - trying both together is impossible for my brain and hence I have mastered shoeing the horn and fingering the cigarette lighter.

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