Heel-toe shifting technique

My attempt at demonstrating heel-toe downshifting technique. This is a single-clutch technique. Double-clutching can also be useful. Some day I'll get around to making a video demonstrating that. :)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Lotus
• Elise
• heel
• toe
• shifting
• shift
• heel-toe
• rev-match
• rev
• matching

[thenutellatheif]

really love the sound of that engine downshifting and shifting up to a higher gear! reminds me so much of how me and my dad would go in angles crest forest and go fast down the mountain pass and downshift and what not...lol our car is a 96 mazda miata by the way. it has great handling...zips through the corners like nothing!

[mikebarrdds]

@thenutellatheif The Miata is a fantastic car. In fact, the Miata (to my knowledge) was modeled after the Lotus Elan. Google the Elan from the 1960s - 1970s, and see the remarkable similarities.

[brostugen]

Hi Mike barr,

Nice instructional video, is it easier to be done in the Lotus Elise compared to a normal stick shift family sedan?

Thanks.

[mikebarrdds]

@brostugen Thanks! I do it every day in my Subaru STi. But, it can depend a lot on how the pedals are set up in your car. Some pedals are easier than others. Spacing between them.... relative heights... etc.

[10petrolhead10]

idiot!! you have to downshift to slow down when you are in a track, you can spin depending on the layout of the car so that why you should adjust your driving lanes depending on the car, if you don't use downshift or compression when going around a track you are going to cook your brakes and hat is even more dangerous

[mikebarrdds]

@10petrolhead10 Wow... you could not be more wrong. Your post would indicate that you have no training or experience with track driving. And, by opening with name-calling would indicate your under 20 years old. :-) But, enjoy your video games.

[greatwhitetailhunter]

.....whats with the air horn....?

[SwatGarnetTennis]

@heldgop Well...they might not cool down faster at a particular temperature, but blackbodies radiate away more energy per time at higher temperatures, so if the ceramic brakes can handle higher temperatures they CAN radiate away more energy at those higher temperatures just by virtue of being hotter.

[jarrus464]

so heel and toe is for making smoother down shifts rather than faster ones?

[MrChero07]

3 reasons for heel toe, 1) its smoother and helps to keep the car from weight shifting and being upset going into a turn causing a spin. 2) its a lot easier on the clutch. Clutches cost more and are more difficult to change compared to brakes 3) using the clutch to slow a race car down repeatedly can cause the flywheel to break off the end of the crankshaft.

I have 25 years of performance engine building as well as competitive racing.

[Jehco14]

I don't especially agree with you about the real benefit of heel-and-toe downshifting. It must be better for the transmission, but it certainly makes you consume more and reduce your brake pads' lifetime since you don't use your engine braking. I'm European and we mainly drive cars with manual gearboxes in our countries. I don't know anyone who does that. I even hadn't heard of that since today actually and I just do the opposite: I often downshift 2 gears in once and I clutch slowly...

[tabletka666]

engine breaking is mandatory in some countries

[plutocanhack]

nice car

[slipknotkillerr]

@brightwang26 never know when u need to blow someones ears out?

[brightwang26]

Why do u have an air horn in ur car?