Hahahaha does "dead pedal" ring a bell ?

 

Wear wide boots. I bought a pair by accident a few years back and incidentally found that hey work great.

 

Wide boots don't work for me, they're too bulky and heavy, cant "feel" the car through them. Pumas ftw

Check out this site i found it when i actually "learned how to drive"

http://www.turnfast.com/tech_driving/driving.shtml

theres a lot of good info there

 

^^ Good link - thanks ^^

I have taken a few advanced driving courses and the first thing they teach is proper seating position.

 

There really is no right or wrong way to heel & toe as long as you are doing the following in order:

1. Place your foot firmly on the brake pedal so that there is zero chance of it slipping off.

2. Get any part of your foot over far enough to blip the throttle for a seamless downshift.

If you're doing that you win. There are no style points for one way of doing it vs. another.

 

One of my favorite videos - Walter Rohrl doing some insane footwork:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DGIiarIrUCI

 

reading this made me start practicing lol
but what is the heel-toe method for? i understand smoother downshifts when turning, but does it help on the track?

 

It keeps your car from jerking around and changing momentum while you're going around turns, etc. You'll have smooth power going in to, and around the turn, and since you were able to downshift you'll have enough power to accelerate quickly once you're out of the turn.

I agree boots are bulky etc, but the ones I have been using are worn down to practically nothing so they wear like shoes

 

plus you feel awesome when you do it right. that's my primary motivation. forget the clutch benefits, i do it for my ego.