Pros and cons of engine braking?

[vr2turbo]

As far as I know, there are long and wide roads. But they are not really quiet. There are cars occasionally but not to the extent of causing traffic jams.

Go further to ipoh outskirts trunk road......

 

[Tom]

As far as I know, there are long and wide roads. But they are not really quiet. There are cars occasionally but not to the extent of causing traffic jams.

how is your progress so far Renesis?

 

[raining]

Clutch is more expensive than brake pads...i rather use brake

 

[vr2turbo]

Clutch is more expensive than brake pads...i rather use brake

Once clutch is locked, no on going friction. whereas brakes are and when brakes gets too hot it fades....

 

[RENESIS VIII]

how is your progress so far Renesis?

It has been a while since this thread is active. I'm surprised that you still remember this thread, Tom.

Still can't do heel toe properly due to my pedals not aligned at the same level. Haven't do any changes to the pedals yet. So, every time when I try to reach the throttle pedal with my heel, I need to apply a lot of pressure to the brake pedal in order for my heel to touch the throttle pedal. So, for now, I din't practice on heel toe.

But for rev matching, I'm getting quite familiar with it already. Doing it most of the time during driving now. Now, rev matching had almost become like a habit for me to do every time I downshift. Thanks for your tips earlier regarding rev matching. If not, I probably wouldn't have done it.

One thing I noticed after performing rev match, downshifts are way smoother than downshifts without rev match. Like if I din't rev match and just downshifts, I can feel the car jerking especially if the RPM jumps quite high.

 

[sweelt]

Heel toe I try before.... for shoe size 12+ like me.
No success....lol

 

[RENESIS VIII]

Heel toe I try before.... for shoe size 12+ like me.
No success....lol

Is your pedal properly aligned? If not, it will be hard. Like my stock Wira pedals. The accelerator/throttle pedal is positioned lower than the brake pedal.

 

[sweelt]

heel-toe technique, is like PHd for driving manual. ?

 

[tonyparir]

Very hard for me to do heel and toe..

Every time i press the brake with my toe and to rev match i moved my heel, it seems unavoidable that I lift my toe hence the braking is not consistent... Any advise or pointers?

 

[RENESIS VIII]

heel-toe technique, is like PHd for driving manual. ?

Sort of I guess. Then rev matching is like masters level? After that only phd for heel toe.

Very hard for me to do heel and toe..

Every time i press the brake with my toe and to rev match i moved my heel, it seems unavoidable that I lift my toe hence the braking is not consistent... Any advise or pointers?

For my pedals which is not aligned, my braking is not consistent too. I need to put in a lot of brake pressure for my heel to reach the throttle pedal.

 

[tonyparir]

I think the only solution is to practice practice and practice

 

[vr2turbo]

Is your pedal properly aligned? If not, it will be hard. Like my stock Wira pedals. The accelerator/throttle pedal is positioned lower than the brake pedal.

That is normal, that is why my friend saga he bend the accelerator pedal up......lol

 

[vr2turbo]

Heel toe I try before.... for shoe size 12+ like me.
No success....lol

Wow! means you must be even bigger size than me. Mine size 11 already considered big, unless you are big foot.....

 

[sweelt]

from youtube, the western guy can do it so easily....big shoe also :hmmmm2:
practice make perfect kut ?

 

[vr2turbo]

from youtube, the western guy can do it so easily....big shoe also :hmmmm2:
practice make perfect kut ?

Yup, need to practice, practice, practice ......lol