Left Foot Braking.... Why Didn't I learn this earlier???
Ok, so at the last autocross I attended, was this years ESP national champ... and He was FAST, REally FAST. and luckily some one got some video of him running, one of which was a Foot cam showing him brake...... lots-o-left foot braking. So It inspired me to try to learn this racing techneque......
I'd like to kick my self for not learning how to do this earlier.... in the corners where I can use this technieque (Ie, the corners I dont have to down shift for) are 100% smoother, the car feels much happier (less pitch) and cornering is much faster...... Great thing to learn if you do Track days or autocross.....
Ahhh yes... but the true trick lies in A) finding the brake with your left foot (I've found the clutch by accident on several occasions) and B) trying to train your left foot to be gentle. The other problem I've had the few times I tried it is that my foot is trained to the clutch... just kick it in. The brakes don't like that for some reason...
haha, sometimes i do that on the backroads here by me......i learned that from all of my yrs of watching Nascar.......at some tracks where they use a restrictor plate, they keep the pedal mashed to the floor and use their left foot to brake, so they keep the rpms up.
Originally posted by Boilermaker1 Ahhh yes... but the true trick lies in A) finding the brake with your left foot (I've found the clutch by accident on several occasions) and B) trying to train your left foot to be gentle. The other problem I've had the few times I tried it is that my foot is trained to the clutch... just kick it in. The brakes don't like that for some reason...
Thats why its taken me 3 months before I could say that it was helping me rather then scaring the crap out of me....... Those frist couple of trys were asspuckering instances...
I've tried left foot braking a couple times. I couldnt get the hang of it though. I would always hit the clutch or just mash down on the brake. I just think it will take a lot of practice.
I tried it on my last run of the last event and shaved 1sec. off my time from the last run. It is scary at first. Trying to be gentle with your left foot is hard to do and keeping yourself in the seat. I rely on the kickplate too much to keep myself stable in the seat.
I can tell a big difference coming out of corners if I still have my foot feathering the gas petal.....It's like the car just shoots out of the corner. Next season it's LFB all the way!
LFB or using your right foot for both? which would be more effective...
Or atleast explain more, when you are left food braking do you have the gas floored or are you feathering... and would you be able to do that with your right foot only and keep the same efficiency? And is using your right foot for both braking and gas at the same time called heel toe?
Depends entirly on the corner. If need to down shift in the corner then you dont left foot brake (you heel toe), but if you dont then you left foot brake.
Great thing to learn if you do Track days or autocross.....
