| In the following article we will discuss how to | | | | shifting is something you should know how to do. Heel |
| heel-toe(also known as heel-toe shifting) and how it | | | | toe shifting is a fundamental part of drifting your car. If |
| applies to learning how to drift. | | | | you are a beginner, this is one of the drifting |
| First off lets explain what heel-toe shifting is: | | | | instructions that you will need to practice a lot before |
| Heel-and-toe is a driving technique used in | | | | really learning to drift your car. |
| performance driving. It involves operating the | | | | When you are practicing your first REAL drift, knowing |
| accelerator and brake pedals simultaneously with the | | | | how to heel-toe is going to be very helpful. And unlike |
| right foot, while facilitating normal activation of the | | | | drifting, heel toe is quite safe to practice. IF you are |
| clutch with the left foot. It is used when braking and | | | | serious about drifting, then this is a good place to start. |
| downshifting simultaneously (like when going around a | | | | The site Car Drifting Explained at is an excellent |
| turn), and allows the driver to "blip" the throttle to raise | | | | resource on finding all of the drifting techniques. |
| the engine speed and smoothly engage the lower | | | | So get out there and try it using the following |
| gear.(From wikipedia.org) | | | | instructions: |
| Why is this drifting technique so important? | | | | You can practice this technique practically anywhere. |
| As you approach a corner, you are generally in a | | | | You don't have to be going fast to do it. |
| higher gear accelerating toward the corner. As you | | | | 1) While you are approaching a corner begin braking |
| enter the corner you are breaking and reducing your | | | | 2) Continue braking while you turn |
| speed. | | | | 3) Push the clutch in |
| If you keep reducing your speed but stay in the higher | | | | 4) Use the side of your foot to press down the |
| gear, you wont be in the correct gear to give you the | | | | accelerator so that your engine revs up. |
| best acceleration out of the corner (or in the case of a | | | | 5) Shift into a lower gear (in your case you'll probably |
| drift, you wont have the power to keep your tires | | | | be going from 3rd to 2nd) and at the same time, you |
| spinning through the corner) | | | | slide your foot off the brake and on to the accelerator. |
| Using heel-toe you can keep your car in its "power | | | | TIP: Try to time the downshift so it matches the point |
| band" which basically means you have the maximum | | | | where you would normally start accelerating through |
| power throughout the whole corner. | | | | the corner. |
| Ok so you are probably convinced that heel toe | | | | |