TECH: Heel & Toe with Russell Ingall and Paul Morris

Russell Ingall shows you what "Heel & Toe" is all about. Also, the differences in Left and Right foot braking. If you are an amateur racer then this is worth checking out.
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[@mrdobalina3451]

This show is really filling a Motorsport TV show void I have. Very grateful..., keep it coming please.

[@lefturn99]

As a kid in the 1960s we drove US cars with no synchro on low gear, so we had to heel and toe. All fine if you are pigeon toed. But if you are bow legged like me, very uncomfortable. So I always used the heel for brake and toe for gas. Plus, the brake has less travel, so it worked out very well. Enjoyed the video. Was referenced to the video by Dale Earnhardt jr interviewing SVG. I was a Marcos Ambrose fan, so now I'm an SVG fan.

[@rickyhorsburgh6581]

I like to see the dude go over a sprintcar at some stage and give us a run down aswell on techniques and the car. If he can i know he hasnt been able to race one due to other racing commitments at the moment.

[@fatman6121]

Another great entry in an already shining stable please keep it up thanks from Dennis,Melbourne

[@atoieno]

After all the technological hype it's great to see what happens with that bit of the machinery between the steering wheel and the seat...that underrated component called the driver. More of this please.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

In Russell's case it's the loose nut behind the wheel.

[@willowbeean3882]

I'm excited by the wee teaser at the end! Can't wait for next week!

[@awestruck9075]

I always wondered how a left foot braker down shifted, thanks Rusty. I often switch feet on the street but struggled to clutch when left foot braking. I should've thought of that as I had to rev match my road ranger after breaking an engine mount while fully loaded and the engine torqued to the chassis and pinched the air line supplying the clutch. Keep up the good work guys. 👍

[@missing2222]

Good question, I own a rally car and installed a brake pedal from a auto which is wider so I have the option of having both feet on the pedal at the same time whilst swapping feet, sometimes it's a struggle to downshift but with rally cars all you need is $$$ and the problems solved

[@306champion]

For me heel & toe started as a young bloke driving crash boxes so that I could change down while braking. Of coarse that also means a double clutch at the same time. Later on some times I did it with no clutch in the old 13 speed road ranger (depending on pedal positioning). Great show mate.

[@bartkennedy5283]

Great stuff Russell ...keep up the great work

[@hrt6669]

Love your show Rus 👍👍👍

[@harrydundee641]

very good video Mr Russell

[@nickg4135]

Awesome. Didnt realise you could heal and toe that way. Every video I've seen people doing it I couldnt do it because my ankle doesn't turn far but ill definitely be trying that way.

[@WacKEDmaN]

Nice one Russell, perfect summary.....id maybe suggest that left foot braking is also useful for paddle systems..which are all the rage these days!

[@kymnewman3518]

Also Russ if you left foot brake in an emergency stop, you are very likely to stomp the accelerator at the same time. Cheers

[@raiderbear1]

Awesome work mate

[@markhowells13]

This was awesome ! Keep up the tech talk type stuff :)

[@choppereight]

Awesome, more of these tech videos please. So cool to see how the pro’s do it

[@AdamLeask]

Great instructional. I'd love to see one done on trail braking and why that's likely to give a driver an advantage?

[@jhoggard71]

Awesome work guy's

[@atoieno]

Excellent insights.

[@Melbourne-s4x]

Want to see dancing, watch a rally driver pedal cam. Well explained Russ.

[@WYXLR8]

Awesome instructional vid. Great work guys! Problem is when you try both to see what works......and can't decide!

[@R3V0LV3R45]

Left foot braking is an important skill to master in case you need it. I had plantar fasciitis (shortening of the plantar tendon to the foot, causing serious pain) in my right foot for 3 months. I could walk and use the throttle ok, but couldn’t twist my foot, so couldn’t cross over to the brake with my right foot. So I had to teach myself to left foot brake. And obviously after a few weeks I got pretty good at it. It’s not something I use every day now, but it’s a skill I can draw in should I need to.

[@reubensteel4632]

just found this channel, brilliant work guys your both legends.

[@phillipleeds296]

Excellent explanation of the technique, thanks.

[@MartinMcMartin]

That's a cool dance move.

[@AussieBassplayer]

Great vid

[@333pg333]

Thing is that when people try LFB the tend to push way too hard and you go through the windscreen...well almost. So it does take some practice to get the sensitivity in the 'wrong' foot.

[@RypienGT]

Well explained.

[@redeyerob2176]

Im using a hybrid of the two techniques normal heel and toe downshifts but on a corner you know that your not changing down gears i would left foot brake or left foot brake to transition weight

[@petermitchell7479]

Always been a left foot braker in an auto but drove trucks and forklifts for 40 years

[@gamerscockpit]

Nice work enforcer........and on the money for H pattern. Something like GT3 with paddle however I reckon left foot braking is the way to go. Thoughts??

[@razbarb]

Is the Wakefield on that car Wayne Wakefield? I remember seeing him in his 808 wagon at Phillip Island. The car wasn’t able to register a win due to the mods it had making it ineligible. He was insane to watch, drifting through turn one. Overtaking around the outside with wheels on the dirt onto the main straight. Insane car control.

[@chrisforgan731]

my driving instructor used to rouse if i used my left foot for anything other than the clutch

[@orangejuicepony6881]

The left foot brakers in the series brake with their heel and push the clutch with their ball when needed. SVG does this.

[@darrenparkinson4576]

Can a finger operated lever or paddle be mounted on the steering wheel that would apply brake pressure for stability where needed (to balance the chassis in fast sweepers for exmple)similar to left foot braking? A right paddle could apply pressure to the front,a left paddle could apply pressure to the rear..or any combination of any corners for artificial weighting of the chassis.

[@chrisforgan731]

that would be dangerous. yes that is what ebd and esc systems do but with nanosecond precision. plus it would be very complex and costly to implement

[@EDGEDAZZA]

What’s the deal with heal and towing? And left boot breaking?

[@strokeracer]

I've also read that right foot braking gives extra time for the chassis to adapt to the weight transfer? Making the car more stable? Thoughts?

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

Russ, I have two left feet, what should I do?

[@jaba430]

In simple terms it is RPM matching of the gearbox input shaft and the engine when the clutch is released on the downshift. How is that for an explanation :-)

[@ivanfisher9301]

with left foot braking and downshifting, I fail to see how you can " blip" the throttle for the downshift since the clutch is fully engaged ? The engine can't free rev in this situation so I can't see how you can match the revs for a clutchless downshift. Would like to be enlightened on this technique .. ( I'm talking H pattern , maybe sequential is a different beast which can technically allow clutchless downshifts )

[@davidpardy]

I actually found it easier to downshift compared to upshifting without using the clutch. On an H-pattern, don't forget the box goes through Neutral before going back into gear, that's your moment to bring the revs up. I really don't know enough about the sequential boxes but in my mind I feel it would be harder as you only have a split second to make the change. I'm guessing different manual boxes will work differently though - the last time I tried it was in a VN Commodore with the old 5-speed T5 gearbox.

[@4ard4]

Just pushing it in one inch at a time. Keep shafting them Rusty.

[@009Meatsim]

heel and toe, heel and toe, step, 2 3 4...

[@R3V0LV3R45]

Fabian Coultard is the only left foot braker of the full time Supercar Drivers.

[@tom.mcnamara]

Shannan J .Lambert, Richie Stanaway, (coming from international junior open wheelers and GT cars), is also a left for braker.

[@brettwhitehouse1332]

Simona is as well

[@R3V0LV3R45]

@@tom.mcnamara Huh, I dont recall that ever being mentioned. As a fan of Richie, I should have known that. But rumour is he has been given the boot. So he may not be in the category anymore.

[@R3V0LV3R45]

@@brettwhitehouse1332 When I was watching her on the incar at Townsville she wasnt. She may change between Right and left foot depending on track.

[@brettwhitehouse1332]

@@R3V0LV3R45 twitter.com/simdesilvestro/status/1147797897859096576

[@darbexcl]

castrol whats that ! rdrgger

[@albundy6976]

The Enforcer does it again