RiceBoy Pedal covers? Ouch! Yeah, OK. I'll consider different pedals, etc. At least now I know heel & toe is possible. As it is now, I have to take my foot off the brake to bip the throttle which usually means I'm carrying way to much speed into the corner. Will advise. Thanks!

On my estate the brake pedal is bent towards the throttle pedal.....making the technique easier

Back in WWII, paratroops were trained to land with their feet apart for stability... that is until they learned that doing so on uneven ground resulted in too much force impacting one leg, resulting in breakage. Policy changed during my Dad's training (1st Special Service Force) to keep one's feet together, legs flexed and absorb by doing a roll. Jump boots hadn't arrived before some of them made their first jumps, so they did so in whatever shoes/boots they arrived in camp at. Col. Frederick, the commander thought officers should lead and set an example, so made his first jump in his bedroom slippers. True story.

Contemplating jumping out of aeroplanes are we???

Cheers, Ian

Turn into the corner a bit fast outer wheel tucks in and over you go!

And while we are at it, can anyone explain to me, a perfect "tuck & roll" procedure ???

You'll have to ask the upholstery shops in Tijuana about that.

And while we are at it, can anyone explain to me, a perfect "tuck & roll" procedure ???

Big AL

I roll the foot over and use the outer edge of the ball of the foot.  Greg Wold my brother has a video at a race with a camera on his feet.  He doesn't always use the roll over thing but just take a look.  I for some reason cannot do a cut and paste - just do a search on utube for Greg Wold race at Grattan.

914-6 had a gizmo on the gearshift to blip throttle. Have never driven or even seen something like that tho 

I have a pedal you can try, if you wish.
My wife did not like it, so it came off the car.
Terry

May not need to be said, but it's essential that the accelerator pedal is lower than the brake pedal when you're depressing the brake. Adjusting the accelerator cable to achieve that, but still get WOT (wide open throttle) is sometimes a fine line. I also added a rubber pad on top of the rubber brake pedal pad and it all works for me: ball on the brake, pinkie on the Paddy Hopkirk accelerator. I, too, have done this with every car going back to a '57 Ford three-speed non-first synchro on the column. Not a fire truck, but....

Completely agree - lose the RiceBoy pedal covers and go back to standard rubbers.
I've never had any problems heel & toeing - and it is made immeasurably easier with the Paddy pedal.  Just use the side of your foot to rock on to the throttle while braking with the ball of your foot.

Thought - I'm RHD, where the pedal setup is much easier to live with.

Having said that, I still do it in LHD cars.

the traditional approach is to put ball on brake and pinky toe on gas and rock ankle side to side.  For that, a Paddy Hopkirk pedal is ideal (our host sells them).

what works best for me is the opposite:  heel on brake, toes on top of gas pedal and rock ankle fore/aft.  For that, installing a Paddy Hopkirk pedal upside down helps.  The MG Midget (pre-1500) came with an organ pedal (long, thin, hinged at the floor) which made this way quite easy to do.

My advice:  remove the brake and clutch covers shown in your photo (put the OEM little rubber pads back on), so your shoe doesn't slip off the slippery edge of what is there new, and replace the one on the gas with something else until it works for you.


N

I've been able to perform a decent heel & toe downshift in every car I've owned, including a 60k lbs. firetruck with no synchros in all 5 gears. But for the life of me, I cannot pull it off in my Mini. I've tried putting the ball of my foot on the brake and the heel on the gas peddle and tried it the other way around. I've put a 2" spacer on top of the accelerator and even reshaped the peddle itself. Still can't do it. Little Italian driving shoes, flip-flops and barefooted. No-go. [video]

Anyone have an insight on this pressing problem?