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Originally Posted by kevin_stevens
The benefits are that you shorten the transition time from gas to brake, you improve the overall smoothness of the transition (if you can execute), and you gain the ability to make minute adjustments in the balance of the car, particularly during corner exit, without lifting off the gas and blowing your turbo spinup.
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One more...something in real tight hairpin you LFB to get the boost going earlier out of the hairpin. Although I have never done it myself, I just know that what they do in Rallying.
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Originally Posted by kevin_stevens
It's appropriate to use whenever the benefits outweigh the disadvantage (shrug). I *always* LFB when driving an automatic on the street, simply to gain benefit #1. I LFB in autocross at all times when I don't anticipate needing to downshift. I don't typically LFB on a track course unless I'm in traffic, mainly because you need to downshift much more commonly on a track turn than on an autox course.
KeS
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I do exactly the same thing. I use my left foot to brake on streets just for fun and practice. On track I hardly find LFB necessary though. On some autoX events, I do find LTB to be benefiting, depends on the track...but most of the time I don't have the attn. to use LFB coz I am usually too busy watching the road than to remember LTB...
