Driving Techniques Dos and Don'ts

[SleepySamurai13]

Originally Posted by plokivos

here what I would suggest. Don't listen to people on this board, including myself. everyone needs to find their own driving skills to fit their needs.

Because not every technique is right for everyone.

Just study what's out there, there are enormous amount of resource out there, then pick the ones that you think you could do and need.

that is all for me.

I like and agree with what this guy said. Just some .02 from me though, Go to a SCCA event, they usually have a drivers school the day before the actual event. Very Helpful! Another plus is, if you mess up or spin, only thing your gunna hit is cones! Great for perfecting new techniques or trying new things! You can even get ride alongs to learn turn-in points, braking zones, etc. Highly Recommended! I know a lot of EVO owners that attend these event regularly and Im sure many if not all of them are on these forums and there are lots of helpful set-up and upgrade tips on the evolutionm.net forums if your just getting started. Visit www.scca.org for more info, like how to register or how to go to an event just to try it out, what youll need and tech inspection requirements, etc. Check it out!

[harrisonlao]

my questions regards RPM's i just got done reading about the RRM header and someone had asked ROCK which was better the RRM header or the one by KAMAKAZE, his answer was this..


now my question about the RPM's is this.. what do you guys normally shift at, this is the first car i have owned which happens to be a manual. ROCK says that Kamakazi header produces greater performance over 5k rpm, and that his is more tuned for lower RPM performance. how many of you shift over 5k? and if you do i would asume you are driving it hard. and when your not driving hard when do you normally shift.. for me it goes as followed.

1st. 4k
2nd. 4k
3rd. 4k-4.5k
4th. 4-4.5k

if anyone could let me know how there driving, it would be much appreciated.. thanks in advance..[/quote]

i choose to shift 3k and under about every gear for my evo. reason why is, its more fuel efficient when turbo is not kicked in. also less stress on your engine. but as long as your engine speed matches your tranny speed, you should be fine. but for a turbo charged car, i dont recommend boosting everywhere you go.

[XIEvolutionIX]

Originally Posted by machron1

Please do a search, I've seen those questions answered numerous times.

well i dont see it answered in any other section, and since this IS the driving techniques thread it should be answered here.

DOUBLE CLUTCH heal toe downshifting consists of this:
say your in 4th gear and you want to downshift, whether to hit your torque and take off or just while slowing down.

the process goes like this 4th-clutch disengaged-neutral-clutch engage-rev-clutch disengage-3rd-clutch engaged.

it sounds long but its literally done in a flash. My dbl clutch downshifts are as fast as my upshifts.
VS.

regular heal toe downshifting which consists simply of:
4th-clutch disengage-rev-3rd-clutch engaged.

The difference mechanically is when you engage the clutch in neutral and rev during a double clutch downshift you are matching the RPMs of the tranny and engine perfectly, where as in a regular heal-toe downshift you are essentially 'guessing' the speed of the tranny by just revving. Double clutching prevents most weight transfer when down shifting if done correctly. regular heel toeing takes some practice before you get it perfect.

how the term heal toeing came about is a WHOLE nother story.

[christopherp552]

Oh! I just love racing but I content racing my rc's I don't my wife widowed young.