Left Foot Braking

[Willie]

I'll be hopefully on the track next summer too
Let us know when your going

 

[strugers1]

but then if your having to get back any unersteer by using the brake to make the rear en go light and bringing the rear end out your going to lose rpm and come out the corner slower!!!
but i know the brake and gas should never be applied at the same time
look the the old skool wrc drivers never two at a time
unles your heal/toe braking to rev match!!

 

[DannyC87]

but then if your having to get back any unersteer by using the brake to make the rear en go light and bringing the rear end out your going to lose rpm and come out the corner slower!!!
but i know the brake and gas should never be applied at the same time
look the the old skool wrc drivers never two at a time
unles your heal/toe braking to rev match!!

i beg to differ
http://www.carvideospace.com/view_video.php?viewkey=adfdaf0e8d4cc25129f9

 

[strugers1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HjXXUyQhPE&feature=related
walter rohl never on both at the same time
the god of rally footwork how it should be done!!!

 

[DannyC87]

very impressive; he is using left foot braking for the first reason in the video I posted, the second reason; ie dragging the brakes round corners to keep the front in check is not applicable to 4wd and rwd cars so wouldn't be necessary in this case.

 

[Jii]

You can make left foot braking possible, if you buy a real custom program in your ecu.

 

[ibizacupra]

but i know the brake and gas should never be applied at the same time
look the the old skool wrc drivers never two at a time
unles your heal/toe braking to rev match!!

look again fella

lfb started in the forests

 

[BCM]

You can make left foot braking possible, if you buy a real custom program in your ecu.

Cheers mate, we established that earlier in the thread, we were trying to find a way to do it without remortgaging.

 

[Nutkin]

i have size 16 feet so never been able to do this lol

 

[helms]

left foot braking is used as mentioned to bring in understeer, but you can do that also (not as immediatly mind) by just letting off throttle slightly.

The main reason for left foot braking, is to keep revs higher, meaning better exit from the corner.
The Audi Quatro was the main car that required left foot braking, because the turbo lag was so discusting, you needed to keep the turbo spinning with the throttle even while slowing down, otherwise it died on the exit. As mentioned, left foot braking was created in the twisty forest rallies, with the group N monsters like the quatro etc.

 

[ibizacupra]

you meant to type oversteer I guess

 

[strugers1]

an i presume he meant group b??

 

[Poverty]

an i presume he meant group b??

yeah boy

 

[helms]

Bill, you would use left foot braking to stop understeer, perhaps encourage oversteer yes. By "bring in" i meant, control, or reduce.

And yes sorry I did mean group B rally cars, not group N.

 

[BCM]

left foot braking is used as mentioned to bring in understeer, but you can do that also (not as immediatly mind) by just letting off throttle slightly.

Ah, by bring in overstear i thot you meant introduce it
clear now.

But the whole point of it is to not let of the throttle. So thats that idea out the window.

 

[ibizacupra]

Bill, you would use left foot braking to stop understeer, perhaps encourage oversteer yes. By "bring in" i meant, control, or reduce.

And yes sorry I did mean group B rally cars, not group N.

I know what lfb is - I do it

bring in understeer is'nt what it does tho..

quite the opposite

 

[6th.replicant]

Another benefit of left-foot braking is the taming of lift-off oversteer (which is rather useful when driving a pre-996 911 ).