{"id":21595,"date":"2019-06-10T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=21595"},"modified":"2019-06-09T23:06:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T06:06:52","slug":"q-how-do-i-know-what-gear-to-use-in-corners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-how-do-i-know-what-gear-to-use-in-corners\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: How do I know what gear to use in corners?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: <em>\u201c<\/em><em>In a recent <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/webinars\"><em>webinar<\/em><\/a><em> you said you should be done with all your downshifting before you turn in, but how about when your car only uses 3rd and 4th gears and 3rd over-slows you, and 4th is too tall? Sometimes I feel I need to downshift as late as possible (sometimes in the trail braking zone with a big heel and toe) to gain some entry speed, what do you reckon?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>: There are exceptions to every rule (that\u2019s why they\u2019re guidelines, not rules). I think making that downshift after turning in is dicey and I don\u2019t recommend it. And I think there are ways to either drive it in 3rd without over-slowing, or 4th while carrying more momentum. But you have to do what feels right &#8211; just make sure that downshift is super-smooth if you make it after turning in.<\/p>\n<p>I would really challenge you to make 4th gear work, or make the downshift to 3rd in a way that doesn\u2019t over-slow the car. I\u2019d start by really focusing on rolling momentum and making 4th gear work. It probably won\u2019t feel as fast, but often using a taller gear is faster. If you work at minimizing the amount you slow and the amount you turn the steering wheel (using every inch of track), and focusing on getting back to throttle sooner, the taller gear often makes you faster.<\/p>\n<p>Try it. In fact, I challenge you to making it work. Let me know when it does!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: \u201cIn a recent webinar you said you should be done with all your downshifting before you turn in, but how about when your car only uses 3rd and 4th gears and 3rd over-slows you, and 4th is too tall? Sometimes I feel I need to downshift as late as possible (sometimes in the trail braking zone with a big heel and toe) to gain some entry speed, what do you reckon?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21595"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21598,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21595\/revisions\/21598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}