{"id":41906,"date":"2022-10-18T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=41906"},"modified":"2024-03-23T09:20:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T16:20:18","slug":"q-when-heel-toe-downshifting-whats-the-right-timing-for-the-blip-of-the-throttle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-when-heel-toe-downshifting-whats-the-right-timing-for-the-blip-of-the-throttle\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: When heel &#038; toe downshifting, what\u2019s the right timing for the blip of the throttle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41907 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ask-Ross-image-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><strong>Q<\/strong>: <em>\u201cWhen you describe heel and toe downshifting in your books and your eCourses, you mention these steps:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Brake hard<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Press the clutch<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Put it in the next gear down<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Blip the throttle<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ease off the clutch<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cThe thing I am confused about is that shouldn\u2019t you blip the throttle as you downshift, not after? That way it goes into gear smoother?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>: The most common error I see drivers make when heel &amp; toe downshifting is blipping the throttle so soon that by the time they let the clutch out, the revs have dropped too low to make a smooth downshift. When learning to heel &amp; toe, if you blip the throttle immediately after moving the shifter, you\u2019ll get into the habit of leaving the revving of the engine to just before releasing the clutch; over time, with practice, the whole process speeds up and the blip will be almost at the same time as the movement of the shifter, and it\u2019ll be smooth. Again, it\u2019ll become one synchronized motion, with practice.<\/p>\n<p>The revving of the engine has little to no effect on helping the gear engage smoother. That\u2019s what the synchros in the transmission are for! The reason for the blip is to match the revs of the engine with the driving wheels, so you don\u2019t get an abrupt engine-braking deceleration that upsets the balance of the car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: When heel &#038; toe downshifting, what\u2019s the right timing for the blip of the throttle?<\/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-41906","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\/41906","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=41906"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41910,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41906\/revisions\/41910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}