Heel toe shifting in a CB7

[masospaghetti]

I'm trying to learn how to heel-toe shift but it seems like the pedals are too far apart, I can barely get my foot on both if I position just perfect.

Is there a bigger pedal to use, maybe the automatic brake pedal? What have you done?

I'm learning to do this to reduce the stress on the transmission while driving on the track.

[lbus9168]

The problem is not the pedals. You just need to learn. Do you have small feet?

When I heel and toe downshift, only the very top of my big toe is on the edge of the brake pedal, with my heel tapping the accelerator pedal. I'm sure you just need practice, not to modify your car.

My foot is almost on a 90° angle when I shift.

[aventari]

I don't like the stock pedal set up either. The pedals are too far apart for proper, easy heel-toe.

Since my CB7 is a cheapo LeMons race car, I just welded a spare piece of sheet metal that I cut out of the hood onto the left side of the gas pedal.

Now heel-toeing on the track is as easy and natural as my old Porsche was

[Raf99]

Sounds like you are not turning your foot enough. Turn it like your ankle is broken, that's the cb7 way

[tommi]

also helps to put a lil grip tape or something on there to keep your foot on there

[lbus9168]

^ I did this on my dc2. Just on the brake and clutch, you don't want your foot sticking to the accelerator pedal.

Good for spirited drives.

[masospaghetti]

The problem is not the pedals. You just need to learn. Do you have small feet?

When I heel and toe downshift, only the very top of my big toe is on the edge of the brake pedal, with my heel tapping the accelerator pedal. I'm sure you just need practice, not to modify your car.

My foot is almost on a 90° angle when I shift.

My feet are not abnormally small (10.5 shoe size) I was just watching a guy demonstrate heel-toe shifting in a Subaru and his pedals were way closer together, no crazy ankle-breaking moves required.

[Raf99]

My feet are not abnormally small (10.5 shoe size) I was just watching a guy demonstrate heel-toe shifting in a Subaru and his pedals were way closer together, no crazy ankle-breaking moves required.

ya, some are easier than others. Some are akward or near impossible when the pedals are at different heights.

[marcusv8thunder]

Actually the cb pedal layout is very suited to toe and heel. Narrow pedal setups arent necessarily better. Just as mentioned above, the braking is done with your big toe only and modulated to keep contant brake pressure when you rotate your ankle around for a blip.

Not all cars are suited, ive driven lots of "sporty" cars that are very hard to toe and heel. Some bmws and porsches to name a couple. Either for pedal layout or just a uber sensitive brake pedal.

[sonikaccord]

I wear a size 9 and I could heel-toe fairly well in the CB and that was with light spirited driving. Rotate the hell out of your ankle and graze the pedal.

I try to keep the ball of my foot on the brake for more consistent modulation. I never got comfortable with just my toe on the brake.