Oranoco

Who can do it?

I've got heel and toe cracked but not so sure about attempting left foot braking or even how usefull it would be to me anyway

AlexD

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I must admit in a front wheel drive car tis a riot ..lol

Locking the backs up in a rally styleee..

But i dont do it often.

bigchez

Practice on a quiet road first WITH YOUR SEATBELT ON - you will hit the stoppers a LOT harder than you think first time!!

Micky The Finn

explain why you would want to left foot brake then?

Oranoco

From my understanding it allows weight shift without lifting the throttle. Which would be usefull for track days if I can master it.

I know I'll never be a driving God but would like to improve my driving skills and I like to learn new things

RichardPON

Can potentially be used mid-corner to alter the weight, but with all due respect Steve, even racing drivers don't left foot brake in FWD cars on track!

For the road, I would say it's completely pointless. It's a servo'd road car!

Oranoco

So pretty pointless sussing then.

Guess I'll concentrate on staying on the grey bit between to the two grassy bits

Dan

I've never seen it do this?

Micky The Finn

pointless in todays world of cars,was an art perfected in the late 70's and early 80's in rallying.
no use what so ever if you have not got a dogbox anyway.

Mad Matt

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Was used also in the mid 80s on the Quattro too for example due to the huge turbolag. This was before they introduced the twin-wastegate system (first on the Pikes-peak version).

Micky The Finn

perfected i said,not used.

christianh3

i can left foot brake NO problems, bit of an expert in it actually...

...only cos my fucking impreza wont tick over properly , i have to rev and brake at the same time

philyS2

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I tried this a few yares ago in my mk3 escort,did it ther once,never again.i nearly put my head thru the windscreen and nearly had the car on the roof I have the touch of a elephant

slim20012

learnt to do it cos every time i stopped the car would stall

pani_k

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tried it once, never tried it again lol since i almost did an emergency stop.

Can't be brilliant for your brakes though can it or your clutch?

BigMouthBillyBass

Tried it in my van that i had a couple of years ago....nearly went through the windscreen

OvaBoost

I can do it now, first time trying it tho i fucking stalled the car because someone pulled out in front of me and i couldnt get on the clutch quick enough haha..takes some getting used to tho.

I thought it was best to LFB in a FWD car?

89xr2

Rally drivers still use it though don't they, i'm pretty sure i've seen it done when you see the in car views of the drivers feet or am I mistaken?

Micky The Finn

not on the road sections they dont.

89xr2

Well, you didn't say anything about gravel in your post so I assumed you meant it was pointless on any surface!