max brake disc thickness ae86 caliper+heel and toe question

[Rascal21]

Usual .5`s with no offense behind either word spoken, as always, take with salt and healthy mindset:


A BMW is far more stable than an AE86 any day of the week, but even so:
What nohachi says, you dont HAVE to go through all the gears, and it takes a LOT of practice to go through them all without A) jolting the car because of constantly changing footpressure on brake pedal, B) potentially getting tailslide C) in either case loosing time.

I can see it being a perfectly valid technique for N2 cars running TRD short ratio boxes and short ratio final gear, though most of the N2 drivers mostly seem to just decide on the fly whether to go through all gears or skip a bunch with a big blip and good clutch control.


I usually go either A) go through the gears or B) skip a bunch.
Test subject is a T50`ed but otherwise standard TA40.
I do heel & toe because:
1) Terrible brakes
2) I don`t want to wear out the clutch by easing it in at too high speeds.
3) It`s good practice.
4) For the luls.
And in around 2 months time of modest driving time (Due to gasoline expenses killing the AE86 fund box) after getting the drivers license I have gotten it to the point where I 98% of the time dont jolt the car with uneven brake-pedal pressure or too eager clutch release.

Explanation to number 2):
Personally I find that if I take the time to double clutch heel & toe down-shift (Which I feel is better for the synchro`s) I can skip a lot of gears without having to be smooth on the clutch (And it seems to me that slipping the clutch wears it out faster) with the added bonus of not unsettling the car, and since speed is dropping while I`m double clutching there is no need for big blip either.
Ofcourse using the clutch more also entails more wear but it just feels downright 10 times more destructive to ""cheap-escape"" it by easing it in, no matter what the case might be in gained time on track, why?

Because if its just a pure track machine that you put on a trailer when done on the track, you can probably get away with some drivetrain abuse without having to deal with the after-effects on your way home since you`ll be in the tow-car instead.