Re: Trailing Throttle Braking, Left Foot Brake.

[Steve An <giulietta@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is left foot braking, common used by kart, Indy and F1 people etc.. and
me, when I have to drive anything with FWD, a good way to get better front
end traction and reduce the understeering, it works really well with rental
minivans on exit ramps. Some American rental cars have way over boosted
brakes, which make this process harder to do smoothly.

It also works well for low power cars when you need to keep up the revs,
when I rented the Fiat Punto S (for slow) last year driving through Tuscany,
I don't think I ever took my foot off full throttle, this was the only way
to maintain traction and speed through turns, by using full throttle and
modulate the brakes. They should just make the gas pedal an on/off switch. 

        - Steve.

At 10:02 AM 11/24/98 -0700, Rich Wagner wrote:
>Hi gang:
>
>I thought I'd add a bit to the current thread on trailing braking.  I
>recently sat next to a racer on a plane flight.  He was returning home from
>competing at Mosport in a highly prepared Dodge Neon.  The technique he
>described was very interesting.  The Neon is front drive, and so after the
>green flag drops, they hold the gas pedal to the floor and modulate the
>car's brakes AND power with just the brake pedal.  Without lifting from the
>gas at all, they slow the car into the turn by applying the brakes,
>trailing the brake into, and all of the way through the turn!  They finally
>lift from the brake as they exit, and the car, still at open throttle,
>takes off like a shot.
>
>I asked about how this technique affects the brakes.  He said they use the
>largest rotors they can find, and that the pads last a single race.  The
>rotors start glowing after the green drops, and don't stop until the
>checker.
>
>I haven't tried this technique on a real track yet, but did try it on the
>Sega Super GT game at the local arcade.  It worked surprisingly well.
>
>
>
>Rich
>Manitou Springs, CO
>'82 GTV6 Balocco
>
>

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