how ur body reacts to cornering
02-23-2006 | 10:06 AM
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The dead pedal is your friend in hard cornering. Do it enough and it will become force of habit. Your left foot should be on the dead pedal at all times except when shifting (or left foot braking if you are crazy), just as your right hand should be on the steering wheel at all times except when shifting (or talking on your cell phone...
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02-23-2006 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by i_heart_my_DB8,Feb 23 2006, 02:06 PM
The dead pedal is your friend in hard cornering. Do it enough and it will become force of habit. Your left foot should be on the dead pedal at all times except when shifting (or left foot braking if you are crazy), just as your right hand should be on the steering wheel at all times except when shifting (or talking on your cell phone...
) I took me a while to get used to using the dead pedal. Indeed it is the only way to keep your body and hand steady for steering while cornering, besides using CG-lock. It also forces the habit of downshift before turn, and no shift during turn.
02-23-2006 | 11:36 AM
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Another tip: when making left turns push the steering wheel with your right arm away from you (and push yourself firmly into your seat), dont pull the steering wheel with your left hand (and pull yourself out of your seat so you can't drive "by the seat of your pants" anymore)
I guess you can work out how it goes on right turns.
I have learned this at slip-driving-school.
I guess you can work out how it goes on right turns.
I have learned this at slip-driving-school.
02-23-2006 | 02:00 PM
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This is an excellent site that teaches you about good driving techniques. Here is an excerpt on steering.
This is an excellent site that teaches you about good driving techniques. Here is an excerpt on steering.
While it is a natural tendency to grip the wheel tightly while corning, no amount of squeezing on that wheel will increase the traction of your tires! However, the more relaxed the grip (without losing contact with the wheel), the more of that traction you will be aware of. It is a learned response to relax your hands (in fact, your entire body) during high g-force cornering, but it is something that you must force yourself to learn as quickly as possible. It will increase your sensitivity to the car's traction limits, and improve your awareness of the car's handling.
02-23-2006 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikes256,Feb 23 2006, 07:00 PM
Turn Fast
This is an excellent site that teaches you about good driving techniques. Here is an excerpt on steering.
This is an excellent site that teaches you about good driving techniques. Here is an excerpt on steering.
02-23-2006 | 02:33 PM
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Ideally you would want your body locked in place by some other means (CG lock, racing buckets, etc.)
When we first started driver training for FSAE we used our 2004 car which was relatively roomy inside and had a somewhat flexible fiberglass seat. I found myself doing the full-body-tense response under hard cornering/braking. Couldn't ever get a really good handle on the responses as I was half concentrating on keeping my body in a comfy position for the controls.
Our 2005 car was a carbon-fiber monocoque structure and my body pretty much fit into it in a way that I couldnt take a full breath because it was so narrow. Horrible for comfort as the chassis was also the seat, but i found that I could fully relax my body due to the support. It's nice to be able to do that at 1.5 lateral g's
I tense up like a bitch when I drive the S2000. Especially under braking when my body slides forward and my legs hit the steering wheel (I'm 6'3"). I really need a CG lock.
When we first started driver training for FSAE we used our 2004 car which was relatively roomy inside and had a somewhat flexible fiberglass seat. I found myself doing the full-body-tense response under hard cornering/braking. Couldn't ever get a really good handle on the responses as I was half concentrating on keeping my body in a comfy position for the controls.
Our 2005 car was a carbon-fiber monocoque structure and my body pretty much fit into it in a way that I couldnt take a full breath because it was so narrow. Horrible for comfort as the chassis was also the seat, but i found that I could fully relax my body due to the support. It's nice to be able to do that at 1.5 lateral g's
I tense up like a bitch when I drive the S2000. Especially under braking when my body slides forward and my legs hit the steering wheel (I'm 6'3"). I really need a CG lock.
02-23-2006 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by slimjim8201,Feb 23 2006, 03:33 PM
Ideally you would want your body locked in place by some other means (CG lock, racing buckets, etc.)
When we first started driver training for FSAE we used our 2004 car which was relatively roomy inside and had a somewhat flexible fiberglass seat. I found myself doing the full-body-tense response under hard cornering/braking. Couldn't ever get a really good handle on the responses as I was half concentrating on keeping my body in a comfy position for the controls.
Our 2005 car was a carbon-fiber monocoque structure and my body pretty much fit into it in a way that I couldnt take a full breath because it was so narrow. Horrible for comfort as the chassis was also the seat, but i found that I could fully relax my body due to the support. It's nice to be able to do that at 1.5 lateral g's
I tense up like a bitch when I drive the S2000. Especially under braking when my body slides forward and my legs hit the steering wheel (I'm 6'3"). I really need a CG lock.
When we first started driver training for FSAE we used our 2004 car which was relatively roomy inside and had a somewhat flexible fiberglass seat. I found myself doing the full-body-tense response under hard cornering/braking. Couldn't ever get a really good handle on the responses as I was half concentrating on keeping my body in a comfy position for the controls.
Our 2005 car was a carbon-fiber monocoque structure and my body pretty much fit into it in a way that I couldnt take a full breath because it was so narrow. Horrible for comfort as the chassis was also the seat, but i found that I could fully relax my body due to the support. It's nice to be able to do that at 1.5 lateral g's
I tense up like a bitch when I drive the S2000. Especially under braking when my body slides forward and my legs hit the steering wheel (I'm 6'3"). I really need a CG lock.
My last DE in my M3 I really wish I had it, we did 4 30 minute sessions and my left leg got so tired from bracing in the turns it started shaking from fatigue the end of the day.
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