I've been trying to heel and toe in my '96, and I find the gas pedal is too low to reach with my heel with the ball of my foot on the brake...

Anyone else notice this, or am I doing it wrong?

 

I found a problem trying to heel and toe shift too. The problem I had though is my feet are too big. Size 15's make it very hard to pull it off.

SuDZ

 

you know whats weird.. my cousin's gas pedal is low also.. so low it feels like the brake and the gas are right next to each other.. and with my size 14 shoes.. i get caught pressing both.. he has a 97 5spd SE.. however.. my car is not like that

 

In the SE? Scruit what trim level is yours?

Just curious if there is a connection. I cant think off hand if mine is like that too. Or maybe could it be the spring is worn out?

SuDZ

 

When I first started doing it, I thought the gas was too low too. What I found is that if you are hard on the brakes, the pedal heights are perfect and it is much easier to do than if you use little braking pressure and try it.

 

i tried the heel-toe technique and the gas pedal is to low (at least for me) what i do now is brake with the middle of my foot turned outward and tap the gas with my toes. it is enough to rev the engine for the lower gear, however it takes practice to get rmp just right

 

After a great deal of tearing my hair out trying to work out what trim level I have, I finally decoded the firewall VIN tag and found it is an SE. 5Spd, of course...

I like the comment about harder braking bringing the pedals more in line - that looks like my answer... I always blip the gas on downshifts even when I'm driving like an angel. I find myself doing that on 'spirited' downshifts also, but I have to choose if I will blip before braking, or during (by letting off the brake). Fortunately, even my most 'enthusiastic' driving is not close enough to the edge of the car's performance for me to need to perfect the technique on the road. Methinks it's time to finally book some track-time at Mid-Ohio sports car course. They have a hi-per driving course where you get to practice that stuff without meeting Mr.

 

You can tell its an SE by the door handles and window trim, among other things.

I can heel toe perfectly with my sie 9.5s. Some of you sasquatches need to chop off your toes and get some smaller shoes I think.

 

What is distinctive about the door handles and window trim? I have white pearl paint and body-color handles. The window trim is black (and rusting! on a 96! )