Lauren wrote:Dave Goodhand wrote:Leeroy wrote:I'm slightly confused re.
the blip.
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'blip' to me means a sudden pressing of the accelerator for a milli-second, is this right?
Only at the mo my blip is fairly long lol!
I assume it has to be a quick
'blip' so you can change quickly, seeing as you need to blip between pressing the clutch and releasing it again.
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Its matching the revs.
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so you need to blip as much as is needed to raise the rpm to the required.
Its more of a
"blip" if you have a lightened flywheel although some cars take longer, so you'll find you need to press the pedal down further
/ for longer etc.
When you get it wrong you'll feel it as the whole car will jerk.
Do it correctly and you wont feel the car shift any weight.
You don't have to match the revs exactly it doesn't matter in a saloon car.
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I'm guessing you are talking about a single seater with a straight cut box where it is much more critical.
Don't forget Dave we are not talking about single seaters here.
A bit more of a blip than is required will do no harm at all.
I'm not talking about single seaters.
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I'm talking about any car with a manual transmission
(bar semi autos) its dependant on the car.
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the whole idea of heel and toe'ing is to match the revs exactly to the rear wheel speed.
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otherwise you might as well just come onto the brakes and change down normally!?
If you match the revs exactly then you get a much smoother change
(even clutchless
- this way you know you're doing it right) so iyswim then you'd understand.
Different rules for different cars depending on the weights of flywheels, revability etc.
If you're just
"blipping" the throttle then you're having no real effect.
Ie clutch goes in, revs drop to 1000rpm
(as its a down change)
"blip" throttle
- revs rise to 3000rpm, engage gear, revs shoot up to 5000rpm.
Now if you blip longer to get the revs up to around 5k rpm you'll find the transition of engaging the gear effortless on the car.
Thats what heel and toe
(or sole/sole) is for.
Otherwise there's no point in using it at all as you're still getting the car highly unbalanced when you engage the gear.
Hence drifters pop the clutch to initiate a drift
- as it unblances the car once the weight throws itself forward.
Right now about one in ten are done right I reckon 
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