burgerkong
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Ontario, Canadeh
Printed some extras, let me know if anyone is interested!
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Solution to Heeltoe Woes
- Thread starter ashiun
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anotero
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Hither and thither
- Car(s)
- Mk7 GTI
I assume they work for the DSG accelerator pedal? What's the price?Printed some extras, let me know if anyone is interested!
burgerkong
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Ontario, Canadeh
PMed! And yes, I have it on my DSG R.
Interested!
GroceryGTIer
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Tri-state
Solution is DSG!!!!! Lol
CarlosCanizares
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Surrey, BC, Canada
- Car(s)
- Mk7 Golf R
Mike-E
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- FL Panhandle
I have no problems heal & toeing with my R. But, in previous cars, I just cut an appropriately thick/shaped piece of plywood, put the roughest peel and stick sand paper I could find on it, screwed it to the gas or brake pedal, then painted it flat black. Under the dash, no one ever noticed it.
So, I'm late to the party and finally got one of these things in... and OMG what a noticeable difference. My heel toeing abilities in stock form suck donkey balls. But with the spacer everything is so effortless!!
The ironic part is the heel toeing benefit isn't the only noticeable change. For some reason the spacer positioning increased the throttle response by a good 20%-50%. Not sure about the mechanics of it, or why a small spacer would do this, but it 100% does increase throttle response.
Must say, all in all for the $$ I paid and the ease of install I HIGHLY suggest anyone with a 6MT get one!!
The ironic part is the heel toeing benefit isn't the only noticeable change. For some reason the spacer positioning increased the throttle response by a good 20%-50%. Not sure about the mechanics of it, or why a small spacer would do this, but it 100% does increase throttle response.
Must say, all in all for the $$ I paid and the ease of install I HIGHLY suggest anyone with a 6MT get one!!
I've had mine from WCT for over a year and just got it in last week. I didn't notice a throttle response difference, but I DID notice a huge difference in heel toe ability. I've been doing heel toe on my nissans, hondas, and MK6 golf, but gave up on my MK7. Heel toe is now easy on the MK7 also!
anotero
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Hither and thither
- Car(s)
- Mk7 GTI
I heel toe on my DSG.
Had quite a few manuals, but this is the first car I've tried heel/toe downshifting on. The WCT spacer really does help, but it is still not that easy. I can do it, but it's going to take me a while for it to feel natural.
And there is increased throttle response, like others have said.
And there is increased throttle response, like others have said.
Heel toe / Ball Edge
I installed the WCT spacer couple weeks ago. Yes , it is big difference and I can heel toe now, but I still prefer using Ball Edge to downshift rather than twisting the foot to do real heel toe.
so unless you have wide foot to do Ball Edge, otherwise you better to install wider pedals for ball edge which will provide you normal driving foot position for downshifting.
P.S., WCT staff is very friendly and helpful.
I installed the WCT spacer couple weeks ago. Yes , it is big difference and I can heel toe now, but I still prefer using Ball Edge to downshift rather than twisting the foot to do real heel toe.
so unless you have wide foot to do Ball Edge, otherwise you better to install wider pedals for ball edge which will provide you normal driving foot position for downshifting.
P.S., WCT staff is very friendly and helpful.
Inka Orange
Ready to race!
- Location
- CT, USA
- Car(s)
- 2019 GTI Rabbit 6MT
Just ordered the WCT spacer. I had the heel-toe thing down to second nature back in the '70s. Couldn't get it right with either my '14 Mustang or now the GTI. One thing - many of the newer pedals seem to be of the type that swing down from the top, rather than hinge at the bottom...so instead of the heel-stab that worked for me for so long, I see the need to adapt to an ankle-bending, ball o' the foot/outside of the foot rocking motion.
I can almost do it with the stock pedal arrangement. Might work for me while on a drive somewhere, only to not work so well on the return trip. Feet kinda big. Ankles maybe don't bend so good. Hope this thing works! will report back.
I can almost do it with the stock pedal arrangement. Might work for me while on a drive somewhere, only to not work so well on the return trip. Feet kinda big. Ankles maybe don't bend so good. Hope this thing works! will report back.