The burping of the engine when he downshifts is called a heel and toe downshift and it's used to keep the engine rev's equal to the speed of the wheels when shifting. His toe is on the brake and he moves his heel over and gooses the gas as he shifts. If you don't do this, the engine goes to idle when you clutch. When you let the clutch out, the engine then has to suddenly go from idle back to rev's that match your speed. This causes your car to lurch and make all kinds of trouble. This guy is a master and probably isn't even conscious that he does it anymore.

I'll go ahead and presume *skillful with a side of kickass.

Adding video to channels (Skillful) - requested by BoneRemake.

Less Fiat X19, more four-wheeled Hayabusa.

its like a effin life size hotwheelz track ! !

Traction is for the weak!

Impressive I guess. But he could have gone a lot faster if some asshole didn't leave his cones all over the track.

>> ^Enzoblue:

The burping of the engine when he downshifts is called a heel and toe downshift and it's used to keep the engine rev's equal to the speed of the wheels when shifting. His toe is on the brake and he moves his heel over and gooses the gas as he shifts. If you don't do this, the engine goes to idle when you clutch. When you let the clutch out, the engine then has to suddenly go from idle back to rev's that match your speed. This causes your car will lurch and make all kinds of trouble. This guy is a master and probably isn't even conscious that he does it anymore.


invented alegedly by Walter Röhrl. demonstration via inboard camera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGIiarIrUCI

I don't even think this guy has a clutch pedal. Sounds like a sequential gearbox to me. The computer would rev-match for him.

Fiats suck...it's all about Lancia

Fix
It
Again
Tony

Take a really cool rally racing and take away all the good parts such as SPEED by putting fucking slalom traffic cones in the middle of straightaways!
They might as well put speed bumps or school-crossing signs there.