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YACT: is engine braking bad for your car?

Originally posted by: Eli
Here we go again.......

I'll start off; No.
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<munchies> well u dont kno sh!t bro cuz ur stoopid olollolol i no cuz i build hopped 392s evry day n teh engine brakin fuzorz teh clutch plate to the mainfold shaft drive mechanism unless u double clutch ur titanium valve caps </munchies>

- M4H
 
1)Added wear/tear on transmission components, clutch.
2)Slows your vehicle without signalling via brakelights. This can cause some extreme wear and tear to body components, etc.😛

Seriously, If you are into really movin' that stick, move it into nuetral and use your brakes for the last little bit, and take your foot outta the throwout bearing.
 
Originally posted by: skyking
1)Added wear/tear on transmission components, clutch.
2)Slows your vehicle without signalling via brakelights. This can cause some extreme wear and tear to body components, etc.😛

Seriously, If you are into really movin' that stick, move it into nuetral and use your brakes for the last little bit, and take your foot outta the throwout bearing.
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Uh, guys. You're all missing something (Not that I blame you, since he used a bastard abbreviation) but Neo here has an automatic transmission.

I concur, especially with #2 though. I just about got the back end of a dealership loaner plowed in because some teen-angst bitch behind me didn't realize that I was slowing down without using the brake.

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: skyking
yeah, that went over my head. I am so out of touch, I figured it to be a model of car I did not know😀
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It took me a second to figure it out the first time I saw it. Some justification of "Well, computers use TX for Transmission..." - hint, cars are not fvcking computers. 😛 "AT" or "MT". Or "SMG" if you're lucky.

My Riceboy sensor is pinging pretty damned high at the moment.

- M4H
 
If he has an automatic transmission.... I'd say it is probably best to be avoided.... I certainly wouldn't want to stress one like that. Seems like a good way to wear your clutch packs out...
 
Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: daveshel
In fact, the engine is happier at higher RPMs.
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So make sure to redline every gear.

- M4H
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why even change? just stay in first.
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But then your phAt electric BOV can't make a 90dB "whooooPSSSSHHHHH" noise to cut through the ever-present drone of your 3" exhaust tip!

- M4H
 
something crawled up your ass last night, eh m4h?

i've got tipptronic in my car, so i don't see why engine braking would be pointless in my situation. i don't let the rpm range skip up above ~3200 when i downshift, so i don't see how i'm causing additional wear on my engine. as far as i'm concerned, if my engine can't handle 3200rpms for long periods of time then i don't fvcking want it.


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Originally posted by: theNEOone
something crawled up your ass last night, eh m4h?

i've got tipptronic in my car, so i don't see why engine braking would be pointless in my situation. i don't let the rpm range skip up above ~3200 when i downshift, so i don't see how i'm causing additional wear on my engine. as far as i'm concerned, if my engine can't handle 3200rpms for long periods of time then i don't fvcking want it.


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And you didn't buy a manual ... why?

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: theNEOone
something crawled up your ass last night, eh m4h?

i've got tipptronic in my car, so i don't see why engine braking would be pointless in my situation. i don't let the rpm range skip up above ~3200 when i downshift, so i don't see how i'm causing additional wear on my engine. as far as i'm concerned, if my engine can't handle 3200rpms for long periods of time then i don't fvcking want it.


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And you didn't buy a manual ... why?

- M4H
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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: theNEOone
something crawled up your ass last night, eh m4h?

i've got tipptronic in my car, so i don't see why engine braking would be pointless in my situation. i don't let the rpm range skip up above ~3200 when i downshift, so i don't see how i'm causing additional wear on my engine. as far as i'm concerned, if my engine can't handle 3200rpms for long periods of time then i don't fvcking want it.


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And you didn't buy a manual ... why?

- M4H
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Umm, he doesn't have an Auto tranny, he has an ATX tranny... learn the difference :roll:

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The wear on the cluth comes when they contact, so if you up the speed of the engine just before you release the cluth, so you match the revs, there should be less wear than if there is a high difference between the two speeds, I woudl assume.
 
Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: theNEOone
something crawled up your ass last night, eh m4h?

i've got tipptronic in my car, so i don't see why engine braking would be pointless in my situation. i don't let the rpm range skip up above ~3200 when i downshift, so i don't see how i'm causing additional wear on my engine. as far as i'm concerned, if my engine can't handle 3200rpms for long periods of time then i don't fvcking want it.


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And you didn't buy a manual ... why?

- M4H
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Umm, he doesn't have an Auto tranny, he has an ATX tranny... learn the difference :roll:

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Whoa, whoa ... leave the man's sexual preferences out of this. If that's what he's down with, more power to him, but I don't bat from that side of the plate!

- M4H
 
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