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Engine braking

7K views 19 replies 15 participants last post by  sunwalker12 
My Crown Victoria survived 420k miles of manually shifting down to use engine breaking (sold, still being driven), my SVT Contour, and Subaru WRX never had transmission issues from down shifting, nor has my Motorcycle, or truckers who down shift and use Jake/PAC brakes.

Sorry, I disagree.
The components can most likely take the engine braking through the life of the vehicle especially if you do it right but zakiu's point is still valid. Using expensive components like your engine, clutch, and transmission to slow down the car just to save little brake wear is pretty stupid. I still do it though lol

My grandpa always said "clutches are expensive, brake pads are cheap"
 
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