Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm...
by zardo on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:47AM
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>Something is getting stressed in order to slow the car down.
The exact same components that are stressed in order to speed your car up.
Since your engine doesn't have combustion raising cylinder pressures, the total power 'absorption?' under engine braking is necessarily less than the full power output of the engine which the drive train was designed to handle.
The exception is if you have rear wheel drive and enough weight transfer to the front to get wheel hop. But, afaik, this is a problem unique to motorcycles.
The exact same components that are stressed in order to speed your car up.
Since your engine doesn't have combustion raising cylinder pressures, the total power 'absorption?' under engine braking is necessarily less than the full power output of the engine which the drive train was designed to handle.
The exception is if you have rear wheel drive and enough weight transfer to the front to get wheel hop. But, afaik, this is a problem unique to motorcycles.