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Joined: Dec 2001
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Hard-core CEG\'er
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Hard-core CEG\'er
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Originally posted by tbirdjayc:
If you don't downshift, and overheat your brakes
Wut? Overheat your brakes? From a few stops? You're only going to overheat your brakes if your in an autocross or on a road course.
Another point, think about automatics. They dont' downshift when you brake. In fact, in an automatic, you're braking both the car and the engine most of the time, so brakes undergo MORE work on an automatic car than a manual does, and you don't hear of anyone burning out their brakes on every automatic made.
Read your ford manual as well if thats not enough reason for you, it suggests AGAINST engine breaking, since it only really has the negative effect of hurting fuel economy.
I always put the car in neutral, or have the clutch pedeal pressed when I brake, and I heal-toe shift in corners that I'm powering through so as not to disrupt balance.
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