Sentences with phrase «of engine braking»

Active use of engine braking by shifting into a lower gear can help control speed while driving down very steep and long slopes, saving the brakes from overheating or excessive wear.

This takes advantage of engine braking to prevent unwanted acceleration.

Similarly, the transmission permits lots of engine braking providing a sense of additional powertrain control.

In essence, is making heavy use of engine braking actually removing usable time from the transmission, or is it just balancing where wear happens?

All of these items to reduce fuel consumption are going to also make the feel of engine braking less as the car will coast easier on its own.

The gearbox can be controlled manually, but I only do it driving down hills to get a bit of engine braking.

Is this brief period of engine braking really not noticeable?

Active use of engine braking (shifting into a lower gear) is advantageous when it is necessary to control speed while driving down very steep and long slopes.

When approaching a sharp bend or junction, for example, a downshift is made early on so as to be able to make use of the engine braking effect for deceleration purposes.

Traffic regulations in a large number of countries require trucks to always drive with an engaged gear, which in turn provides a certain amount of engine braking (viscous losses to the engine oil and air pumped through the engine and friction losses to the cylinder walls and bearings) when no accelerator pedal is applied.

Work the N20 hard, and it revs happily to 7,000 rpm, although like most modern direct - injection units, there's a distinct lack of engine braking on a trailing throttle.

The only downside is the lack of engine braking, partly the result of the engine's very low internal friction (it uses 0W / 20 oil).

What are the pro's and con's of each type of engine braking...

NHTSA said the unexpected loss of engine braking could cause a crash.

Braking performance has always been good and now you can make use of engine braking for reducing stopping time.

Part of the smile - inducing manners comes from the new - for - 2017 G - Vectoring Control technology, which measures throttle inputs and steering - angle sensors — «among other things,» per Mazda — and when it deems necessary, retards spark to create the equivalent of eight pounds of engine braking pressure on the front end to increase the contact patch, improving steering stability and turn - in feel.

The problem is that the degree of engine braking varies as the 5 Series» transmission downshifts through the gears, so even though you're applying steady pressure to the brake pedal, the deceleration is uneven and you tend to come to an abrupt halt.

Additionally, is my understanding of engine braking sound as far as the basic gear shifting is concerned (disregarding the overdrive scenario)?

Long story short, I recently took up the practice of engine braking on an automatic minivan, and my transmission is now dead at 100k miles.

Have I inadvertently killed my auto transmission (would seem odd for a 4 * 4 to not be able to hande a few hours of engine braking), or could it be something else, maybe just a replace the fluid.

I get a lot of engine braking in my 2.5 l turbocharged Subaru once the turbo spins down (I do have to wait for that half a second or so after taking my foot off the accelerator for it to take effect)

Agreed, you get plenty of engine braking on a turbocharged engine, my 3.0 L I can engine brake from 70MPH to a near stop in the course of coming off the freeway, along the ramp and up to a light.

The paddle regenerative braking is meant to act as a kind of engine braking function when driving the ELR aggressively on twisty roads, but for me it saw more use when bringing the car to a halt at a stoplight.

This causes a high manifold vacuum which the cylinders have to work against — sapping energy and producing the majority of the engine braking force.

Compression - release («Jake») braking, a form of engine braking used almost exclusively on diesel engines, produces extreme amounts of noise pollution if there is no muffler on the intake manifold of the engine.

The transmission delivers a modicum of engine braking at times, but it's never favourably comparable with most modern automatics with torque converters, let alone conventional manual boxes.

When you activate this feature one does not need to brake hard and the vehicle will brake on its on using a combination of engine braking and using the brakes actively.

This allows the MINI to roll along at idling speed — free of any engine braking effect and at minimum fuel consumption.

The transmission, when the dial is turned to excite mode, is tuned so it can drop multiple gears effortlessly as you enter a downhill sweeper and provide just the right amount of engine braking.

For example, on the basis of navigation data it can perform an early downshift when approaching an intersection, in order to take full advantage of the engine braking effect.

My truck supports 2 types of engine brakes: Compression release brake Exhaust brake Both can be selectively deactivated using switches.

In manual vehicles, it could also stall the engine, resulting in a loss of engine braking (and perhaps control).

If there is a need to apply the brakes based on navigation data or camera images, for example, because the MINI is approaching a junction or another road user ahead, the coasting function is suppressed so as to be able to make use of the engine braking effect.

A device was fitted to the carburettor to prevent the throttle closing abruptly, and the resultant clutch disengagement and lack of engine braking.

[7] Once a vehicle is about to enter a curve at a high enough speed that would generate sufficient lateral acceleration to cause a possible rollover, the most effective manner to vary the individual wheel speeds in an attempt to prevent the rollover is primarily through the activation of a vehicle's service brakes along with the decrease in engine power and the use of engine braking.

For example, the «kick down» function triggers instant downshift when the accelerator pedal is floored, while the «brake assistance» function anticipates downshifts under braking to profit from the slowing effects of engine braking and also engages the ideal gear for reacceleration.

On the twisty rural road portion of the drive, it would have been nice to take advantage of the engine braking that comes with a forced downshift.

This takes advantage of engine braking to help prevent unwanted acceleration and can help reduce the need to brake during a descent.

Miss a shift and you'll be punished with massive amounts of engine braking that hits like a ton of bricks, throwing the vehicle off balance.

Taking into account readings from throttle and steering sensors, GVC slightly reduces the engine's ignition spark to provide an unnoticeable amount of engine braking and shift weight to the front of the car.

Sportshift ™ now also has the capability to take inputs from the steering wheel enabling the current gear to be held when the car is negotiating a corner and hill descent detection, allowing a low gear to be held, maximising the effects of engine braking.