Compression Braking

Neslo · tinkerer Joined: 21 Oct 2001 Posts: 133

Anyone else do compression braking, u know, dropping the clutch when slowing down? I dont think it'd be too good for ur diff cause it locks ya diff when u do that, hence the screech of tyres. Just checkin who does it, i dont do it much, but still pretty cool.

Cheers

Neslo

martin · backyard mechanic Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 900

i do it when people push in front of me and i nearly hit them

they think u have jumped on the brakes and are skidding towards you and scares the absoulte shit out of them

its pretty hard to loose control and works best when u drop it into second and dump it Smile

Neslo · tinkerer Joined: 21 Oct 2001 Posts: 133

haha yeh, dont do it in the wet though, u slide heaps, like a handbrakey....but u dont have control over how long the back wheels are locked up. But yeh, works best gearing down into second and dumping it if ur approaching a corner fast.

spud · petrol head Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 1106

i did that in the wet. i used a pintara to stop my car from sliding

TG 1985 · backyard mechanic Joined: 08 Jan 2002 Posts: 550

CuGem · backyard mechanic Joined: 07 Oct 2001 Posts: 599

no but I did slip my auto TE thru D and N and into R at 60 k/h in traffic. shit that scared me and someone behind me. needless to say I ripped it back PDQ. Sad

PinkBitz · petrol head Joined: 13 Apr 2002 Posts: 1594

ive done that. the auto box, sounds like its tryin to fuk itself over big time.

GasGem · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Nov 2001 Posts: 755

Yeah a mate of mine did it with a powerglide in a HK ute at about 40kms, the auto selected reverse, the diff bounced a coulpe of times and put the metal fan straight through the radiator,and the ute came to a hault very quickly.