engine braking question
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:13 am
say you are doing 30km/h in N and shift to 2nd. Now no matter how slowly you let the clutch out (feather/pause your foot) you will experience engine braking (at least in my tdi, maybe high compression).Not a good feeling, you can even risk getting rear ended. Because the engine is at idle and the clutch will make it spin up to 1500rpm (for my car)
Now the question is if you apply just the slightest amount of gas (and hold it) and do the same thing with the clutch (be really careful letting it out) do you get the same braking effect, or will it be really smooth ?
ps: i know rev matching (a blip at 2000rpm and slowly dragging them down with the clutch ) will be butter smooth and the best choice but i just want to know what happens when you feed just a little bit of gas to the engine end haven't got the chance to try it.
Now the question is if you apply just the slightest amount of gas (and hold it) and do the same thing with the clutch (be really careful letting it out) do you get the same braking effect, or will it be really smooth ?
ps: i know rev matching (a blip at 2000rpm and slowly dragging them down with the clutch ) will be butter smooth and the best choice but i just want to know what happens when you feed just a little bit of gas to the engine end haven't got the chance to try it.