Engine as brakes down a mountain
Our first trip is to Loft mountain, VA,3 adults 2 grandparents, 4 teenagers, and stuff. 27 ' ford conquest by gyulfstream advise is to keep in I low all the way down, use engine as breaks. does that...
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Gearing down to use the engine as a brake and not use service brakes works very well.
Today, I went down a very long hill in first gear with many, many curves and 20-25 mph curve speed limit. In between the curves, I just drove the same speed all the way down. Worked to allow traffic behind me to pass.
Many variables as speed and the incline varies.
So, first gear maybe too, slow.
It is far better to start in too low of gear as you can shift up a gear as needed.
Go slow and experiment.
You will figure out pretty quick.
I slow the speed down and then downshift.
Pat
Today, I went down a very long hill in first gear with many, many curves and 20-25 mph curve speed limit. In between the curves, I just drove the same speed all the way down. Worked to allow traffic behind me to pass.
Many variables as speed and the incline varies.
So, first gear maybe too, slow.
It is far better to start in too low of gear as you can shift up a gear as needed.
Go slow and experiment.
You will figure out pretty quick.
I slow the speed down and then downshift.
Pat
