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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Definitely makes sense. I don't know how long and steep that grade is but the principle is to avoid using the brakes so much that they might start getting hot and fading or just putting on a lot of wear. Always use a lower gear to brake. Just use some sense. Don't down shift to your lowest gear going 50 MPH. Downshift to one gear below the top one around 50 or so before you start down the steep part and if it looks like that's not going to do it brake enough to slow down to 30 or so then go down to the next one. If you do it right you shouldn't need to brake a lot and only intermittently.
