Effect of weight on braking for trucks.
Instead of further morphing the other thread, I thought it would be interesting to discuss the effect of weight and speed for trucks since we obviously increase our weight when we add TCs. Obviousl...
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KD4UPL wrote:
You have to be careful telling people they should get a diesel because it will help them slow down better. This is not at all true. A diesel engine has less engine braking then a gas engine.
All new turbo diesels have them in one form or another and have had them for quite a few years. weather it is by use of a varable vane turbo or a true exhaust brake, no gas engine has close to the engine braking power of the moderen disels.
Steve
