F-150 Ecoboost Milestone
link to story "Ford introduced the F150 with the high tech EcoBoost V6 engine for the 2011 model year with quite a bit of skepticism, but those naysayers have been proven to be very, very wrong as ...
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parkersdad wrote:
Also with the diesel you have a Jake break. We came down out of Boone North Carolina last weekend and didn't have to touch anything but the gas pedal to get going again. The Jake brake slowed me down so much I had to keep getting into the gas to get going. The point I am trying to make is I would rather not use my transmission all. I like the airbrake to keep my transmission nice and cool
Major technology misunderstanding here.
A "jake brake" is just an engine retarder brake. It still uses the transmission, more so than just ordinary engine braking.
And as mentioned, the throttle on a gas engine operates to the same effect.
An "air brake" is something your truck does not have.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_brake_(aircraft)
