DWeikert wrote:pnichols wrote:
However, since the exhaust braking engine back pressure mechanism is different than the gear braking engine back pressure mechanism ... maybe exhaust braking can somehow feel different to the driver. :h
The big difference is a gas engine just doesn't have the compression to slow down the vehicle like a diesel does. The transmission on a gas engine will take you into the high RPM's trying to compensate and still not do as good a job slowing the vehicle as the diesel at much lower RPM's.
