Downshifting anyone??
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Downshifting anyone??
on my 99 auto,...To save from braking so much i down **** into 2nd gear going down a steep hill....Sounds cool when it pops and cracks a little (muffler)...IS there a down side to this?? maybe wearing out the tranny quicker?? Also i down shift everyday going home cuz the my neighborhood is all downhill...
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is that a smart *** answer (what do you use your breaks for?)...?? not being mean about it, just i didnt know if your sereious..I use my breaks, but i understand that braking alot uses more gas so i try to minimize using the brakes..I dont do it all the time just as im turning into my development its like 100 yards downhill to my house...then occasionally other places...
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is that a smart *** answer (what do you use your breaks for?)...?? not being mean about it, just i didnt know if your sereious..I use my breaks, but i understand that braking alot uses more gas so i try to minimize using the brakes..I dont do it all the time just as im turning into my development its like 100 yards downhill to my house...then occasionally other places...
no it wasn't but if your trying to save gas down shifting isn't helping you bc your truck runs at a higher RPM
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Define good. For a truck, maybe, but when a 5.7 in a camaro can get equal or better, then it isn't really that great. My friend gets 14mpg in his F150, and I get 15 or 16 in my truck, which is lighter with a smaller engine, and he romps on his truck more than I do on mine. I don't get it.
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Define good. For a truck, maybe, but when a 5.7 in a camaro can get equal or better, then it isn't really that great. My friend gets 14mpg in his F150, and I get 15 or 16 in my truck, which is lighter with a smaller engine, and he romps on his truck more than I do on mine. I don't get it.
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I always downshift my manual trans. Don't matter which vehicle, if it's a manual, i downshift. My '71 Chevy has a TH400 automatic w/ manual valve body and beefier internals...so i HAVE to downshift it all the time....it won't auto downshft due to the manual valve body. And I manually upshift it as well.
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I know i read either on this site or TRS that braking causes you to burn more gas, b/c brakes slow your tires and when you let off your engine has to speed make up to normal speeds??? something like that.....anyways, when i first got my truck i would keep OD off around town 55MPH or less than on the interstates, id cut it on...I noticed after i quite doing that i got MUCH BETTER GAS MILEAGE...messin with the OD put my mileage around 180-200 a tank....So i guess based off what YOU say that braking doesnt waste gas, ill just stop downshifting and just brake harder now.
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You can do either, I wouldn't worry about it. If you feel the need to downshift do it, do it in conjunction with your brakes for great stopping power. Keep the OD on and drive it normal. My 98 with 4.0 and auto got around 340 miles every tank I had it, driving at 70mph down the highway and with the flow in the city. You're not losing mileage slowing down, its when you speed up.
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