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Originally Posted by Luis_GT
I'm going by my track experience which is always faster to have the engine help with braking.
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You keep interjecting talking about 'on the track'.
I did say that there were benefits to engine braking in certain circumstances.
If you are faster because of engine braking, it is not that you now have MORE braking power, just that you are probably in better tune with the vehicle and maintaining positive control on the connection between engine & drivetrain.
In racing, it is imperative to be in the correct gear at all times.
On the street, not so much.
Sometimes on the street it is best just to clutch in from 50 MPH and coast to the stoplight with the brakes.
That's all the OP is saying, just relax and pay attention.
And I can
certainly stop faster from 100-0 in a straight line with JUST BRAKES than anyone can by heel-toe downshifting through 5 gears.
Anyone who would claim otherwise is delusional.