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Old 08-03-2009, 12:25 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mcphelps View Post
But downshifting from 5 to 4 or from 4 to 3 without your foot on the accelerator will not result in engine braking, at least at nowhere near the same rate as with SRM dissabled. My experience has been that if I'm trying to slow down, downshifting is not the way to do it. It's like it keeps coasting, just at a higher RPM. I haven't tried 5 to 2, but just moderately downshifting as I'm coming to a stop, or slowing down in town for a corner has not resulted in the engine braking I'd be expecting, causing a bit of an adrenaline rush; kinda like stepping on the brake and there not being any.
the reason you think that your car is slowing down faster with the SRM off is because you dont rev match when you downshift and thats why it feels like its slowing down faster. but if you rev match like your supposed to when downshifting its going to slow down at the same speed as it would with the srm on
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