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Uploaded by on Apr 16, 2007

Tips from Greg @ the M5 driving school

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  • LLCoolPass - NO ONE uses compression braking anymore to slow a car. 1) It puts tremendous wear on the engine, it's cheaper to replace brakes. 2) Today's caliper/ brake pad compounds provide far better decelaration than the engine. Better to save the engine than the brakes! The brake slows the car. Heel/Toe matches engine speed to the transmission speed for downshifting to the correct gear exiting the corner. If your car is lurching while using the technique, you're not doing it correctly!

  • The primary purpose of heel toe is not to slow the car down. Down shifting slows the car down, that is engine braking... Heel toe is the technique used in order to perform engine braking in a controllable manner.

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  • @nolanbowling lol not quite right, its breaking while setting rpm for exit gear (i would call this corner downshifting, if its more logical to anyone)

  • I kinda still don't understand, are there any more videos like this out there that detail into it more?

  • true taht bro

  • Idiota!!!

  • maybe not stress on the engine but tranny life yes.

  • engine braking is only necessary on long sloped as to give time for the actual brakes to cool in between applications

  • it does not put stress on the engine unless you are letting it rev up past i dont know 3k rpms or something and is good to use the engine to slow the car(even though its just a little) down very long slopes since when brakes over heat you are fucked....engine is cheaper than your life

  • you are right...you dont want to have the car jerking or possibly even locking up the rear tires and losing control under braking like that

  • Great videos, very helpful!

  • As far as engine braking goes.. (compression braking is 'Jake' braking, not engine braking, technically.)

    Real drivers drive with the throttle. So yeah, a good driver would double-clutch, heel-toe, rev-match, etc. And still use some of the engine deceleration to safely balance the car going into the entrance of a turn for a hard acceleration through the apex and out the other side, controlling weight transfer and balance with the throttle and engine brake- not car brakes which can cause skids.

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