Is Power breaking bad?

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Old 12-15-2003, 06:31 PM
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Is Power breaking bad?

I read somewhere on the forum about power breaking(where you hold the break, while pressing the acc and let go of the break to squeal out. I was just wondering how bad this is for your car, and if it would help in early acceleration of your car? And I figure it kinda looks cool if your car can squeal out even if its cheating to do it. Let me know what you guys think.
Old 12-15-2003, 07:04 PM
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to be honest i haven't treid it but I believe the tsx has a built in grandmother which won't let you brake torque above 2k. Maybe i'll try it on the ride home tonight.
Old 12-15-2003, 09:02 PM
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Power braking is hard on the brakes (and possibly the tranny), but it's a lot less harmful than doing a neutral-drop!!

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Old 12-15-2003, 10:10 PM
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What is a neutral drop?
Old 12-15-2003, 10:17 PM
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Originally posted by phile
What is a neutral drop?
Put car in neutral, rev engine, put it in drive, your tranny drops out.
Old 12-15-2003, 10:27 PM
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Wow that's a stupid thing to do.
Old 12-15-2003, 10:45 PM
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Originally posted by phile
Wow that's a stupid thing to do.
I know and it's totally obvious to the mechanic that's working on your car what you were doing.
Old 12-16-2003, 06:45 AM
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In a FWD car you "power brake" with the ebrake... which is still stubid but at least you are not destroying your brakes...
Old 12-16-2003, 07:15 AM
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Originally posted by phile
Wow that's a stupid thing to do.
Only if it's YOUR car!

http://www.ag.auburn.edu/users/gparmer/articles/neon/
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