Thread: Exhaust breaks
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Old 11-22-2006, 09:11 AM   #7
skypilot
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M.O.C. #1846
Dick - not a problem asking the question again, as I see it we have so many new members that topics always come back up. PLUS - there is always the possibility of new(er) information being available. Now, having said that -- from your signature we can't tell if you have automatic or stick, if automatic you might also consider the need for the transmission lockup / higher pressure controller to take advantage of that extra braking. Might not be needed with the newer TorqueShift (my experience was 03 and 04 models) but exhaust brakes work best at higher RPMs; so if your transmission (torque converter) won't lock up in 2nd or normal Drive (i.e. once it slows to a lower RPM and you want higher RPM), the brake won't do you any good. I now have a Dodge and this lockup in down-shift is one of the improvements they made to the 06 that now allows (with no warranty voiding) the exhaust brake on automatics starting with the 06 models.
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