TurboDiverArt
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Hi Guys,
I have a questions to you transmission guys. I finished reading the book “How To Work With and Modify the Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 Transmission” by Ron Sessions. One area I found disturbing. In the section on “High Performance and Heavy Duty Modifications” under “Transmission Brakes”. Talking about internally activated trans brakes (as opposed to external clamp type ones), he says, “All kits come with installation instructions, operating tips and cautions. Read them carefully. In most designs, transmission damage can result from doing some seemingly harmless things such as coasting down in neutral or doing burnouts using the transmission brake.” Uh, Oh, I do this all the time. Since I drive the car to the track and it typically gets a little warm in stop and go traffic, I pop it into neutral when coming up to a light so that I can idle the motor when getting the increased flow while decelerating. Usually when I’m doing this I’ll pop it into neutral at 50 MPH and coast down to a stop. Have I hurt my transmission?
Thanks in advance.
I have a questions to you transmission guys. I finished reading the book “How To Work With and Modify the Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 Transmission” by Ron Sessions. One area I found disturbing. In the section on “High Performance and Heavy Duty Modifications” under “Transmission Brakes”. Talking about internally activated trans brakes (as opposed to external clamp type ones), he says, “All kits come with installation instructions, operating tips and cautions. Read them carefully. In most designs, transmission damage can result from doing some seemingly harmless things such as coasting down in neutral or doing burnouts using the transmission brake.” Uh, Oh, I do this all the time. Since I drive the car to the track and it typically gets a little warm in stop and go traffic, I pop it into neutral when coming up to a light so that I can idle the motor when getting the increased flow while decelerating. Usually when I’m doing this I’ll pop it into neutral at 50 MPH and coast down to a stop. Have I hurt my transmission?
Thanks in advance.