down shifting wastes gas
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From: Yorba Linda, CA
Originally Posted by Saki GT,Jan 7 2011, 10:43 AM
I think Bondurant is more about trail braking into corners - set up and gas through versus brake and then gas mid corner. Make the straights as long as possible while minimizing car imbalance.
Let the car settle on the suspension gently, uniform acceleration at all corners, minimize oversteer / understeer, that sort of thing.
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Originally Posted by magician,Jan 7 2011, 11:39 AM
I downshift for braking all the time, and the effect on the engine is clear: I have barely 186,000 miles on mine and fear that I may not make it to 200,000 before I have to rebuild the engine.
My friend is at 270k+ and has only replaced the diff (which was very recent).
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I've also driven my cars at and beyond redline. Just because my Teg GSR was running fine after 80K miles of serious abuse (only needing a new B-header) doesn't mean I wasn't abusing it. Do as you like but anyone who cares about the price of gas is also trying to make his engine last. And I'll be the first to say that regular oil changes probably make a bigger difference than anything else.
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