Exhuast Brake?, Anyone install one of these?
| emcvay |
 Feb 1 2018, 12:09 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 5-April 17 From: Washington Member No.: 9,497 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Arctic Fox Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: Ford F350 Crew cab long box 6.4l 4x4 Type of Tiedowns used: Torklift Truck and Camper Setup: 2010 F350 PS CC LB SRW with AF990  |
https://www.dieselpowerproducts.com/p-8700-...owerstroke.aspx
I've been doing some research and am thinking of installing one of these in my 2010 F350 6.4l SD Anyone do this? |
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| SidecarFlip |
Feb 11 2018, 04:54 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 472 Joined: 15-October 16 Member No.: 9,221 Favorite Truck Camper(s): Forest River Palomino SS Type and Brand of Truck(s) Owned: 1997 Ford F350 4x4 LB SRW CC 7.3 diesel Type of Tiedowns used: HappyJac standard Truck and Camper Setup: 1997 Ford F350 4 door 4x4 Crew Cab 7.3 Diesel, Lance 915 loaded, 2015 Palomino SS1500 Loaded |
Actually, truck drivers (I'm a retired one) all call them Jake Brakes but in reality they aren't. 'Jake Brake' is a registered trade name for the Jacobs Manufacturing Exhaust brake. They don't all work the same either. Jake style brakes work by holding the exhaust valve open, allowing the engine to act like an air compressor. Some brakes act on exhaust flow, by closing off the exhaust and creating back pressure (BD works like that).
There are also retarders that work on the torque converter of an automatic trans by hydraulic action and even others that use electromagnets in a differential to provide retarding. I have a BD on my 7.3 that closes off the exhaust gases and creates back pressure in the engine to slow the truck, much like a 4 stroke gas motor retards when you let off the gas and the throttle plate is closed. |
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emcvay Exhuast Brake? Feb 1 2018, 12:09 AM
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