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Subject:Re: Engine braking with a turbo...
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:29:10 +1200

As a matter of fact diesels have far MORE engine-braking on the overrun
than gas engines, and are well-known for this. Adding a supercharger of
any kind to a diesel does not affect the engine-braking.

My own turbodiesel Corolla (and a bunch of other diesel cars I've
owned)attest to this.

As a 4-stroke gas engine is to a 2-stroke gas engine, so a 4-stroke diesel
is to a 4-stroke gas engine.

The Isuzu truck I rented recently had an exhaust brake; this was
sufficient to slow it a bit downhill, but not by much.