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Share the road: What’s the engine brake’s purpose, and how do you use it?
Overdrive is starting a series of questions about truck equipment and the first is all about engine brakes. Call us today and learn more here on Overdrive.
March 2, 2020
Business
Updated Jake Brake on tap for 2020s
The new High Power Density engine brake will offer twice the braking power as the current Jake Brake and will provide improved engine braking capabilities at a lower rpm range.
September 28, 2017
Business
High Power Density engine brake
The High Power Density engine braking technology provides large displacement retarding power in small and medium displacement engines. It consists of two braking rocker arms and two collapsible bridges per cylinder, which enables a second braking event to occur during each engine cycle, by deactivating the main intake and exhaust events via the collapsible bridges […]
May 23, 2011
Business
Burt, Sally and a W900A
Trucking came to the foreground in the classic “Smokey and the Bandit,” and real truckers played no small part in racing their rigs; and the engine brake of today is developed.
January 4, 2011
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