T-brakes can someone school me on them
08-21-2007, 05:05 PM
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T-brakes can someone school me on them Looking into getting a 4l80 built and the cost of a t-brake is 800ish ..so my question is when is a brake needed what are the pros/cons of one....over foot brake
08-21-2007, 06:03 PM
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with a brake you can hold the rpms at a deterimined rpm under the flash of the converter and it will not move wth a foot brake the car will lunge forward and try to powerbrake at certian stall speeds with a brake this will eliminate that it also allows for more stored energy. It works by locking the trans in 1st and reverse at the same time it is impossible to turn 2 gears ay once and it is an equal force so it really doesnt do any damage to the trans as long as you keep the rpms below the flash point
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so your still limited by the stall speed of the Torque Converter? Someone explained it to me as it damn near acts like a clutch, and you can run a more street friendly stall and run the transbrake when its time to play, seems im wrong 
08-21-2007, 06:34 PM
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wel yes you can actually achieve the stall with a brake you will not be able to achieve the full stall with a foot brake becuase it will try to spin the tires...say for instance you have a 4000 stall foot braking you may be able to get 3500 or so before it tries to move the car with a trans brake you can get closer to 4000
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Originally Posted by One Bad Z
and they only work with a reverse manual valve body correct
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think of it as doing a 5k rpm side step with a manual transmission. with brake it would be similar. cant sit on the brake button for very long, builds up alot of heat.
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Originally Posted by One Bad Z
think of it as doing a 5k rpm side step with a manual transmission. with brake it would be similar. cant sit on the brake button for very long, builds up alot of heat.
