Engine braking: To do or not?

Posted by Thorby on Dec 10, 2012; 12:20am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Engine-braking-To-do-or-not-tp4033337.html

Should engine braking be applied often through regular (non-hilly) commuting to save brake pads?  Or is this detrimental to engine or tranny?  Let's state up front that by engine breaking, I mean slowly releasing the clutch at the proper gear for the current speed, and NOT skidding the rear tire through a fast release of the clutch at, say,  1st gear at 45 mph.  As far as gas mileage, I have been doing some engine braking and getting 40 mpg.

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