exhaust brakes

One in the club had one, but didnt like it.. he wouldnt expand on WHY he didnt like it, but that was 18mths ago.

IMHO if they were any good, more would use them. But for $1100 that they advertise in 4b mags is a bit rich.. For $1100 you would go rockhoppers and you would be miles infront. + a Lockup kit from Wholesale Automatics in Bayswater Vic. Our club mag editor has this exact setup with the hoppers and lockup kit, he goes slower downhill than the manuals now.

A friend of mine has one on his isuzu diesel landie. Bought all the bits from a truck wrecker for not much (I think about $100). He fitted it himself by cutting and welding it into the exhaust system. There is a solenoid to activate it.
The exhaust then partly fell apart from the increased pressure, it needs to be in good condition.
He now only uses it for offroading where as he would use it all the time before.

Its probably not as good as crawler gears as he now wants to add an underdrive to the transfer case as well.

HTH

John D

A mate put one on his 45 series ute with a 2H turbo motor. Although he only uses his when towing his drag car. Never takes it off road at all.

as a semi driver ...I'll tell you now ,it wont give the performance you want. In semi's and large trucks the exhaust brake only really gives decent performance over 1500 revs {on a 12 ltr motor}whic is 50 percent of the rev range.Exhaust brakes dont work at idle.

shadow

How are you rob and family.

I remember that that place in the photo.
Did walshey tell you about the week end away.
I think he is keen.

All the best
Eric

We have used the exhaust brake on a Isuzu light trucks off road & found on slippery hills or snow the wheels tend to break traction up at times. Had better control just by using the brakes. With the increased back preasure we also had a few issues with leaking exhaust manifolds. Craig...........