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Originally Posted by freebeard
So if my initial speed is low(er) how do I coast farther?
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The other way around--you will coast farther, so to get back to coasting the same distance you have to start coasting at a lower speed.
You coast further because there is less friction with the transmission out of gear. No compression braking, just tire-to-road, wheel bearing, and transmission internal friction. Which is a lot smaller than the friction from compression braking.
Make sense?
Oh, and on an old carbureted car, I would not want to turn the engine off while coasting. I'd be concerned that it might not re-start gracefully, and it might use quite a lot of fuel when it does.
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