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The US Gear exhaust brake mounts in your exhaust pipe, a head of the muffler, it is electronically controlled. |
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What is a Diesel Exhaust Brake?
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The US Gear exhaust brake mounts in your exhaust pipe, a head of the muffler, it is electronically controlled. |
Diesel or Gas
Diesel engines vehicles are the vehicles of choice for persons towing large loads. The power to pull a load, sometimes two to three times the gross vehicle weight (GVW) of the vehicle, plus the fuel mileage delivered by diesel engines with such loads, is significantly greater than that possible in similar size gasoline engines.
However, in mountainous of hilly regions or any place where significant grades in roads are found, gasoline engines vehicles hauling loads have and advantage in stopping power over diesel engine vehicles. This advantage is inherent in the design of the gasoline engine, as the gasoline engine is designed with a carburetor or injection system that includes a throttle valve often referred to as a butterfly. When the accelerator, or throttle, is not engaged, as when braking, the butterfly closes off the air intake of the engine forming a compressor effect that assists the vehicle in braking.
This is not possible in diesel engines because they have no throttle butterfly. When the accelerator of the diesel engine is released, no compression is developed and the brakes of the vehicle are giving the entire task of stopping the vehicle. Lightly loaded or on flat land, the brakes are usually adequate on their own, but in hard braking situations generally the brakes are over-exerted and wear out sooner or dangerously overheat.
Until now! D-Celerator
The D-Celerator exhaust brake was designed for the sole purpose of curing the problem of diesel braking, While the job it does is quite simple, the way it does it is very sophisticated. And although the D-Celerator is installed as an assembly, it is the individual components and how they work together that makes it unique.
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