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Old 12-04-2009, 09:19 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by minytrker View Post
My old th400 would pretty much go into N when you left off the gas. I could let out at 7000rpm and it would go straight to idle. I know it wasnt really N but it acted like it.
The engine would go to idle due to internal one way sprags freewheeling while coasting. By leaving your TH400 in gear after the trap, there was still a connection to the input shaft internally that prevented the high speed spin-up of other parts inside.
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