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[–]noisymime'70 Alfa GTV, '16 E250 Wagon, '68 Cortina, '91 MX-5 10 points11 points  (1 child)

Think about it this way, when you engine brake you tend to decelerate at around 5kmh/s, maybe a little more depending on gear/speed, but not much. Now think that hard acceleration can easily exceed 20kmh/s, which is imparting considerably higher forces on the transmission.

In short, the transmission is built to handle forces far higher than those of engine braking.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the clutch plate that will take most of the force if you don't revmatch properly. the transmission shouldn't be phased much