[Matthew_Armeni]

It kicks in pretty quick, and once it engages you're not really losing anymore power, but I understand what you are saying. Also that unloaded spin up I believe will lower the amp spikes, plus your motor doesn't have to brake so that should save some power. I plan on doing a comparison with eagle tree records sometime this month, direct drive/motor brake vs clutch vs direct drive mech brakes. I know there are benefits to each but I'm really interested in some hard data. Hopefully I'll be able to get together with riceman and do this at Palomar Raceway.