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The connecting rods are never pulled. There's no throttle plate, theres no engine braking by vacuum. The engine braking happens when the pistons compress the intake charge, but there's insufficient fuel for a combustion event, so theres no power added to the crank, only lost to pumping.

I take the redline very seriously. I find that keeping the engine around 1800RPM gives adequate engine braking without risk to the engine. I also use the service brakes to maintain speed to ensure the revs don't creep up on me. I live in a mountainous area with lots of "switch backs" and...

Yeah, and right above that it states "Team up brakes and downshifting". The last time it came up I mentioned that I used the engine to help control speed when going down long grades, and was told I was doing it wrong. Thats EXACTLY what is described on pgs 13 & 14.

Funny how that document recommends using the brakes and downshifting when descending a hill, but when the topic came up here, everyone said engine braking was specifically not recommended in the documentation.