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camperfamily
Feb 28, 2014Explorer
Having had a 7.3 and grossing ~17500 I'd do the mod to use the EBPV again. Night and day when you turn it "on". Even with it there were some grades that required heavy brake application. Short, thankfully, but some with slopes in excess of 15%. Going up was 1st heat @2800 RPM.
IMHO you won't regret the small investment for the addition.
DP Tuner used to offer a tune for activating the brake. But there are other (cheaper) ways. I recall on that worked with the cruise switches to activate. I don't recall particulars or name though.
IMHO you won't regret the small investment for the addition.
DP Tuner used to offer a tune for activating the brake. But there are other (cheaper) ways. I recall on that worked with the cruise switches to activate. I don't recall particulars or name though.
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