Gjac wrote:
Bruce Brown wrote:
wildtoad wrote:
Of course the net of all this is that if you are going to buy most any 2016 gas motorhome you are going to get the new engine and transmission. I just bought a 2016 Newmar and it runs just fine. I have read some posts about the downshift with some saying it works well, others say not. Have not been a situation yet to know.
I wonder how much of that is in the operations side. I know on my Super Duty diesel (same transmission, I believe) if you do nothing it doesn't hold much back, if you tap the brake once to let it know you want it hold back it does a wonderful job of doing so.
You are also correct on if you buy a gasser today thats what you're going to get - Ford is the only one left in the gasser game as far as I know.
Gooding. R wrote:
The HP takes it down the road and the torque climbs the hills without changing gears. The latter is the most important. You can move an RV with a 10 HP motor but it has no power without the torque.
Exactly. HP is good for bragging rights, torque is what gets the job done.
Do you think you would really notice 3 more ft-lbs of torque?
No, I don't - and thats the point. IMO the doom and gloom of the reduced HP number is being blown out of proportion.
In the normal V10 operating range this new version is rated virtually identical to the old version, and by reading the reports from actual owners is doing a great job while paired to the new transmission.
Sure we all like big HP numbers, but the reality is torque is what gets the job done. Seeing as this engine has slightly MORE torque and at slightly LESS RPMs makes me think it should be just fine - and that seems to be the case.
I think if I were in the market I may actually prefer the new version over the old one. I know I'd sure be trying them both if I could.
