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?
you'll certainly notice the much better gearing of the 6 speed, I think in the end it will perform on part or slightly better than the 2015 and older models. I would not be concerned one it.
