Ford F53 and V-10 Engine
What kind of experience have you had with mountains and the Ford V-10 F53 setup? Thinking of a new MH with this under it.
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Swamp Man wrote:
What kind of experience have you had with mountains and the Ford V-10 F53 setup? Thinking of a new MH with this under it.
I think you'll be more than happy with the current generation F53 chassis. We had a 2001 Adventurer on the F53 chassis and put on over 100,000 miles with very few problems. It went to Alaska in 2007 and up the Canadian Maritime provences in 2009.
The Alaska trip included a visit to Skagway which has a 12% grade for 12 miles. Going down we put it in a lower gear and coasted the entire 12 miles using the brakes sparingly. Comming back up we drove the Jeep seperatly just to avoid working the engine and transmission too hard. It climbed the hill at a steady 35 mph without any problem.
Our 2013 Adventurer has the 362 hp 3 valve version with the tow/haul transmission (5R110). While we only have a few thousand miles on the odometer it runs circles around the 2001. We plan to leave for a couple months in Alaska next week. If all goes according to plan we'll have as much fun this time as we did last time.
