Hill Climbing
Just want to run this by some of you, at the present time when I climb a (Hill or Mountain) I let the Allison do the changing or down shift as needed, if it don't down shift at 1400 RPM I will down sh...
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WILDEBILL308 wrote:
Lots of interesting replies. I find it interesting that no one mentioned EGT temps when climbing hills. You can have dangersly high EGT temps long before your water temp goes up.
Bill
Bill,
Unless one has modified the engine (chip in newer, larger injectors/ moved plate in older) the engine manufacturer has limited fueling to avoid dangerously high EGT's.
Said another way, EGT's on a stock engine would be "interesting" to watch, but would not reach dangerous limits. Exception would be running below peak torque RPM at high throttle positions.
