No power climbing a hill from dead stop
Current Situation I have a 98 HR Imperial 40' motorhome with a Cummins mechanical 6CTA8.3 @ 325hp. My problem is no power on a hill from a dead stop. --I live in Tennessee in the hills, and do to ...
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havasu wrote:
Have you done a stall test on the transmission?
How many revs does it give you?
I was thinking of this, too. Stall speed is like 900rpm? A drag racer might have a stall speed of 5k to get max HP at launch. The RV is much lower in order to prevent overheating the fluid.
So at 900 rpm you aren't going to build much boost anyway, even with a new gasket.
You simply need to figure out a way to keep some momentum, like keep some speed, or change your drive way.
