40 mph uphill? Other Armada or Titan TVs?
I’ve been trolling this site for a year. There’s so much info I that haven’t needed to ask a question until now! Tv: 2006 Armada LE 5.6L DOHC V8 with factory tow package. Tow rating 9000lbs. 305...
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OK Thanks guys for all the encouraging feedback. The concensous is "rev it up". I know in my head a DOHC engine can handle the higher rpms. My other V8s have been pushrod LS1 and LS2 engines with torque down low.
Somehow my blood pressure seems to be linked to that tachometer when I get up past 4000!
And, I resist flooring the throttle. I DO have it in tow mode, but just shift manually before it does) But seriously, on those climbs I have to drop down into 2nd, get up to 5000 (redline starts at 6000), just to climb from 40mph back up to 50. Then I upshift back to 4th and 4000rpm, and it slows back down to 40. And this happens on the first hill, way before I've reached 7000ft.
I did check into turbos. What the heck, I put power adders on my Camaro (Cam, exhaust etc) why not this stock SUV??? Anyway Australia makes one for Armada/Titan but doesnt sell it abroad.
Thanks again, I'll try and chill at higher RPMs.
ps
A word about tow mode: Once I was cruising along in Drive at 60mph, on a long straight gentle rise. I looked down and the trans temp was nearly pegged. I down shifted manually and the temp dropped right down. So in tow mode by itself, evidently, I was cooking the torque converter.
Somehow my blood pressure seems to be linked to that tachometer when I get up past 4000!
And, I resist flooring the throttle. I DO have it in tow mode, but just shift manually before it does) But seriously, on those climbs I have to drop down into 2nd, get up to 5000 (redline starts at 6000), just to climb from 40mph back up to 50. Then I upshift back to 4th and 4000rpm, and it slows back down to 40. And this happens on the first hill, way before I've reached 7000ft.
I did check into turbos. What the heck, I put power adders on my Camaro (Cam, exhaust etc) why not this stock SUV??? Anyway Australia makes one for Armada/Titan but doesnt sell it abroad.
Thanks again, I'll try and chill at higher RPMs.
ps
A word about tow mode: Once I was cruising along in Drive at 60mph, on a long straight gentle rise. I looked down and the trans temp was nearly pegged. I down shifted manually and the temp dropped right down. So in tow mode by itself, evidently, I was cooking the torque converter.
