4,000 - 4,200 RPM?
I have a 2004 Chevrolet 2500HD with the 6.0 and 4.10 rear with about 80,000 miles on it. This is what I use to pull my 8,000# travel trailer. I have kept it well-maintained and it still seems to wor...
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Sport45 wrote:nomad297 wrote:
My tach goes to above 5,000 with no red line. Does this mean I am safe taking it all of the way up there?
Bruce
Go ahead and punch it. The rev limiting will be handled by the computer. As mentioned it will run all day long at 4 - 4.2k. Just watch the temperature. As long as it's not climbing any faster than the gas gauge is dropping you'll be okay. :)
I think my fear of high RPMs goes back to 1980 when I was messing around with a 90cc Yamaha motorcycle. Showing off, I was cranking the throttle up and down, getting higher and higher on the RPMs, when it finally went "BANG". It blew the spark plug out of the head into oblivion. I never did fix that bike.
Bruce
