F150 ecoboost towing
Just got back from our first trip with new truck/trailer combo. I am impressed. The truck was very comfortable to drive, got good gas mileage, felt comfortable towing, had little sway, and had power t...
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ShinerBock wrote:
Take my 6.7L Cummins for example. Power wise, it will pull 7k up a hill in 6th gear at 1500 rpm doing 70 mph all day long. However, this low rpm and high boost situation causes my EGTs to sky rocket on lomg hills so I drop it down to 5th to around 2000 rpm to keep the EGTs down.
Do you force the shift manually or does the transmission kick down automatically with the EGT gets too high? I've yet to tow anything with my Cummins so I'm curious. Is EGT one of the parameters you can monitor in the EVIC?
