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mkirsch
Mar 23, 2016Nomad II
Okay, right off the bat, get over this notion that if the engine is running faster than 2000RPM for more than a split second, that it is "struggling," or going to explode.
If you can't get past running the engine faster than 2000RPM, save your money for a diesel. You will never be happy with a gas engine, ever.
That's the problem with 99.9 percent of people. They're used to the engine loping along at 1800-1900 RPMs at highway speeds and any more than that is immediate cause for alarm.
Gas engines need RPMs to make power. Even my big 8.1L doesn't make the real power until 3200RPM. You have to be willing to stomp on the skinny pedal and letting the beast breathe. It doesn't take much power to run around empty. That's why you can lope along at 1800RPM. It takes big power to tow big. That's why you have to run the engine faster.
You're not hurting the engine. It's not going to blow up. Everything is fine. The computers will not allow you to blow the engine up. Everything is still fine. When you get to the top of the hill it will upshift and the RPMs will go back down. Everything is definitely fine. I promise.
If you can't get past running the engine faster than 2000RPM, save your money for a diesel. You will never be happy with a gas engine, ever.
That's the problem with 99.9 percent of people. They're used to the engine loping along at 1800-1900 RPMs at highway speeds and any more than that is immediate cause for alarm.
Gas engines need RPMs to make power. Even my big 8.1L doesn't make the real power until 3200RPM. You have to be willing to stomp on the skinny pedal and letting the beast breathe. It doesn't take much power to run around empty. That's why you can lope along at 1800RPM. It takes big power to tow big. That's why you have to run the engine faster.
You're not hurting the engine. It's not going to blow up. Everything is fine. The computers will not allow you to blow the engine up. Everything is still fine. When you get to the top of the hill it will upshift and the RPMs will go back down. Everything is definitely fine. I promise.
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