humbled on the hill
On the weekend I was heading up a nice little hill, in the fast lane, just minding my own business when I noticed this little F150 pulling a Kustom Koach in my sideview mirror. "He looks like he's got...
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45Ricochet wrote:4x4ord wrote:
so I pushed the skinny pedal to the floor to show him what a diesel will do. ;) Well,,,,nothing happened, my truck just stayed right at 2000 rpm and 50 mph and that little F150 blew by me at about 70mph.
So what's wrong with your truck :H Or were you hauling that GN of hay weighing 30K lbs :W
I wouldn't have felt so bad had I been pulling the gooseneck but no, this was just my little RV.
I bet the Allison would have down shifted. That would have boosted the rear axle torque by about 30% brought the rpm up to about 2650 and the engine could have revved to 3150 and 60 mph or so before the torque dropped off again. I guess maybe that's why the Ford doesn't do so well at the king of mountain competitions.
