Is Ram Ditching Aisin Tranmissions

FishOnOne wrote:

ScottG wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

ScottG wrote:
They better danged well be considering some kind of upgrade to more gears or the market is going to pass them by.

While I agree that they need to update and get more gears, they did do better than the GM on the Ike.

It's not pulling hills that the extra gears help, it's cruising unloaded on the freeway where the extra gears result in lower RPM's.

Here's a hot shot driver sharing his experience with a new Ford 10 speed and it's benefits with pulling a load over three major passes and strong fuel economy performance.

Link

Very cool link, thanks for sharing. I drive that section of road towing a lot in the summer, 3-4 times a year. On the mpg, one thing to remember if 3 forks, where he started, is like 4,500 feet, and post falls is closer to 2,000 feet, so a net downhill. Also that load was not very wind resistant. That being said, for a 16,000 or so pound load, that's impressive. Weird on the tranny in cruise. I also felt it was hunting for gears a lot. I'll be curious to see how my Denali does this summer on the same stretch.