just a little more power
Hi all, We have an 2015, F350, 6.2,srw, crew cab, 4x4. We tow a Flagstaff 2020 529RLKS, uvw 9631 lbs. We live in California, so just about anywhere you go, you go over a hill, mountain. I would like ...
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valhalla360 wrote:parker.rowe wrote:
The main benefit is not that it puts you at a different rpm closer to the torque peak...it is that you increase the torque multiplication in every gear.
So assuming you aren't regularly in 1st gear and struggling, explain what benefit that provides over simply dropping down one gear.
Is it somehow unmanly to downshift?
The benefit really is keeping the engine up in the peak torque range with higher RPM because HP = Torque * RPM and HP determines how fast you can climb a hill.
Unfortunately it doesnt work as simply as dropping down a gear. maybe with the new 8 and 10 speeds that may work, but with the 4 and 6 speeds dropping a gear can change where the rpm is. on my V-10 4 speed combo running in 3rd at a comfortable cruising rpm put me at 73mph. after going to 4.30 I could either cruise in 3rd at 67 at the same rpm or use OD and drop some more RPM.
It is far more than "just dropping a gear".
