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FishOnOne
Nomad
May 04, 2016

Second Gen 3.5 EcoBoost and 10 Speed Transmission

Same horse power and torque is up to 450ft/lbs. Also a duel fuel system and a servo controlled waste gate. This engine appears to raise the bar on pulling performance and fuel economy could raise ...
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hone_eagle
Explorer
May 11, 2016
hemismith wrote:
mtofell1 wrote:
At some point does the high number of gears in a tranny become an annoyance due to gear hunting? I've heard a few complaints on the Ram 8spd for this. I'm currently in a 6sp which, when I was a kid, was 3 more gears than the best tranny :) 10 just seems ridiculous.

That's what I was thinking. I wonder if they'll skip gears under light load.


Skipping/ starting in a higher gear would not be surprising ,my 12 speed starts in third (load sensing) then 5.7.10 .12.

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