Shift! **** You Shift!
I have a 2013 Ford F150 5L V8 Long box extended cab 4x4. I was towing a 1999 Rockwood Ultralight 24' travel trailer. The thing doesn't even weigh 3000 lbs. There was this magical speed where on the...
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ShinerBock wrote:swimmer_spe wrote:
I know how to lock 6th out. I just want to use 6th. It sounds like I shouldn't. ****!
The thing is, we are taking within 5km/hr difference. I would rather go 5km/hr slower and save fuel.
If you want that then an 3.5L Ecoboost engine would have been a better option. Its greater low rpm torque/horsepower allows it to hold higher gears than the 5.0L which needs to downshift to be at the higher rpms where it makes power. That is just one of the drawbacks of a N/A engine versus a turbocharged one.
And when the turbo breaks, I would need a new engine.
