The Best Half Ton Towing Truck - Ike Gauntlet

ShinerBock wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
If any clutches slip under high power, they will be toast in a short time.

True, and as I stated above this kind of slippage will not happen any time soon, but it will eventually happen. However, the slippage during constant shifts(which happens a lot when towing) and other things I stated above will cause the fluid temps to rise and decrease clutch life.

According to the comments section in the article I linked, the solenoids usually give up before the friction surfaces.

A normally aspirated engine with a narrow torque curve can be expected to do more shifting than a boosted engine with a fat torque curve. The transmission temperature probably has more to do with the engines than the transmissions.