towing with a silverado 6 speed
Was wondering if any one tows in 4th gear with 3.73 gears and if so is gas mileage better or worse. This is with a gas engine.
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TomG2 wrote:
That is where I run. I could use 5th gear part of the time, but it would also downshift to 4th quite often. Gas mileage is almost exactly the same and I don't have to feel/hear it shifting. The engine feels good cruising at 2,800 rpm. I am assuming you have a gasoline fueled engine. Big difference, as we will hear from those with diesels and eco boosts.
I have a gas engine, and was thinking along the same lines as you. in 4th gear the engine runs freely where in 5th running at the lower rpm you seem to be lugging the engine.
