Why do you Cummins guys want more gears
I’ve heard a number of Cummins fans saying they are waiting for an 8 or 10 speed transmission before getting a new truck. Why? Does the Cummins struggle to get your trailer moving from a stop? Or are ...
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4x4ord wrote:Groover wrote:
Whenever the transmission upshifts to 4th or 5th gears I lose nearly a third of my RPM and a lot of my acceleration or hill climbing. I would dearly love to have another gear in that range as well as a lower first gear so things would get moving a little more quickly while waiting for the turbo to wind up.
So yeah, I would love to have 8 to 10 gears to choose from.
What you are experiencing is the lack of torque rise in your current engine.
No, Groover is right. He's experiencing lack of gears.
