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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Grit dog wrote: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.
Lack of gears vs lack of torque rise... the consequence at the rear wheels is identical.
