Worth the switch to 4.30s?
in the coming months we will be purchasing a TT that will be just a hair under 9,000 lbs. loaded. My Excursion has 3.73 gears, which I'm told are not ideal for the V-10's power band. Is it worth makin...
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Hemling wrote:
I always thought that towing in OD was discouraged because the converter would unlock but the trans. would stay in OD, causing a great deal of heat as opposed to running in 1:1 ratio, where the input/output shaft would be going the same speed so even if the converter unlocked it wouldn't fry the trans. Or is that not a thing anymore? Should I just shut up and put in in OD?
That was the thinking years ago when O/D came out. since then they are much stronger and can withstand the use of being used while towing.
My 97 Mercury Grand Marquis goes into lock up in 2nd gear. I hate it because it pulls the RPM`s down to early. I have a tuner from 5star for it with a custom tune and it is night and day better.
