Downshifting fix for hills
I have a 2013 35 foot gas Fleetwood Bounder with a V10 Ford engine. While in cruise control, even a small hill or overpass will cause the trany to downshift to a lower gear, causing the engine to rev...
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The guys at Ford programmed the cruise control to do its best. If your previous rig was a Ford 460 or the equivalent Chevy, you might be disturbed by the high RPM of the V-10. Don't panic - it's a modern engine design that is intended to run at much higher RPM than you're accustomed to
Whatever RPM the engine runs at is what the designers intended. Don't sweat it. The V-10 is good for about 8000 rpm on over-run going downhill without doing any damage. A good friend of mine was involved in the design of that engine and he'd been working with racing motorcycle engines that had peak torque at 12,000 rpm and peak power at 18,000. I think the V-10 is as bullet proof as any engine out there.
Whatever RPM the engine runs at is what the designers intended. Don't sweat it. The V-10 is good for about 8000 rpm on over-run going downhill without doing any damage. A good friend of mine was involved in the design of that engine and he'd been working with racing motorcycle engines that had peak torque at 12,000 rpm and peak power at 18,000. I think the V-10 is as bullet proof as any engine out there.
