Performance upgrade options for V10
I have a 2006 Kodiak 22' B+ with the 6.8L V10. It really feels like a dog climbing mountain passes, continually downshifting and jumping RPM's to keep up. 6% grades really affect it. Are there an...
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Jopops wrote:
The 6.8L V10 is meant to rev. It behaves more like a Honda than a typical burbling V8.
Let it do its thing. On a little 22' that engine is overkill; let it spin.
We just today completed an RV trip in our 24 footer that including going over the High Sierras and several mountain passes in Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. We like to cruise at 58-60 MPH and we did all the time - with the V10 purring away many times, and for many minutes - at 3000-3500 RPM or at 4500-4800 RPM. On long uphill pulls we kept up with, or passed, all diesel pusher Class A's, and of course passed all big rigs.
Something is wrong if the OP can't do this in their small Class C with the two-valve V10 in it. :h
P.S. There may be some chassis difference between the OP's setup and ours accounting for this. Our small Class C is on the E450 chassis - which may have more pulling power than an E350 due to differences in their rear differential ratios.
