Changing from 3.73 to 4.10 gears
Hello all, After towing our new Reflection 320MKS from Eastern Iowa to Estes Park Colorado and back, I need more power for the hills. I have a 2015 F-250 with the 6.2 Liter engine. I have 3.73 years...
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time2roll wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Repeat after me: GEARS DO NOT INCREASE POWER! One more time: GEARS DO NOT INCREASE POWER!
However the lower gear does effectively reduce the spacing between transmission gears and the operator can more easily keep the RPM in the correct power zone AND THIS MAKES MORE POWER.
time2roll has it right, the amount of performance increase will vary depending on the power curve of the engine and the number of gears.
I know this ain't racing (I need to say this to head off those comments), but any racer, whether drag or road racing, knows the best performance is had by selecting the gear that runs the engine to the maximum in top gear. This way the engine can be better kept in the power band at all times.
