Traded the Tahoe in on an Ecoboost
What a difference. The Tahoe was more for fuel economy than towing. All of about 12.5 mpg It had the 4.8 with 3.23 gears. And a second gear that seemed about 8000 rpm. The F-150 3.5L Ecoboost is ...
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Arcamper wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Congrats on your new truck! Turbo engines tow nicely!
Be aware that your gauges are software smoothed. What you see is not what you get.
This is true, they show normal right up until they peg hot. Had a manual trans temp gauge on my Ford and it could be all over the place but the dash gauge never moved.
My F150 had a screen on the dash that showed transmission temperature as a number in addition to the gauge on the cluster. The cluster gauge is definitely software smoothed, but the number gauge did show the true temp. It was the only thing on the screen, but if you thumb through the displays, you'll find it. I used to watch it like a hawk, but the highest I ever saw was 207 pulling my toy hauler over US 26 at Mt Hood. I had the regular (non-max) tow version with 3.31 gears.
