What is the steepest grade you've climbed?
Our family was headed up to Bucks Lake in Northern California for a week of camping. I used to go to the 4H camp when my parents ran the camp so I was looking forward to seeing some old memories. I've...
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Be careful with all those chips and "upgrades"
They will give you good take-off at green light, but they are not design for long use.
Years ago I was following one of those 7.3 PS on WB I-80 going from Truckee, what is long and pretty steep grade.
There was a guy in front of me pulling pretty big TT and he was going pretty fast, as I with F250 and lighter load had trouble to keep up behind.
Suddenly the truck made smoke puff and start going like 20 mph slower, while visibly smoking. He did not stop for few miles as long as I could see it in my rear view mirror, so my conclusion was that the guy pushed chipped engine till the point when something gave.
Couple of minutes of better performance is not worth the worry IMHO.
They will give you good take-off at green light, but they are not design for long use.
Years ago I was following one of those 7.3 PS on WB I-80 going from Truckee, what is long and pretty steep grade.
There was a guy in front of me pulling pretty big TT and he was going pretty fast, as I with F250 and lighter load had trouble to keep up behind.
Suddenly the truck made smoke puff and start going like 20 mph slower, while visibly smoking. He did not stop for few miles as long as I could see it in my rear view mirror, so my conclusion was that the guy pushed chipped engine till the point when something gave.
Couple of minutes of better performance is not worth the worry IMHO.
