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Old 12-05-2008, 07:43 PM   #3 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by Ford Man View Post
Higher gear lower vacuum and lower rpm seems to work better for me. This should be best as long as you're not lugging the engine.
Cool. I can do fifth for part of the trip, but then there's a lot of upshifting and downshifting. Fourth seems to be the sweet spot as far as RPM vs. power, but I didn't know if third would be better in that regard.
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