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Old 05-31-2010, 12:01 AM   #27 (permalink)
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when I come off the dirt road I live on, I generally have to climb a roughly 5% grade that lasts nearly a mile. It's a conundrum for sure. Do I accelerate gently and never make it to 4th gear or do i hurry up and get into 4th before the hill gets too terribly steep? Once I get to 45 or so I can hold 4th, but the whole time I'm accelerating I'm climbing for the most part. I alway balanced jackrabbit with granny and chocked up the extra fuel spent on getting the tranny up to temp so that the torque convertor can lock in sooner.
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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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