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trooper Tdiesel · 04-01-2012, 08:28 PM

the closer i am to max torque rpms. 2,200 the more i can back-out of the go peddle.

but being a old school diesel with turbo, my boost falls on its face under 2,200 rpms and im quickly at 100% peddle and loosing speed.

so in my case, down shifting and holding rpms at 2,300/2,500 is best.

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