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Originally Posted by SilveradoMike
On hill climbing. Should I be staying in high gear or down shifting to compensate? Ie 55 mph on flat ground is about 1800rpm in 5th gear at ~15% throttle input. On a hill of decent grade or distance maintaining same throttle input speed falls off and rpm to below 1000rpm pretty quick. Should I down shift or add more throttle? Im slightly confused on this.
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Here's a thread on climbing hills: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ear-23957.html
You will need to experiment and find out what works best for your truck. Ultragauge / Scangauge is your friend when doing this.
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