Puttin' the stroker to the test

10% grade at highway speeds... meh. You need some 20mph corners on that grade to make it really fun oke:

Sounds like your trans needs some help... Mine used to heat up on hard pulls like that even when I knew the TC was locked up. Doing all of my tugger kit made a HUGE difference! My truck wants to do a wheelie now when it shifts with the cabover on and the rockcrawler in tow

My trans used to shift too soon too. All I did was install an updated TC and finish my tugger kit (front pump stuff, coast clutch and overdrive snaprings). Now, it's a completely different truck!!! I'd almost wager a bet the damn thing picked up a second in the 1/4. My first test drive, all I could say was "holy $%@!#*^ [email protected]*!"

Deerezilla said:

Shure joey I'll be right over. You can say all you want if you pulled a trailer every day you would not have a auto. If your only pulling a trailer for fun then it's diferent. I can't stand to wait for it to down shift or up shift even if it's for a second. The part I hate the most is taking off from a stop with a auto I HATE that with a trailer. When I let the clutch out i'm moveing not I hope the converter will get presure and get me moveing. It's only for a second or less but I can't stand that.

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an important message from the clue police, you are posting in the wrong thread.

please report to this one http://www.powerstrokenation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1425

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69W900A said:

How much power? Like sex, money and rock'n roll you can't have too much. The truck has at least 3000ft/lbs at the tires (all the dyno was good for) and it's not enough, it slowed down once...............with 279,000 lbs of crane hooked to it on a 18% grade, but who's counting?

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txpsdcrwchf said:

i dont think any auto could keep up with nor help slow down a trailer as quickly and efficiently as a good driver with a manual transmission.......

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think or know? you ever driven a psd with a built auto or one with just a tugger kit?

I'll bet you a $100 and back it up with video that my truck will compression brake ANYTIME I put it into a lower gear than required for the speed. Hell I'll even load up my cabover camper, and tow my rockcrawler up and down some hills to prove it.

my paypal is [email protected]... feel free to send the money now, cause you will loose this one :flipa:

Oh and for the record, I would actually rather have a 6spd in my tow rig. However I could not find the truck I wanted with one, so I settled for what I could find. After doing the trans mods I've done, I'm pretty damn satisfied. It's a night & day difference and I ain't got no more money it than a good clutch for the ZF. My point is don't knock it untill you've tried it and yes, I've towed with a 6spd psd.

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txpsdcrwchf said:

why spend all that extra money making an auto do what a 6spd will do stock??

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turn the power up on yours and get back to us on how that *stock* clutch is doing :hehe: