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unclecameron 11-09-2008 01:24 AM

long uphill which gear to avoid overheat?
 
I was climbing a 5 mile mountain road in 4x4 today and the heat started to creep up over time, so I backed off a bit and it was fine. Question is generally should you be in a lower gear revving higher or in a higher gear lugging in these conditions? We were getting into snow country, so ambient temp's weren't high at all.

aircruiser 11-09-2008 02:26 AM

lower gear. going up hill i usually wait until about 3,500-4k to shift and try to keep it about 2k rpms when in a higher gear.


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