- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
I can see that causing loss of boost with a turbo motor. I also suspect that tuning could improve things. @TRD270 says it best. “It only acts funny if you drive it like grandma”I’ll try to be short:
My truck is a Powerstroke. Love the power. Absolutely LOVE the exhaust brake.
HATE the shifting habits and pattern of the 10 speed.
In tow/haul mode it goes through every gear and holds revs longer than I need. I’m also only loaded 1/2 the time. So I don’t use it.
In normal mode it (most of the time) shifts 1,3,5,7,9,10. Most of the time this is ok. But often enough it causes HUGE issues. I’m light footed, so it will shift into 3rd waaaay too early losing all boost and power, leaving me halfway into the street and no ability to get out of the way quickly. On a hill it will shift, give awful sounding turbo chatter, and go nowhere. I have to fully stop and get it to shift back down to 1st. The first time it happened on a hill I thought it blew the motor 😳
If I give more throttle when I start moving, it will go 1,2,3,5,7,9,10. Which I like.. but that’s more speed than I care to have when I start pulling out or tuning with 20,000lbs.
I was told today that the gasser 7.3 acts the same way. Any complaints @Hickey @Greg ?
I’m sure it could be tuned different. But I’m hesitant to do that for warranty reasons.
/complaining rant off.
I only use “Tow/haul” when I want aggressive shifting, which is rare. 93% of the time I’m in “Normal” mode, but again, no boost on my motor.
When towing, I use “normal” or “tow/haul” in “D” when accelerating from a stop, then pull the lever to “M” once I’m halfway up to speed and use the “up/down” button on the shift lever to shift each gear from then on. I do this for better fuel mileage and smoother acceleration and shifting. The transmission is tuned to wait too long to downshift, so it will drop 3-4 gears to maintain a speed, when an earlier shift would do the job with less RPM. I’m sure no one else is anal enough to shift their auto 10speed manually like I do. I’m always interested in learning to use my equipment to it’s fullest potential.
The motor does sound glorious when it drops 3-4 gears, but that fuel gauge is severely affected when that happens.