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JR4X said:
Turbo five oh, perfect use case for E. Is it even drive able on pump gas?
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I haven't tried yet, I should probably put an intercooler on it first.
I'm confident if I shut off the boost controller and left it at the 6psi gate it'd be fine though, even with no actual tuning talent
 
arse_sidewards said:
My 94 F150 did that. I’d do it every day because the end of my street was an incline. You’d hear it click and hold. I just assumed every E4OD did it.
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I've never had it happen to me. cant say I specifically remember rolling backwards in drive though. I could test it next time I drag the 250 out.
 
I don't see how it'd even do that since the park pawl is physically attached to the shifter lever

maybe there was something fucked up in yours? Like a sprag clutch was grabbing or something
 
Maybe. It was so perfectly consistent and the truck had always done it so I assumed it was an intentional thing. I never put two and two together about the pawl being on the mechanical lever so yeah I guess it must have been something else.
 
jhama78 said:
Talked to a few people that have and have had 7.3s and everybody always mentions the transmissions but nothing in tremendous detail... What exactly is the quirk? what I have seen in this thread is still a bit inconclusive... so far there are mega downshifts in tow haul and constantly searching for gears. Are there any problems with durability?

Will be looking in a few years to replace my 06 chevy 3500 8.1 6spd Alliison once it nears 200k with another large displacement gasser and have pondered the 6.8 or 7.3 in an F350.
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I have not seen any durability issues with the 10 speed behind the 7.3 yet. I wouldn't say that my trans hunts for gears at all. The only annoying thing I've found is the 3-5 shift when I'm easy on the gas pedal. With no load I bet I only see it use second and 4th gear maybe 8% of the time. I am running 4.30 gears though so it may be different with other ratios. Even towing out west with my heavy load, in 103 degree heat on those steep grades I only saw my trans get to 238 for a minute or two. Around town empty the temp stays right at 205-217 I guess that new ULV fluid is designed to run at that temp. With no trans cooler out front (just the liquid to liquid cooler next to the trans) it really does a good job keeping the temps in line.
 
89yjon said:
I have not seen any durability issues with the 10 speed behind the 7.3 yet. I wouldn't say that my trans hunts for gears at all. The only annoying thing I've found is the 3-5 shift when I'm easy on the gas pedal. With no load I bet I only see it use second and 4th gear maybe 8% of the time. I am running 4.30 gears though so it may be different with other ratios. Even towing out west with my heavy load, in 103 degree heat on those steep grades I only saw my trans get to 238 for a minute or two. Around town empty the temp stays right at 205-217 I guess that new ULV fluid is designed to run at that temp. With no trans cooler out front (just the liquid to liquid cooler next to the trans) it really does a good job keeping the temps in line.
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saw mine hit 219 on saturday and it made me nervous. But that darned thing is rarely under 200
 
rockota said:
saw mine hit 219 on saturday and it made me nervous. But that darned thing is rarely under 200
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219 is perfectly fine for our trans. They hold 18.2 qts of fluid and according to Alldata the normal operating temp is 195-215 degrees
 
The trans temp needle has no direct connection to trans temp unless you change it to show the actual degree instead of a gauge sweep.

Biggest gripe with the trans is very hard shifting when cold randomly and it wants to get to 8-9-10 as soon as possible. You’ll be going 50 in 10th and 1k rpm lugging the hell out of the engine in my opinion.
 
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Pocahontas said:
The trans temp needle has direct connection to trans temp unless you change it to show the actual degree instead of a gauge sweep.
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Elaborate. If you use forescan to configure the gauge to show a number (over the gauge) it no longer has a connection to the trans?

:confused:
 
Sounds like we all have different 10 speed shift programming.

The 10 speed 150 I had would shift from 10th to 7th with CC set on 80 in a single shift if I breathed on the gas pedal. But then would shift back 7-8 8-9 9-10. And right back to 7th if MAP changed.

This 10 speed 250 stays in 10th all the time on the highway and actually has the balls to maintain its desired speed.
 
rockota said:
Elaborate. If you use forescan to configure the gauge to show a number (over the gauge) it no longer has a connection to the trans?

:confused:
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Should have been “no correlation.” Talk to text is not my friend. I’ve never seen the needle move once it gets up to operating temperature. It’s always on the low side of medium from when it’s sub 200° to above 200°. Even towing a 12k trailer through the mountains it didn’t seem to move at all.
 
Pocahontas said:
Should have been “no correlation.” Talk to text is not my friend. I’ve never seen the needle move once it gets up to operating temperature. It’s always on the low side of medium from when it’s sub 200° to above 200°. Even towing a 12k trailer through the mountains it didn’t seem to move at all.
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I have forscan and it shows the temp over the gauge. I don't know why ford didn't do that from the start...
 
89yjon said:
I have forscan and it shows the temp over the gauge. I don't know why ford didn't do that from the start...
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Mine allowed me to change from sweep to an actual number on engine and trans temp by selecting it on the "menu" screen. No Forscan or anything, just customer preference stuff.
23 model for reference.
 
gunracer1 said:
Over 40 gross on this one. It was way too much with no trailer brakes. Slow ass ride to the house knowing I may have to ditch it. Probably 28-30 gross up and over raton pass. Power is fine, just have to let it eat. And it’s just a tow rig, I keep others for dding.
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Holy shit Batman :lmao:
 
JTreadway said:
Mine allowed me to change from sweep to an actual number on engine and trans temp by selecting it on the "menu" screen. No Forscan or anything, just customer preference stuff.
23 model for reference.
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Yup, my '22 is the same way. I do wish I was able to get it to show an actual oil pressure and temp.
 
Ummduh said:



Take it for what it's worth, I've only watched the vidja and have no direct experience
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Off topic, but am I the only one who thinks banks is annoying as fuck?

Watches videos of guys with 2000hp diesels and talks shit:homer: he just seems so arrogant to the point that I don't know if what he does is genius or retarded. :laughing:
 
Having worked for a top name (at the time) diesel tuner it was pretty scary how the tunes were made, tested etc.

We'd haul round bails on a 40' gooseneck and live tune...
Cylinder pressure monitoring wasn't a affordable thing, all the electronic gizmos hadn't been built yet. By the end ('07) he had built some really awesome monitors and gauge set ups to be able to monitor more parameters and actually know some of the stuff Gale talks about, air density etc.

If you can get over the click bait ($) he has a lot of good shit to tell.
 
He just seems to be so caught up in numbers in a lab vs what actually works in the real world.

Does he hold any records anymore? He touts that any black smoke at all is a complete waste, yet all the fastest diesels blow some smoke. Just makes me wonder.

I did a bit on the duramax engine he built for a monster truck that was pretty cool.
 
YotaAtieToo said:
He just seems to be so caught up in numbers in a lab vs what actually works in the real world.

Does he hold any records anymore? He touts that any black smoke at all is a complete waste, yet all the fastest diesels blow some smoke. Just makes me wonder.

I did a bit on the duramax engine he built for a monster truck that was pretty cool.
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I don’t care for the way he talks down on all of his competitors. He might have some good knowledge, good ideas, good products. He talks like all the worst business people I know. He leads with disparaging comments and name dropping to the point I can’t listen to his videos.

Dude has some accolades, trophies of real accomplishments. That should be his legacy but instead his focus is on who and what they are doing wrong.
 
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