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Originally Posted by 07rcsb5.7
yea mine is about 2000rpm at 70 checked the other day
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Yeah this doesn't make sense to me, in the past the whole reason behind a 6th gear would be turning low rpm's on highway to get better mpg. 5th gear should be the towing gear on the highway I would think.
Also any news on a computer update for shift points? Mine seems like the transmission shifts and gears that it runs in are too tall at low speed putting too much of a load on the truck causing excessive fuel consumption at least that's what I figure. It's like you are at 30 mph and want to go faster the tranny doesn't shift it stays in the taller gear and you can feel the load on the engine which in turn is going to cause excess fuel consumption. Now the tranny will shift if you put your foot in it and maybe this is what I should do?
Almost feels like being too easy on the pedal may actually cause worse mileage because it doesn't use the gears if you ease up in speed, instead it stays in the same gear.