Ricky B
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- Joined
- Mar 20, 2005
- Location
- LKN - Tha Dirty Mo (Mooresville, NC)
Got a couple questions, all towing related (kinda), ill number em, feel free to respond to whichever one you want or all, but if you dont mind number your repsonses to the corresponding question so it seems somewhat clear, thanks.
1. Ok so i can no longer even use overdrive hardly on the interstate in the Z71 empty not even towing anything, I think its due to two things: i went from a 10 bolt to a 14 bolt (extra weight) and I went from 315/75R16's to 36x12.50's (offsets the gearing more)
I have 4.88's and used to be able to set cruise control at 65/70mph and go no issues, now if i hit any type of incline it downshifts all the time and my interstate gas milage is sucking even worse than b4.
Now this leads me to my question which is kinda a fundamental towing question, pretty much i just need more power right? This would allow the engine to push the tires with less gear from the tranny right? So basically to tow you need more power?
2. Ok next question, to tow and get any kinda gas milage are you pretty much stuck getting a manual? I just hate DD'ing manuals it gets super annoying, I like automatics, but everyone says you cant tow in overdrive which automaticaly kills your hopes at gas milage while towing if your stuck runnin real high rpm's down the road which seems kinda odd to me that they even make tow rigs with the high priced deisels and whatnot that you cant even use when towing?
3. towing dilemmas and fix's - im sure you all know about the trailer "wag" that can happen if you don't have enough toung wieght or your hubs are about to fall off (ask me how i know that last one) I have had it happen thou randomly once not too long ago while i was driving and hit a real rough spot in the interstate, i know for dang sure i had enough tongue weight and my hubs were good, but it was bad and I almost lost it is the proper way to recover from the wag to accelarate kinda like you do to recover from bad death wobble?
4. Another question more chevy related: Does anyone else seem to notice how 4l60e's seem to have 5 gears? Like as im driving i clearly feel it shift/drop rpm's 4 times, almost like overdrive has two gears? I kinda just brushed it off until recently someone else mentioned the same thing to me with there chevy truck and i was like well im not totaly crazy?
5. I have a set of vortec heads but im pretty sure the tbi would say if i try to run them on the Z71, is there really any logical way to get more power out of a tbi motor (other than the obvious intake/exhaust which i already have) that the tbi can handle or is it pretty much do anything to the motor and expect to pay to have your feul injection reprogrammed? (which im not gonna do)
6. I can run 65/70/75mph unloaded on the interstate fine, however when im towing and i go over 65 at all i get bad vibrations, whats up with that?
7. Does someone want to buy me a realtowrig so i dont have to worry about all this stupid crap with the Z71 that feels like its going to blow up and die any second now? Plus the damn rear main seal takes a dump wherever I park
1. Ok so i can no longer even use overdrive hardly on the interstate in the Z71 empty not even towing anything, I think its due to two things: i went from a 10 bolt to a 14 bolt (extra weight) and I went from 315/75R16's to 36x12.50's (offsets the gearing more)
I have 4.88's and used to be able to set cruise control at 65/70mph and go no issues, now if i hit any type of incline it downshifts all the time and my interstate gas milage is sucking even worse than b4.
Now this leads me to my question which is kinda a fundamental towing question, pretty much i just need more power right? This would allow the engine to push the tires with less gear from the tranny right? So basically to tow you need more power?
2. Ok next question, to tow and get any kinda gas milage are you pretty much stuck getting a manual? I just hate DD'ing manuals it gets super annoying, I like automatics, but everyone says you cant tow in overdrive which automaticaly kills your hopes at gas milage while towing if your stuck runnin real high rpm's down the road which seems kinda odd to me that they even make tow rigs with the high priced deisels and whatnot that you cant even use when towing?
3. towing dilemmas and fix's - im sure you all know about the trailer "wag" that can happen if you don't have enough toung wieght or your hubs are about to fall off (ask me how i know that last one) I have had it happen thou randomly once not too long ago while i was driving and hit a real rough spot in the interstate, i know for dang sure i had enough tongue weight and my hubs were good, but it was bad and I almost lost it is the proper way to recover from the wag to accelarate kinda like you do to recover from bad death wobble?
4. Another question more chevy related: Does anyone else seem to notice how 4l60e's seem to have 5 gears? Like as im driving i clearly feel it shift/drop rpm's 4 times, almost like overdrive has two gears? I kinda just brushed it off until recently someone else mentioned the same thing to me with there chevy truck and i was like well im not totaly crazy?
5. I have a set of vortec heads but im pretty sure the tbi would say if i try to run them on the Z71, is there really any logical way to get more power out of a tbi motor (other than the obvious intake/exhaust which i already have) that the tbi can handle or is it pretty much do anything to the motor and expect to pay to have your feul injection reprogrammed? (which im not gonna do)
6. I can run 65/70/75mph unloaded on the interstate fine, however when im towing and i go over 65 at all i get bad vibrations, whats up with that?
7. Does someone want to buy me a realtowrig so i dont have to worry about all this stupid crap with the Z71 that feels like its going to blow up and die any second now? Plus the damn rear main seal takes a dump wherever I park