This area is rolling hills. We drive that highway weekly and i would say i see a car on fire at least once a month at scotsman hill which is decent grade and takes out a lot of vehicles. being i own a grand cherokee with the same engine and a trailer about half that size and more aerodynamic...
Great to see you on here Dan, loved your books (working through 2nd one now). Your first one really hit home for me. Engineer working in Calgary who loves to travel. I wish I had the balls to do what you did at a younger age before having kids. Good for you for being able to keep this up...
Not sure I would call NB Northern Canada ;). It is North of the center of the universe (Toronto) but I would say to be called Northern Canada you need to be North of Edmonton at least. hahaha. To our American, friends, it's all the North Pole so maybe you're not wrong.
On a more relevant note...
gears won't help you either if you're already at the optimal gear ratio. unless you are talking about gaining MPG without re calibrating your speedo, then you can get a fake mpg boost because it shows you have driven more miles than you actually have. the bed cap could give you a small gain...
As someone who has tuned their own vehicle and done tons of mods (not on a pentastar), the bolt on additions (intake, exhaust, etc) have minimal to no impact without calibrating the fuel mapping. In some cases it can make it worse because the extra air flow that in theory sounds great, skews...
I think this is what is missing in most threads where people dispute power. Elevation makes a huge difference. In Calgary we are at 3,500ft and you get into the mountains and things get a bit dicey. It's not like Colorado where you're getting to 10,000ft on a road but 5,000ft mountain passes...
maybe if your trailer is fish tailing, then the increased tension from the outside chain would prevent it from going as far but otherwise I would agree that it doesn't do much in the conventional sense of sway control unless you have the friction brake add on. All that being said, with the...
just be careful with those pulley wheels. i had similar ones with claims they were capable of hoisting 500lbs used for a winch powered bike lift i made. maybe they are with some kind of thick rope like cable but with steel winch cable, they failed within a year of use and it turns out they are...
i really hope they sort this sooner rather than later. rain is one problem but imagine snow melting on the roof in the winter on a sunny day, then freezing because it pools in the channels and then causes damage.
another thing i thought of is that with the diesel the limiting factor is air flow through the grille. being your engine is working harder at lower speed, the reduction in cooling capacity is probably even worse than 25%? not sure if air flow vs cooling is a linear relationship or not but that...
In theory, at least 25% reduction in towing capacity based on 25% increase in diameter plus whatever whatever shift from not in peak power. Drivability while towing probably not great either. I personally would not do it without a re-gear and depending on how high your lift is, might be rough...
that's a really washy way of reporting it. that's like saying the time between operators is negligible, which it's not. it's almost like saying UPS can take a package from Alaska to South Africa in under an hour which is the amount of time someone is physically holding the box. lol. Anyways...
is it just me or does anyone else feel less informed by reading that article? I swear there was no relevant information whatsoever in that article that you couldn't have already known from a gas review of the JT.
Just caught the difference here, didn’t notice your 6% grade comment. I’m gonna guess buddy in Denver is in the same boat as I am in Calgary where you get 12%+ sections in the Rockies.
it's combination of both. if you have one without the other, you're probably ok. I mean i have towed my trailer about 12,000km in the past year and still doing it so it's not the end of the world. Just annoying to listen to and I think a matter of time before something gives.