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Current Speed Limits - How Does It Handle


donaldcon

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Mine gives you whip lash when it shifts to 2nd.

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wildbill23c

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Wonder if they adjusted the transmission to keep it from exploding again. Love the bronco 2, not too sure about this stupid transmission, sorry I'd rather have the old 3 speed transmission back, at least I knew it would work properly, at least in my 84 Ranger it did, and it pulled a 14' travel trailer all over the country from 1984 until 1989, and never had an issue, just normal services.
 

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I drove my current truck from 1996-2005 with as a 2wd 2.9/5sp/3.73 gears &235/75-15 tires and it was entirely happy at higher speeds. even on 65mph speed limit roads.

I drove the truck back and forth up and down the length of I-476 more times than I care to count, the 2,9 was entirely happy anywhere from 2600-3500rpm for any length of time
I ever tried it....

150,000 miles with several different 2.9 engines in this specific truck:
Because of the way the early Speed-density engine management works fuel consumption
is more related to throttle position than engine rpm, so my method was get the engine spinning by using WOT for as short a time as necessary, then upshift and use as light a foot as possible.

Also somewhere in there Around 2003-2004 I switched to 4.10 gears and achieved my best mileage ever

In the summer of 2007 I converted to 4x4 and switched to a 4.0.

And my observation of the 4.0 engine is that it sucks gas like it has a bullet hole in the tank above 2600rpm

Highway stability requires good shocks and sway-bars.

For shocks I run Bilsteins

I've also gone full urethane on my suspension bushings.

My ride isn't "user friendly", but the truck is utterly predictable...
 
donaldcon

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They 83 cruising 70 no issue.


My bii is as described above me. Predictable but not user friendly. I run no sway bars and stock f150 shocks with eb axles, a 4.0 5speed, 4.88 gears and 35s. I'm cranking around 3500rpm at 70 getting 10mpg in it

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wildbill23c

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0
Total Drop
0
Tire Size
215/70-R14
My credo
19K, 19D, 92Y, 88M, 91F....OIF-III (2004-2005)
Thanks everyone. So it sounds to me like it will be just fine as it is. I guess I was just used to the 84 B2 with the manual transmission being a bit more snappy on takeoff.
 
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