Tue, December 1st, 2009, 12:44 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Posts: 22
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Originally Posted by JackandJanet
And, Ford's torque control is going to get in the way if you go too high. Bill posted about this somewhere a long time back and I can't really think of a good "search string" to find it. Maybe if you search on all posts by "Power Hungry" and "gears" you may get lucky?
At any rate, if you put the gearing too high. the PCM won't see the need for power and will limit what you can get (at least that is what I understand). 
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I think this may be what you're thinking about
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Originally Posted by Power Hungry
What many folks forget is that the PCM operates on a load-based strategy. The higher the load, the more power it will allow the engine to make. This is why 4.88 geared trucks often fall short in performance when compared to 4.10 or 3.73 geared counterparts.
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