Kevin Means
Site Team
KRK,
I live in the San Diego area and regularly climb 6% grades to the east and north at elevations of up to about 4500 feet, and I've climbed similar grades in Montana and Idaho. I've never felt the engine was underpowered.
I'm probably a little lighter than some who have posted here, because I don't tow anything and I'm usually just going camping for a few days, but I have no problem going 50 mph up any of the grades I mentioned. I could go faster, because my foot isn't on the floor, but I'm not in a hurry and I try to keep the RPMs at or below 4200 (although I firmly believe the engine would easily sustain significantly higher RPMs without any problems).
My sparkplugs are original and I've never had any problems with them (about 26000 miles on the coach).
My overall opinion of the Ford V-10 is that it's a good RV engine.
Kev
I live in the San Diego area and regularly climb 6% grades to the east and north at elevations of up to about 4500 feet, and I've climbed similar grades in Montana and Idaho. I've never felt the engine was underpowered.
I'm probably a little lighter than some who have posted here, because I don't tow anything and I'm usually just going camping for a few days, but I have no problem going 50 mph up any of the grades I mentioned. I could go faster, because my foot isn't on the floor, but I'm not in a hurry and I try to keep the RPMs at or below 4200 (although I firmly believe the engine would easily sustain significantly higher RPMs without any problems).
My sparkplugs are original and I've never had any problems with them (about 26000 miles on the coach).
My overall opinion of the Ford V-10 is that it's a good RV engine.
Kev