Hey guys, have a 2017 with 68 tranny... it’s my baby, but not my daily driver. Has 15k miles on her. Since it sits Monday thru Friday, I typically take it out on sat night or sun morning. After engine/tranny is fully warmed up, I try to make her work a bit unloaded. Typically from a stop, I start normal, then once tranny hits second, I lean/roll into throttle pretty quickly to WOT. I let off throttle before tranny hits 3rd so it’s not shifting/banging into 3rd at WOT.
Is this a bad idea ? Is there a better gear to do this in? Is there something I should do or shouldn’t do to be minimally detrimental to my truck? Or should I avoid WOT at all costs ?
I have heard from some that releasing throttle quickly at high boost and high revs, especially before tranny is about to shift to 3rd is a bad thing. I heard I should roll out of throttle is much better for it. Some say it’s just if you quickly dethrottle then qucklu go WOT immediately after that is what’s harmful (I don’t do this FYI)
Any tips on how I can have a little hot rod fun around town without reducing the life of my truck is appreciated. Essentially I’m looking for some tips on mechanical sympathy.
Truck has 35’s on it with 3” Thuren lift btw. Bone stock otherwise. Use rotella T6 and change oil every 6k miles.
thanks for the help guys.
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