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      08-29-2013, 02:44 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Mark M View Post
Hooper, agreed. 6th is a bit high. ~1900 rpm at 75 mph with the loads of torque we have is not ideal. We could easily pull along at 1500 rpm for highway cruising at 75 or 80 mph.

Must be because our trans box was not a specially designed diesel box, didn't it come from the V8 X5?
I thought the trans was from the v8 7 series, remember reading that somewhere. The only difference in gearing for the diesels is a different ratio in the differential.
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