VX Towing

[tom4bren]

"did anyone else notice that?"

Never noticed anything while backing up ('cept can't see). Then again, my driveway is flat so haven't tried backing up hill.

[bigkoala1]

i noticed in a earlier post you (tom4bren) said you tow with the power button on.. do you leave it on while you are backing. or does it make a difference?

[tom4bren]

I don't think that the power button will make any difference when you are backing up. Someone - Anyone - please correct me if I'm wrong here but: the power button only sets the transmission to downshift easier, I don't think that it actually sets anything different on the engine. It could (through the magic of the computer) advance the timing or set the fuel injection to run richer or something of that nature but I don't think it does.

Some pix of the rig.

[tom4bren]

I put higher res pix in the gallery.

[Chopper]

all it does is affect shift points...almost redline at W.O.T. / like 3200 at %50 throttle. Didn't know it affected downshifts....but then, I've never not had the button down.

[tom4bren]

I guess the net effect is to make downshift easier since the shift points are set differently. All I know is that when pulling a steep hill with the button off, I had to floor it to get it to downshift. With the button on, much less accelerator pressure to downshift. Of course I could have manually downshifted but didn't think of that at the time.