outwestbound
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I'm in the market for a Winnebago or Itasca 2006-2007 View/Navion 23J, which is T1N 2.7L 5 cylinder, that I'll outfit for a 12 month trip to South America. In South America, the big trucks wear out the ruts leaving a higher than typical crown in most dirt roads and there are many thousands of miles of dirt roads to cross.
South America has a LOT of steep mountain climbing at high altitude (10-15k), so I'm concerned about the T1N's weak tranny. I will not be over, but will be at GVWR (10,200) the entire trip, which will put about 18,000 miles on the vehicle. I elected not to go with a 2" lift kit because of money and ride characteristics. Hence, I plan to have a stock suspension height and 16" tires. I plan to install a heavy duty aluminum transmission cooler and, at this time, plan to utilize the stock oil cooler.
I'm concerned about loosing ground clearance and I don't know if this 4" deep pan would be the lowest point. I just don't have the experience to know what's best here. Surely, busting the pan in a remote location (which is everywhere) down there would be painful.
Do you think the deeper pan, with a gauge, makes sense?
Thanks
South America has a LOT of steep mountain climbing at high altitude (10-15k), so I'm concerned about the T1N's weak tranny. I will not be over, but will be at GVWR (10,200) the entire trip, which will put about 18,000 miles on the vehicle. I elected not to go with a 2" lift kit because of money and ride characteristics. Hence, I plan to have a stock suspension height and 16" tires. I plan to install a heavy duty aluminum transmission cooler and, at this time, plan to utilize the stock oil cooler.
I'm concerned about loosing ground clearance and I don't know if this 4" deep pan would be the lowest point. I just don't have the experience to know what's best here. Surely, busting the pan in a remote location (which is everywhere) down there would be painful.
Do you think the deeper pan, with a gauge, makes sense?
Thanks