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Towing Mods ?

Old Aug 10, 2011 | 04:13 AM
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Question Towing Mods ?

Greetings one and all,

The wife and I are going on a cross country trip in about 18 months.

I hope to buy a tent trailer to pull for this and other trips between now and then.

Looking for the groups advice on what moods I can do to my stock Sahara for some extra pulling power. (NO V-8 or RIPP mods) 2010 4dr auto 3:73,stock tires, tow package. Yes it's my daily driver Mall crawler.

Trying to stay under 2800#"s total weight on trailer.


Thanks in advance.

If this is posted in wrong forum Please re-post for me.
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 10:13 AM
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Trailer brakes and a trailer with brakes.
Tranny cooler.

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Although I guess those are 'keep ya goin' and 'keep ya stoppin' abilities but nonetheless important.

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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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I would second the transmission cooler recommendation. I just returned from a 950-mile round trip pulling a trailer. The V6 likes to downshift on the hills so be prepared for that. Use the 'OverDrive off' button to give the rig a bit of help. It shouldn't need many mods unless you get really heavy on the tongue weight.
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Old Aug 10, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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Thanks for the re-plys so far.

Today I just added a trans cooler. Next week going to add Magnaflow exhaust.

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