Sport Mode

[PocketRocket]

Is there any harm running in sport mode all the the time (Not on the Highway).I can’t deal with the 10 speed tranny always 2 gears ahead.When applying the gas it feels and sounds horrible until it kicks back down a few gears.

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[Gsxrdoug]

shouldn't be, that's why its there. Just worse gas mileage.

 

[Trigganometry]

In all honesty they should have offered paddle shifters in XLT thru Lariat. Manually shifting is a pain all by itself. I found leaving it in drive and locking out the gears I don’t want it shifting to seems to lessen the workload of being in the right gear for the driving circumstances

 

[Rp930]

Or get a tune.

 

[PocketRocket]

In all honesty they should have offered paddle shifters in XLT thru Lariat. Manually shifting is a pain all by itself. I found leaving it in drive and locking out the gears I don’t want it shifting to seems to lessen the workload of being in the right gear for the driving circumstances

How do you lock out the gears you don’t want ?

 

[PocketRocket]

Or get a tune.

Do they have a plug and play tune ? Or have to go to a speed and have them tune it ?

 

[Msfitoy]

Is there any harm running in sport mode all the the time (Not on the Highway).I can’t deal with the 10 speed tranny always 2 gears ahead.When applying the gas it feels and sounds horrible until it kicks back down a few gears.

80,000 miles 99% in S mode...you'll be fine...

 

[Jedadiah]

How do you lock out the gears you don’t want ?

When in "D" push the minus button on the shifter and it will drop gears out.

 

[Rp930]

Do they have a plug and play tune ? Or have to go to a speed and have them tune it ?

https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-9603-REB

 

[Porpoise Hork]

If you have factory towing just enable that. It is not as aggressive as S mode but does hold the gears longer than in D.

 

[PocketRocket]

Thank you everyone for the feedback I appreciate it ??

 

[RANGER_MARC]

Is there any harm running in sport mode all the the time (Not on the Highway).I can’t deal with the 10 speed tranny always 2 gears ahead.When applying the gas it feels and sounds horrible until it kicks back down a few gears.

I can't speak to the long-term impact, but early on I was running in Sport all the time, including the highway, for months on end with no issues--except low mileage. After I got the Ford Performance tune, Drive improved so much that I mostly use that now, saving Sport for winding mountain roads etc.

 

[Delirious]

https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-9603-REB

Its $185 cheaper at Levittown Ford
https://www.levittownfordparts.com/part-ymm/2021-ford-ranger-power-pack.html

 

[Kodiacnb]

When in "D" push the minus button on the shifter and it will drop gears out.

Learn something new here everyday... didn't know that.

 

[KnightWolf]

I'll usually leave it in sport mode while in town & flip into D once I'm at highway speeds.

In all honesty they should have offered paddle shifters in XLT thru Lariat. Manually shifting is a pain all by itself. I found leaving it in drive and locking out the gears I don’t want it shifting to seems to lessen the workload of being in the right gear for the driving circumstances

I would have loved flappy paddle shifters, but they'd need to activate manual mode and not just progressive shift. At least they could have done what most manufactures do is have the shifter move to the right to activate manual shift and tap it forward/back.

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