2020 Ford Transit AWD

[Highlander]

Is there any long-term updates about the AWD Transit?

Love? hate?

 

[Highlander]

Somebody at Ford might have been reading this thread.

It is official: 2023 Ford Transit Trail

Transit Trail (fordupfits.com)

 

[Herbie]

Has anyone figured out what would be the lowest diff gears you could put in in order compensate for a low gear (4L)?
The factory one is 4.10, but this only works with the 3.5L vans. I wonder if you could put 4.30 or even lower one?

Before you go super deep into trying to find all the super-short gearsets, you may want to run the numbers with the transmission ratios. It is my recollection (though I don't have a chart in front of me), that with the 10-speed transmission, that super-short 1st gear makes for a crawl ratio actually shorter than the Sprinters with the 2-speed transfer case in 4-Low. (Because the Sprinter's 1st is quite a bit taller.)

IOW, you may not NEED to go crazy on the final drive ratio, unless you're doing crazy amounts of bodywork/lift to fit REALLY tall tires.

 

[Joey G]

Somebody at Ford might have been reading this thread.

It is official: 2023 Ford Transit Trail

Transit Trail (fordupfits.com)

We've been discussing it a bit here:

This could be a game changer for some, Ford Transit Trail coming to the US

Just saw this news, despite it being out for a while I guess, and certainly in Europe. Ford Transit Trail model now coming to the US. Stock with two additional inches of lift with a few other more off road goodies thrown in. Two inches, plus probably two more from aftermarket companies could...

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