Unexpected boost?

[Outkast78]

The other day I dropped off a friend who lives at the bottom of a really steep hill that is nice smooth asphalt and almost 1/4 mile long. So I turned of the overdrive off and put it in 2nd gear, I didn't romp on it but I took off with a good amount of pedal and was still in 1st gear when all of a sudden without pressing any harder on the gas my RPMs jumped to over 3 grand and I was pushed into the seat as the beast ripped up the hill and finally shifted into 2nd gear. Is there some kinda load kick down sensor or something I don't know about on this V10? I have yet to try it again and see if it happens again, maybe tonight.

 

[MagSport]

You probably started off in second gear and it kicked down to first. That and at Wot these trucks go into open loop and basically try to dump as much gas as possible while still running, so you could've seen a boost there as well.

 

[Magnum5.9]

Only explanation: its a Dodge

 

[Yeret]

Ya know, I noticed my truck seems to do the same thing. If I'm heavy on the gas accelerating up to highway speed, the engine seems to gain a spike in power past 2,500 RPMs. I know she ain't downshifting since I can clearly feel that with my shift kit and all. It just feels like the engine gains a bunch of extra power.

I wish the engine ran like that all the time, LOL.