What's the truth?The amount of misinformation in this thread is shocking...
What's the truth?
HP is a result of torque.
Id like to know that too, he’s incorrect on this comment.
If you build a slower spinning motor with a lower rpm torque curve it does not need to spin faster to hold it's speed on hills. Every diesel I have had ran hotter at higher engine speeds and when boost pressures were high. It is at these higher temperatures that the diesels puke out more greenhouse gases and that is why next to no urea is used when unloaded. They can run cool combustion temperatures with just exhaust gas recirculation. The 8's tend to have less torque down low.
no he's not. HP is a derived figure, there is no device that measures HP directly. the formula is HP= torque * RPM/5252. The torque is measured using a prony brake or dynamometer.
Your forgetting about electronics!! Rated HP and torque can be changed independently.
I had a detroit with 1650 torque, and 430hp.
It made 470hp on the cruise and the same torque, and that was in 2003.
The 2010 ram was 350hp and 650 ftlbs of torque, when the 2011 HO came out it was still 350hp and 800ft/lbs
Your forgetting about electronics!! Rated HP and torque can be changed independently.
I had a detroit with 1650 torque, and 430hp.
It made 470hp on the cruise and the same torque, and that was in 2003.
The 2010 ram was 350hp and 650 ftlbs of torque, when the 2011 HO came out it was still 350hp and 800ft/lbs
Same as our beloved sport of power tobogganing and the argument of whose sleigh is better, Ford dodge and a chev are all top shelf overpriced units. Every manufacturer has its own issues, and it'll always be that way. The big 3 will never be able to please the entire crowd. Simple as that.
I dream of the the day that you can custom spec your new pickup like ordering a new semi. It would be pretty sweet if you could pick your own Cab & chassis then decide which engine and trans also.
Id personally take a new F350, stuff a new Cummins under the hood with an Allison behind it and giver!
Yeah you don’t often see a Ram truck with a Durmax or Powerstroke under it but you will see guys stick a Cummins in anything.