Some musings on future power trains
As an owner of a 32ft DP with a Cummins 6.7 diesel and two F150 pickup trucks with 3.5 Ecoboost engines I have long felt that the Ecoboost outperforms the Cummins used in this application, is quieter ...
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I remember when started turbo-charging diesels the old-timers swore turbo would not last when power was needed for extended time.
I had friends that bought KW at same time. Both geared same, both Cummins. 1 was a 335, the other 350. Most times performance wise, could not tell them apart. Twice the 2 of them tried to run KC to Denver with my 'buzzin dozen. Both times the 335, that did not have the intercooler, melted pistons. Proved to me the turbo was not the weak link.
Don't know if gas would act the same.
I had friends that bought KW at same time. Both geared same, both Cummins. 1 was a 335, the other 350. Most times performance wise, could not tell them apart. Twice the 2 of them tried to run KC to Denver with my 'buzzin dozen. Both times the 335, that did not have the intercooler, melted pistons. Proved to me the turbo was not the weak link.
Don't know if gas would act the same.
