v10 torque vrs diesel

427435 wrote:

jmtandem wrote:

This discussion always reminds me of the specifications for the M1A1 Abrams tank. 135,000 lbs, top speed of 60 mph, able to climb 45% slopes! And all with 270 ft lbs of torque!

Granted there have been some varants of the Abrams tank but here are the numbers. It has a Honeywell 1500 shaft horsepower multi fuel turbine engine that equates to 24.5 hp per ton, develops 2750 foot pounds of torque, mated to an Allison six speed trans. It has a governor that will not let it go faster than 45 mph on pavement and the tank is not driven much faster than 35 on pavement and 25 on dirt. It gets 1.67 gallons per mile. Engine start up burns 10 gallons. Cost new is just over eight million per copy. It has a crew of four. What does this have to do with a diesel or gas motorhome?

Those numbers have to be for the output of the gear box behind the turbine engine------------not the output of the turbine engine shaft itself.