v10 torque vrs diesel
Hello folks I have been looking for a used class A leaning towards a diesel as I plan on towing a Jeep and travel west coast, rockies Evidentially I am told that the newer V10 fords have very s...
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It's funny how these Gas V. Diesel threads NEVER seem to end...LOL...
It truly is akin to Hensley or not, chevy V ford V dodge, fridge on or off while driving, etc, etc, etc...LOL
I've driven a 2 valve V10 pulling a 9000# TT (i.e. 17,000#'s combined) all over and I mean ALL over this beautiful country...didn't find any hill that I couldn't climb...did I slow down...sure...did I expect to...sure...
I now drive a 30,000#+++ 4000# toad Class-A with a diesel...in the few trips we've taken since getting it...the 6 speed Allison transmission sure is nice to have...if I had a 6 speed tranny behind my 2V V10...I'm sure that experience would have been easier on me as a driver...driving the 2V V10 loaded to 17,000#'s took driver control and attention to the road and the upcoming road/hills...
Thus far I've found I can simply set the cruise on the coach and the trans has yet to downshift out of 6th...on the SAME roads my V10 would downshift out of 4th...I KNOW that when we head to real hills...I'll use more gears on the coach...but comparing same roads to same roads...the Cat and Ally combo handles them much easier even though were more than twice the overall weight (coach and toad)...HP wise...my 2V V10 had 325HP...my Cat has 350HP...
Joe.
It truly is akin to Hensley or not, chevy V ford V dodge, fridge on or off while driving, etc, etc, etc...LOL
I've driven a 2 valve V10 pulling a 9000# TT (i.e. 17,000#'s combined) all over and I mean ALL over this beautiful country...didn't find any hill that I couldn't climb...did I slow down...sure...did I expect to...sure...
I now drive a 30,000#+++ 4000# toad Class-A with a diesel...in the few trips we've taken since getting it...the 6 speed Allison transmission sure is nice to have...if I had a 6 speed tranny behind my 2V V10...I'm sure that experience would have been easier on me as a driver...driving the 2V V10 loaded to 17,000#'s took driver control and attention to the road and the upcoming road/hills...
Thus far I've found I can simply set the cruise on the coach and the trans has yet to downshift out of 6th...on the SAME roads my V10 would downshift out of 4th...I KNOW that when we head to real hills...I'll use more gears on the coach...but comparing same roads to same roads...the Cat and Ally combo handles them much easier even though were more than twice the overall weight (coach and toad)...HP wise...my 2V V10 had 325HP...my Cat has 350HP...
Joe.
