What am I doing
Hi everyone my first post. I have a 2002 Chevy 2500HD 3/4 ton 4.10 gears that pulls our 4,000lb (fully loaded) 18' expandable trailer like a dream. On all but the steepest grades I'm able to keep arou...
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Grit dog wrote:
Problem is, no matter how high you wind up a gasser, you still only get 400ft lbs, give or take, regardless of who makes it, what year it is and what gearing is in the rear end.
I just wanted to point out that contrary to Ford's advertising, torque is not power. It's also not engine torque but rear wheel torque along with the rate it is delivered (wheel rpm) that determines how fast you go up a hill. So higher rpm and lower gearing is exactly why a gas engine can have HP near that of a diesel with only a certain amount of torque.
RPM and torque are 100% interchangeable when talking about power production, assuming you can get past the high RPM being a problem.
Note that in the real world this doesn't translate to an equivalent towing experience since gas engines run similar low RPM's when cruising under lighter loads. This means a downshift or 2 is required whenever the demand goes up versus pouring more fuel into a diesel to increase the torque at the same RPM. If you left your gas truck in 2nd gear all the time it would pull really strong but you couldn't carry enough gas along. :)
