2014 Ram 3500 vs Ike Gauntlet

FishOnOne wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
It's quite simple really; they don't need to. With a 6 speed there is more than enough gears to keep the Dmax in it's torque band.

For the billionth time: Gears don't make power, just torque, and torque don't get you up the hill faster, it just gets you up the hill.

If you want to get up the hill faster than the other guy you need to make HP and lots of it.

Ford had WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY more torque than Chevy in the last test. They only had a few more horses than Chevy but they were either playing fast and loose with the figures or their tranny ate a ton of power; one or the other. Couple that with a junk turbo and you will end up being first place looser. :B

It's funny how people say they don't want anymore horsepower but crow who won the latest shootout. :R

Fords turbo can't push enough air at high altitude to make equivalent power do to the smaller diameter turbo hence the reason for the 36mm unit. :B

Hence the reason for the: "Couple that with a junk turbo and you will end up being first place looser. :B"

No worries Troy. Maybe Ford will get it right the second time round. Errr, third time. This is now the 3rd gen turbo for the 6.7! :p