2014 Ultimate 1 Ton Challenge results

Cummins12V98 wrote:

bobx2 wrote:
"Don't forget they dumbed the test down for GM. Let them all put their best 350/3500 out there and see what happens.
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Not that this has anything to do with my previous post, which was obviously way over the heads of some members here, but how do you figured they "dumbed down" the test? I can only assume you are talking about making them all run the same rear gear? By making all the trucks as close to identical as possible, it makes the testing even more accurate. It was about as close to "apples to apples" as you will ever get for real world testing.
Denial is not just a river. :)

I am not denying any of the results. Maybe how they did a couple. If you are going to see what a one ton dually can do why not test the best they have to offer. I understand why they did what they did but so far no one has commented on how the test would have turned out with them all offering their best performer.

Kind of like when they dumbed down the fire fighters tests they had to pass because of what females can contribute. Maybe not the best comparison but close.

I'll play.

It would have been negligible. Gearing does not make horsepower. Shorter gearing would have kept the big 6 in the power band slightly better but that's about it. And with a 6 speed I do mean slightly.

Would it have made a difference? Yes; but only a few seconds. The difference in fuel economy would have been more than negligible though.

I wish they would have put all 3 on a chassis dyno to see how much power is lost through the drive train. Crank horsepower is meaningless.