30,000 lbs behind the Ram
Clicky The Rams time was almost exactly what I expected out of a 385 hp engine. Using the same formula the 440 HP Powerstroke should have made the run in 10.5 minutes.
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Greene728 wrote:
An interesting test to me would be which one of the big 3 could do it repeatedly before a mechanical problem of some sort. Time doesn't mean shoot to me! Notice the tractor trailers they pass on every test video just chugging along doing their thing day in and day out. Not a single one of em has a Powerstroke or Duramax under the hood either I'll bet. Wonder what kind of engine most of em do have doing all that work every day logging millions of miles??? Hmmm???
Carry on......
None of the highway tractors have engines tuned to produce 60 hp per liter.
This test is really identical to putting the trucks on a dino. The thing that I find interesting is that Ram and GM usually perform as you would expect, based on their advertised HP. Ford on the other hand does not. Either the high altitude is negatively affecting the Powerstroke or it is not a 440 Hp engine.
