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Grit_dog
Jun 05, 2021Navigator III
A 500hp gasser still won’t pull as well as a new diesel. It’ll pull like a really strong gasser.
Short story. And it even involves pulling the Ike with trailers! Lol. Before them other goofballs became YouTube stars doing it...
Buddy had a TRD supercharged Tundra. It was suppose to be 500hp or 550 something. I forget.
We had a LB7 duramax, stock, set on 120hp tune.
Both trucks otherwise stock.
400/700 beats 500/500 all day long up a hill.
We both matted the skinny pedals on the steep stretch. Him with 2500lb flatbed trailer. Me with 3500lb enclosed.
I walked away from him like walking away from a chick with herpes.
Empty, that TuRD would scoot! It was fast. Especially compared to the current crop of 300 and something HP trucks at the time.
That said a brand new factory 600hp + blown big block HD truck sounds pretty awesome!
I wouldn’t even waste the R&D to sell 500hp versions.
Short story. And it even involves pulling the Ike with trailers! Lol. Before them other goofballs became YouTube stars doing it...
Buddy had a TRD supercharged Tundra. It was suppose to be 500hp or 550 something. I forget.
We had a LB7 duramax, stock, set on 120hp tune.
Both trucks otherwise stock.
400/700 beats 500/500 all day long up a hill.
We both matted the skinny pedals on the steep stretch. Him with 2500lb flatbed trailer. Me with 3500lb enclosed.
I walked away from him like walking away from a chick with herpes.
Empty, that TuRD would scoot! It was fast. Especially compared to the current crop of 300 and something HP trucks at the time.
That said a brand new factory 600hp + blown big block HD truck sounds pretty awesome!
I wouldn’t even waste the R&D to sell 500hp versions.
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