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ACZL
Explorer
Dec 10, 2015

Did I miss something, 385 HP for 2016 Ram diesel?

Watched the video someone posted about the Tacoma towing and then went to another link/video done by same shop where they tested the new 2016 Ram 3500 dually towing a backhoe. It was said during the ...
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donn0128
Explorer II
Dec 10, 2015
Torque is generally rated at a much lower RPM, in the case of Cummins that means around 1800 RPM. HP is rated much higher on the RPM scale. Againin the case of Cummins that is around 3500RPM.
HP does not move loads torque does.
Just look at any class 8 truck. HP way less than 500,torque above 1100 is the norm.

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