Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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Hannibal wrote:dfranks wrote:Hannibal wrote:
Absolutely! The Hemi runs 4200rpm 60mph in 2nd gear multiplying torque X 1.67 up the grades. The Cummins with all it's torque is rpm limited to 3k~rpm. That's too bad.
Is that, 60 mph towing? Or empty. Honestly, my 05 Hemi wouldnt get to 4200rpm towing my 9k trailer(in 2nd) up a 6-8% grade. It just didn't have the torque. God help me if I had to slow down for a corner pulling a grade like that.
You know what I'm talking about.
Heading east out of Revelstoke, just before Rogers pass for example.
That one will show you the pucker factor going up or down...
Of course it's 60mph towing. I'm not aware of any 8% grades on interstate highways around the southeast. On state roads where the grades can be higher, yes it slowed us down to a crawl. With both the Cummins and the Hemi. The Hemi still towed faster with 100 more horsepower.
Uhhm yeah, maybe. But, up here in the mountains, non interstate , 2 lane only hwys with twisty roads 6% grades. The diesel will out shine the gas in these conditions . Throw in the EB and you wouldn't even consider gas.
Where, you live I can appreciate you , not needing a medium duty pickup truck.
