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Hannibal
Jul 22, 2012Explorer
transamz9 wrote:
You guys are forgetting that the diesel engines are making the same HP as the gas motors. Just don't have to turn 5500 RPM's to get it. Are you going to tell me that you feel comfy holding 5-5500 rpm's for 4-5 miles at a time?
Now you're starting to catch on. With the 345hp Hemi Ram in stock form, it needed to turn 4200rpm to produce 300hp. My '03 SO Cummins powered duplicate... wasn't capable of 300hp in stock form. So at a casual 4200rpm growl, the '05 Hemi would out tow the '03 SO Cummins in stock form without the shrill of 5500rpm. That's just my experience. The newer diesels will walk away from my 5.4L F250 towing anything. But at the cost of $8k and much higher potential for troubles. I'll gladly take the slow lane. Others are free to disagree.
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