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:transamz9 wrote:Hannibal wrote:
Funny how the diesel only crowd thinks 3k rpm isn't high rpm. It's a blur. Because a gas engine runs about 30% higher rpm doesn't make the diesel's rpm low. Compared to a 19,000 rpm Formula One race car engine, 5k rpm is nothing. The gas and diesel engines in our pickup trucks aren't that far apart.
I'm not a diesel only guy. I don't mind having a gas grocery get'er.
All of my toy cars have been gas.
My new Ram ('13) has never seen over 2500 RPMs towing my rig. That's half the RPM of your 5000 RPM runs. To me, that's half the wear.
While the gas motor is running 3000+ just to hold speed towing heavy mine is sitting at 15-1600. Again, half the wear.
My truck's engine has never seen 5k rpm. Someone else keeps asserting that number. My lowly 5.4L runs 1900rpm on the flats, 2700rpm on interstate rolling hills or against any head wind and 4200rpm on the uphills. My Cummins engines saw 2600rpm (12v) and 2900rpm (24v) any time they needed it. My '98 12v 5spd/4.10 ran 2500 rpm in 5th gear 70mph towing or not all day long. Never hurt a thing. Just the same, there's far more to engine wear than rpm. Lower rpm loads the bottom end of the engine more. Higher rpm takes some of the load off using gear reduction to do the work. But perception seems to rule around here.:B
Show me one of these for a high revving gas motor........
Cummins High Mileage Club
The 5.4 is a tough motor but it will not compete with a diesel. I have a buddy with a F250 with the 5.4 and the last I talked to him it was at the 500,000 mark but all it does is haul groceries and small tag-a-long trailers.
