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ramyankee
Explorer
Jun 13, 2013

Gas engine and Diesel of same specs.Pull the same.

By my sig, i pull with a 2002 8.1.....Its specs are roughly 340HP and 455 lb ft of torque. If a guy were to opt for a 2000-2002 Cummins, approx the same specs, does a Diesel pull any easier. Just a th...
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jerem0621
Explorer II
Jun 14, 2013
camping man wrote:
I had a 92 Volvo semi tractor with 300hp Cummins, lets see a 300hp pickup truck out pull that up a grade at 80k, must be all perception.


ALL other things being equal, YES it would. That semi probably had 900 plus lb/ft tq and 16 gears?

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