Hannibal wrote:
wnjj wrote:
ib516 wrote:
The diesel will pull at lower rpm with much less transmission shifting. It will also get 50% better mpg towing or empty.
Lower rpm = lower road speed, unless you run in a higher gear which means lower torque at the wheel. You can't have it all unless you've got HP. I seriously doubt a stock 235hp diesel with similar torque to a 345hp gas engine would pull as well but I can't say I've had first hand experience. Modded is another story for either engine.
I have had that experience. My '05 345hp/365ftlb Hemi powered 2500HD towed our 10,400 lb 5th wheel faster up the grades than my '03 duplicate 250hp/460ftlb Cummins powered 2500HD. It was at 4500rpm vs 2900rpm, not 5k rpm vs 1800rpm. And we got 2mpg better with the Cummins. Not twice the mileage. A stock 8.1 would run circles around a stock '01 Cummins.
Hannibal speaks from real-world experience, not speculation or theory.
Seems easy to me to decide which responses to give weight to and which to ignore.
