wnjj wrote:
transamz9 wrote:
Hp is a number and nothing else. It just tells you how much work you can do over time. I don't care how you look at it, it takes torque to move the load.
Incorrect. It takes torque AND RPM to move the load. That is HP. It's also the torque and RPM at the wheels, not the crankshaft that matters.
transamz9 wrote:
As far as the OP question, it's a loaded one with not enough info. Same specs? Does that mean same cu/in? Same hp? Same torque? Same speed? Same acceleration? This could go on for ever because you will never get the same specs out of the two engines.
This is true. A diesel with the same HP as a gas will pull better because it also makes more HP down low. A gas with the same torque as a diesel would pull better due to the much higher HP.
Yes I agree with you. It does take torque and RPM (hp) to move the load. I need to re-phrase what I said.
I don't care how you look at it , it takes torque to keep the RPM's up. A gas motor can't make the torque at highway speeds to keep the RPM's up when put under a load without going out of it's optimum RPM range.
Again, I agree that hp has to be made to "move" the load but without torque you have no RPM's.
