Hannibal wrote:
transamz9 wrote:
The RPM's I'm referring to is at the rear wheels (on the ground where it counts). This is what I've been talking about. These motors are TUNED to run their best at their intended use RPM's. That RPM in vehicles is 1500-2000 give or take. Marine engines (gas) 5000-6000 in must cases. Lawn mowers is 3500-3800. So on and so on. My Corvette has no problem running around in the 1500-2000 range. Even on take off it shifts at or before 2000 rpm's.
It would be different if they would build truck engines like they use to. Now they just use the same engine and tune it differently. The old 454 such use to just be able to lug right on up a hill.
RPM is already plural. Revolutions is the plural. It's per minute, not per minutes.
My truck running 70mph is turning the exact same wheel rpm as a diesel powered duplicate F250.
The intended use rpm in my truck is from 650~rpm to 5k~rpm. To say otherwise really makes no sense. Because it scares you doesn't mean it's hurting the engine. It simply means you're irrational and don't understand anything beyond your perception of what you think it should sound like.
Put your foot into your Corvette. It'll pin you back as it shifts at 5k rpm or more. My truck shifts at 2k rpm or less when I'm loafing around town too. The old 454 is a turd compared to the new small blocks. You shouldn't lug any engine gas or diesel. Especially when there's free rpm to let gear reduction do the work and reduce the load on the engine which in turn reduces wear on the bottom end.
RPM does not scare me what's so ever and have no problem doing it when it's needed to do what I want to do. When I say that my car shifts at that RPM, it is not loafing by no means. Loafing it shifts at about 12-1400 just like my truck does. I'm not "irrational" about this I just know what I like in a tow vehicle. I drive a lot of trucks day in and day out and usually towing something or at least loaded. I will tell you this. Using all of the RPM your truck has to offer to make it to the top of the hill does not always give you the best results.
As far as the 454 remark, you know what I'm talking about. It was a towing machine compared to the other options in the same years. OH! I forget, you are one of those that like to come apples to oranges just like the post right above this one where you say that your little ole 5.4 will run circles around you "1995" turbo Cummins. So I guess your little ole 5.4 would run circles around my 2005 Cummins also. LOL! Dream on!
OH, BTW thanks for the English lesson, you really look smarter to me now.
