Horsepower is horsepower?
If that theory is true (in real circumstances), then a 385hp 6.7L Cummins diesel shouldn't spank a 381hp Toyota Tundra when both are tested 0-60 towing a 5740# boat. But it did. Must be the adva...
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Hybridhunter wrote:wilber1 wrote:
What test and why are you tryng to make this a competition? The OP wanted to know why an engine with less peak HP out pulled one with more peak HP. Some of us have been trying to explain why.
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Well in that case, it should be explained correctly. The tundra was down on power at altitude. End of story.
That's true, it would have been. The fact remains, it is the engine that can get the most power to the ground over the widest speed range that will always win, not the engine that can make the most peak power. In this repect a boosted engine has an advantage over an unboosted engine and an engine with more gears to work with has an advantage over one with fewer.
