How much engine to tow 5500 lbs?
My wife and I are looking to buy a used 19-22 ft 5th wheel. Weight range from 35-4000 dry so I am figuring 5-5500 lbs wet weight. I have already decided the TV has to be a 3/4 ton with either a exte...
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BenK wrote:
Yup...8.1L or the 502 if I could find one I liked...the good ole 7.4L
is just fine and does blow away many 8.1L & oil burners...
What they don't get is that with the ever increasing torque numbers...the
OEMs installed 'torque management' to keep from twisting the drive
train into pretzels
With that, they don't have full power mode that I do with no torque
management attributes in my ECU
Now a tuner will remove lots of the torque management stuff, but then
the risk is to the drive train
Repeat RC's question...is that trailer really that light? and go back
to my questions of gathering their ratings to then do the simple math
and figure out
All doable and another point...decide if you believe in the ratings
system or not
If not, then all academic and do whatever
If yes, then my metrics stand...
Ben, you hit the nail right on the head about the torque management. My '77 Chevrolet C-20 has an awesome running 454. The driver is in total control of the truck, not the software. Though it has about 40 horsepower and 25 ft.lbs. of torque less than my 2004 V-10 Super Duty, the seat of the pants feel of the two is remarkably similar in unloaded day to day driving. Of course, the Chevrolet does have a 1,400 and something pound weight advantage over the F-250.
