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ShinerBock
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May 24, 2019

How much power does a 2019 CTD make at the wheels?

Lavon Miller(yes, the same Lavon Miller who posted a 7.88 1/4 mile at last years UCC in his Cummins) at Firepunk diesel just recently purchased a 2019 Ram 3500 with the high output 400 hp / 1,000 lb-ft Cummins, and put it on his dyno to see how much of that gets to the wheel. Although I recommend watching the whole video, fast forward to 4:35 if you want to see the start of the 2019 truck and to 8:52 of the video if you want to miss all the shenanigans and just want to see the power numbers.

2019 RAM DYNO RESULTS - FIRST GEN PROJECT AND MORE

Enjoy!


PS - For most vehicles, there is a 10-15% difference between flywheel and wheel end numbers due to parasitic drivetrain loss. If it is less than that, then the manufacturer is probably being conservative(sandbagging) on their advertised stock power numbers.
  • The Cummins puts a BIG percentage of advertised HP to the ground.

    I was in LasVegas recently, a 2018 2500 370HP advertised did 352 on the Dyno. So the number of 392 out of 400HP advertised does not surprise me.