HP vs Torque
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Also, the torque converter also has a lot to do with why diesel or turbocharged vehicle have a "pull" feeling when going up hills.
Diesels and turbocharged engines will generally build boost increasing horsepower/torque output while still remaining in gear with the torque converter locked when going up most hills giving you a "pull" feeling since full engine power is going to the wheels when the torque converter is locked.
An N/A gaser engine will generally unlock the torque converter to downshift to a lower gear/higher rpm and it will remained unlocked until you settle into a certain speed that it can tow the hill at. This does not give you that "pull" feeling like the diesels or turbocharged vehicles generally do since you are not sending full engine power to the wheels.
Diesels and turbocharged engines will generally build boost increasing horsepower/torque output while still remaining in gear with the torque converter locked when going up most hills giving you a "pull" feeling since full engine power is going to the wheels when the torque converter is locked.
An N/A gaser engine will generally unlock the torque converter to downshift to a lower gear/higher rpm and it will remained unlocked until you settle into a certain speed that it can tow the hill at. This does not give you that "pull" feeling like the diesels or turbocharged vehicles generally do since you are not sending full engine power to the wheels.
