Ike Gauntlet 2017 3500s DRW 22,800# load
Pretty surprising results Uphill towing 22,800# 1. Chevy Duramax 3.73 axle ratio (445hp/910tq) 10 min 16 sec 2. Ram Cummins 4.10 axle ratio (385hp/900tq) 10 min 28 sec 3. Ford Powerstroke 4.10...
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Dadoffourgirls wrote:RCMAN46 wrote:transamz9 wrote:ShinerBock wrote:
At least 930 lb-ft? Meh... I am sitting at 950 lb-ft at the wheels in my 2014 CTD, and that is just the the light tow tune.
Do you have the Aisan transmission? I've heard that they are having trouble tuning the Aisan trucks because it is on its own controller. I've heard it shifts funny with power added?
Here is possibly a major reason the GM Duramax and Allison does so well.
The Allison was designed with the Duramax and the controllers talk to each other. Also the GM engineers probably found with the Duramax and Allison combination the 3.73 gear gave the best performance for a wide variety of towing conditions including the Ike Gauntlet.
I did a spreadsheet comparison with a 4.1 vs 3.73 for the Duramax and the 3.73 would give the best results at 40 and 50 mph.
At 60mph the choice would be the 4.1.
Are you implying that the engineers designed to the test?
No what I am implying GM designed the Allison and Duramax to work together. Ford probably did the same with their 6.7 and the 6R140.
I do not believe there was an Ike Gauntlet test back in 1998-2000 when the Allison/Duramax design was on the drawing board.
But Ram used an import that was not necessarily designed for the 6.7 Cummins.
