mtofell1 wrote:
3 GREAT truck all within a hair of each other + 1 specific test on 1 day = 5 Years of pointless internet forum bragging and boasting.
Anyone who concludes anything other than these are 3 great trucks on very equal footing needs to stop looking through the prism of their favorite brand.
blofgren wrote:ShinerBock wrote:blofgren wrote:
Wouldn't an indication of this be noticeably less fuel economy than the other trucks? Also I would think if that new of a truck was in regen that soon there must have been something wrong with it.
No, defueling a diesel does not give you less fuel economy. It will give you less power from the engine. Well, technically you will use more fuel because it takes you longer to get up a hill versus having full power, but seeing that all of these trucks were about the same time, it wouldn't have been noticeable in this test.
Most modern diesels are programmed to defuel if certain parameters are over their limits like EGTs or boost pressure. Another form of defueling is torque management where you do not get full engine power in the first few gears because the ECM programs it to inject less fuel until you get into the higher gears.
Gotcha. The few (and very few) times my truck has gone into regen the only way I've known is that the fuel economy drops and after parking it I've noticed it has a very "hot" smell from the exhaust. I've noticed no difference in power, but it only regens when I'm not pulling so that is not surprising. It never regens when towing presumably because the exhaust is hot enough to burn off particulate naturally.
CumminsDriver wrote:
I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but since the Chevy and Ford are very close power wise, and the results reflect that, maybe the Ram was just a very good performing truck which really surprised everyone?
Rich
patriotgrunt wrote:That 30K spec is not a realistic number for Rvers.Lessmore wrote:
Chevies have always been known for outstanding power...all starting back in 1955 with the introduction of the legendary small block Chevy V8. Power and lots of it...has been a bow tie tradition in both gas and diesel engines over the years.
So no....not at all...nope.... I'm not surprised that Chevy came first and Ford was at the tail end.
Some say horse power is horsepower....but in my humble opinion horses are rated differently....there are Shetland horses (blue oval) and then there are Clydesdale's (bow tie). :B
All I can say...is it is a good thing that the Chevy was 'hobbled' with 3.73's to the Ford's 4.10's....or could you imagine what the Chevy times would of been.
Remind my again why these trucks are only pulling 22,800#s? :B
ShinerBock wrote:blofgren wrote:
Wouldn't an indication of this be noticeably less fuel economy than the other trucks? Also I would think if that new of a truck was in regen that soon there must have been something wrong with it.
No, defueling a diesel does not give you less fuel economy. It will give you less power from the engine. Well, technically you will use more fuel because it takes you longer to get up a hill versus having full power, but seeing that all of these trucks were about the same time, it wouldn't have been noticeable in this test.
Most modern diesels are programmed to defuel if certain parameters are over their limits like EGTs or boost pressure. Another form of defueling is torque management where you do not get full engine power in the first few gears because the ECM programs it to inject less fuel until you get into the higher gears.
FishOnOne wrote:CumminsDriver wrote:
I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but since the Chevy and Ford are very close power wise, and the results reflect that, maybe the Ram was just a very good performing truck which really surprised everyone?
Rich
Or perhaps received a non advertised power bump. Mr truck did say the exhaust brake did improve from last year.
