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Hi to all. I plan to buy a used tt from 8k - 14k cash, and live in it with a 150+ lb. dog.I might have an occasional guest or two for an overnight fishing trip.I might purchase a lot , or rent. I nee...
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Fishndog wrote:
The truck motor was specifically designed to pull my boat up, and down big hills effortlessly? I would not have shucked out 15k without much research!
With a very long stroke, and many cubes, and fuel injection, the motor will not have a radical disposition. It will not be tame either. The cam was specifically fabricated by Competition Cams to pull weight. All paticulars were given to them for design by request.
I have towed vehicals all over this country almost.
A hellcat is obviously not suited to pull; it is a hp motor - high rev, but it will pull - It doesn't have the suspension. My transmission, and rear were specifically designed for tow applications.
This thread is not about the tow vehicle but about a perspective humble abode.
The reason I mentioned the power was to assure everyone I had enough.
I am leaning towards smaller,newer, but not brand new so tow capacity is moot.
(I second Jasoncw.
Get off your "high horse"..
There ARE many other important factors concerning towing than just shear raw HP and torque.
Just because you have 500, 700, 1,000 HP it doesn't exactly mean you can pull anything SAFELY.
In reality it takes VERY LITTLE HP and torque to tow..
Too much HP/torque can make it all too easy to get your rear wheels out from under your control and that will be a bad thing.
Perhaps you NEED to start with the FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS like the vehicle GVWR, GROSS AXLE WEIGHTS, UNLADEN WEIGHT AND THE AVAILABLE CARGO WEIGHT.
NOTHING you have done or modded to the engine OR suspension can change the factory specifications, those mods just make it handle the weight WITHIN the factory specs BETTER (in some cases you mods may have made your vehicle LESS STABLE).
