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ROBERTSUNRUS
Mar 29, 2015Explorer
:) Hi, as mentioned, this engine should not lose power at altitude because it is NOT naturally aspirated. Seems to me that all of the tests started at 65 MPH and tried to maintain this speed all of the way. This Dodge never made it to the 65 MPH starting speed. Diesel fans are always talking about torque. Torque is what counts, but now that they lost to a smaller GAS engine they all talk about the horse power being less. WOW, what happened to the almighty diesel torque bragging rights? This Dodge did have more torque, didn't it? It's not necessarily how fast the truck is, but it's ability to pull the load. This load was under it's rating and still too much for it. Not mentioned in the video, but I saw 45 or 46 MPH at the top of the mountain. Dodge is so engrossed with the big six cylinder Diesel, that they let the 5.0 Cummins V-8 go to Nissan and Toyota; This in my opinion was a huge mistake on their part. The 5.0 Cummins V-8 would have been a huge success for the Dodge 1500.
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