Ram Goes to Stunning 900 lb-ft of torque
The 2016 Ram 3500 breaks the towing record previously held by the old Ram 3500 (at 30,000 pounds) by moving up to 31,210 pounds,more than two tons beyond its closest rival. To get there, Ram went from...
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ShinerBock wrote:wilber1 wrote:
Gee, I guess I misread the topic title. Here I thought it was about a 6.7 Cummins making 900 lbft. My bad.
I guess you also misread where the OP stated...Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Everyone knows that a in-line engine makes tons of torque down low and thru the mid rpm range and a V8 is just the opposite so the V8 should be able to out run the Ram over a long haul.
He was talking about inline engines in general so I replied.....ShinerBock wrote:
False! I am starting to not take you seriously on how much false information you have posted in this thread. There are many characteristics of an engine that determines when it gets its power, but the cylinder configuration is NOT one of them. The stroke length of the engine has a lot more to do with when an engine gets its torque. There are a lot more dynamics in an engines design that effect its characteristics as well. Currently all three light heavy duty diesel engines get their peak torque at 1,600 rpm. The only odd man out its the Cummins high output variant that gets its peak torque at a higher 1,700 rpm.
Here is some light reading with the actual differences between a I6 and V8 diesel. I6 versus V8 diesel.
So do some more reading before jumping in a topic that you don't know about. Although I do think this is an extension our last debate.
Actually the OP said nothing about other engines. The OP was just about the new Cummins 900 and he didn't make his second post until the end of page 4. As with just about every other Ram diesel thread in the past year, the usual culprits have turned it into a EB vs ED thread. I've got news for all of them . Cummins didn't build either of them!
