Ram Goes to Stunning 900 lb-ft of torque

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

transamz9 wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
I see where you're coming from now.

I was talking peak HP at peak RPM and you're talking HP at peak torque THAT RPM.

I don't have a chart for Cummins latest and greatest. There are several ways Cummins can make more torque without making more HP. Just one is lowering the RPM at peak torque. A chart will show that.

I understand if they keep the RPM the same and the torque goes up they will make slightly more HP at that given RPM.

Again, I was talking about peak HP because I don't have a chart for the newest tune. If you do, please post it up because it will give a clue how Cummins are tuning their engines.

It's going to be interesting how Ram is going to deal with the HP wars. :) Are they going to go with a new V8? Are they going to go with a short stroke design I6? Are they going to throw in the towel and let Ford and GM be top dog?

It's getting to be like 1969 all over again with the 426 Hemi, 428 Ford and the 427 Chevy. :B

It's funny you say Cummins and D-Max are all powered out. tuners prove you wrong on that one. Cooling is the problem, not being able to make the power is not. They can tune them to hold 900 hp all the wat to redline but keeping the temps down would be the problem.

That's like saying that the Hemi in a Ram truck can put out 10,000 reliable HP because I'm watching John Force do it right now on TV. :S

I don't think GM will want to warrantee a 900 HP Dmax based on the block, rod crank combo they have now. Or even a 600 HP Dmax for that matter.

900 lbft @ 3000 RPM is only a little over 500 hp. Very doable now days with drive by wire systems that are capable of detuning on the fly to protect themselves. My black truck is still pulling hard with an 05 5.9 on stock enternals.