ShinerBock wrote:
My sources say no on the next Powerstroke being 1,000 lb-ft in the 2017.
Also, just because you increase torque at 1,700 rpm does not mean it will effect peak horsepower at 2,800 rpm. The 900 lb-ft of torque will increase the horsepower at 1,700 rpm to 291hp, but that is still not greater than the peak 385hp at 2,800 rpm.
To be sure, a lot of it is about bragging rights. Trucks are the muscle car wars of the new millennium but 1500 to 2000 RPM is the range that most of us tow in so any increase in power in that range is much more useable than peak HP. That's the big difference between the 650 Cummins and the 800. They both make the same peak HP at the same RPM so theoretically they should both get to the top of the hill at the same time, at the same speed, in the same gear at WOT.
The difference comes in when towing in rolling terrain at around 1600 RPM in 6th (pretty common with this engine) The 650 will have to shift down much more often because the 800 can make 45 more HP at that RPM. The 800 can hold a gear longer before down shifting even if it can't get to the top of the hill any faster. That is a real increase in useful power to me.
It might not mean much to the peak HP crowd who just want to get to the top of the hill first but it sure works for me when towing a 5th wheel.