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Turtle_n_Peeps
Explorer
Jan 25, 2015

The mysteries of Horsepower and other things explained

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the mysteries of engines by some on this site so I will post some links and add some text to try and clear some of this up. First some terms: Torque: A...
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Hannibal
Explorer
Jan 27, 2015
Don't park downhill of him. He admitted he doesn't use his parking brake.

I had a '94 F150 with 300cid I6, 5spd Mazda manual and 3.55 rear ratio. It would easily out tow it's replacement '95 Cummins Ram with auto/3.55 towing our then 4400 lb TT. All that torque (400ft/lbs) and only 160hp was no match for the 235hp of the F150. Those 300cid Fords were hard to beat for light duty work engines.

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