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Turtle_n_Peeps
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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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RCMAN46
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Jan 28, 2015
"And yes Class 8 trucks do run some 500+ Hp vehicles. But you dont need that to haul 80K LBS."


If you want to move the 80k over the Eisenhower gauntlet with a class 8 truck at 65 mph it may even require more than 500 hp.

The amount of horsepower a class 8 truck needs will depend on how much load they want to haul and how fast they want to haul it over passes such as the Eisenhower gauntlet.

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