The real HP/TQ numbers this is going to hurt!

4x4ord wrote:

transamz9 wrote:

4x4ord wrote:
I used to really enjoy seeing the trucks compete in the power wars but I've since lost interest. When we bought our new Civic I didn't even bother to ask how many ponies the engine produced....I think when I buy my next new truck it is likely I won't care enough to ask again. My 2016 has lots of power...I don't care to have any more.

I'm like you except one thing. My truck has plenty of power I just want that power at idle too. LOL Actually what I mean is I would like to have 400 hp available at around 1,500 rpm and hold till red line. They can tune these engines to detune in the lower gears then they can build an engine that can get me 400 hp in the rpm range that I cruise at and then detune it at the higher rpm range to max at 400 to red line.:B

That is how the big diesels are tuned. They produce 550 - 600 hp from 1200 rpm all the way to 2100 rpm. Then they give you 18 gears to play with so you can travel 60 mph and run in any one of three gears depending on whether you are climbing, cruising or accelerating. However they are only making 600 hp out of a 15 liter engine.

Yeah our freightliner gets better average fuel mileage by the year than our f550 does. That's a truck and trailer that empty weighs more that the 550 with gooseneck weighs when fully loaded. We also run 50% of the time on an oversize permit grossing 90,000#. 475 hp with 18 speed 4.10s on tall rubber.