Lessmore wrote:
ShinerBock wrote:
Lessmore wrote:
But for some guy driving around in a street truck...I do not know why.
I guess we are on opposite ends of the spectrum. You ask why someone would even add more power to their truck and I ask why someone would even care what someone else does to their own truck with their own money.
I mean, I can see me wondering why if I payed their vehicle payment and all, but I couldn't care less if some guy wants to buy an $80k Corvette just to drive on roads that he can never go over 75 mph on..... or a Jeep that they will never take off road...... or a truck to only haul groceries. I guess we will both be forever wonder why.
I don't think we are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
I was talking about why someone would take their street car/truck...and would soup up the engine to the absolute 'race' max, essentially rendering it barely streetable ....and where it's always on the edge of grenading.
I don't have an issue with someone building up their engine for more 'streetable' power, improving the cooling, brakes, suspension, associated powertrain (drive axles, drive shafts, transmission, etc.) to handle the extra punch of the engine.
In fact I have an old English motorcycle, a 750cc Scrambler. My plan if I ever get around to it, is to build up the engine with strong street performance parts, uprate the rear shocks, slap modern tires on it, uprate the brakes to discs from drums, etc.
I agree with you, I don't care how much someone spends on anything they have...to me, who cares...if they have the bucks...spend all they want. As you say...it's their money...not mine.
I think you are applying gas engine physics to a diesel. A diesel is regulated by fuel, not air, and therefore how much power it can make essentially depends on how much fuel you can add and how much air you utilize to burn it. If you don't need that much power then just don't add as much fuel. I can switch from a 390 rwhp tow tune to a 515 rwhp performance tune and back as I am driving down the highway.
Now you could make a diesel less streetable if you slapped a huge turbo on it that needs to be spooled a lot to make power, but most that do that are mostly using those trucks primarily for the track pushing out a lot more power. Most guys that are running 750-800 rwhp are not using as big of turbos and if they are then they are running a compound setup with a smaller pusher turbo. As long as you have supporting mods, a diesel can run in these ranges reliably for many miles if tuned correctly and driven right. By driven right I mean not towing heavy on an 800 rwhp and switching down to a tune that will keep your EGT's in check.
I agree with you that upping a gas engine to 750-800 rwhp range will make it less streetable, but a diesel not so much.
