Torque.... how much is needed for a pickup ?
I see we have somewhere in the vicinity of 750- 800 ft. lbs. of torque in 2014 pickups, with turbo diesel engines. A number of years ago 450-500 ft. lbs of torque was considered a torquemeister. ...
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Lessmore wrote:Yes. It would appear the torque is going to eventually be too much for the transmission, rear axle and frame to handle. But I'm sure the engineers are well aware of that limitation.
If so.....shouldn't the person look at a MDT or HDT for his particular application ?
I just got an MDT and man, just the weight of the thing makes towing seem so much safer.
