2024 Chevy 3500 verses 2023 F350
Ike Gauntlet
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ksss wrote:All you gotta do is put the lever in low. Then select what gear you want with the +,_ buttons. It will show L5,L4 etc. on the dash, If you also pushed the EB button, you will experience impressive results. I can descend any mountain without touching the brake pedal. It would helpful it they read the manual to under stand how it works before doing such tests.
Whether GM can program a better engine brake or make mechanical changes, it needs to happen. Maybe that truck itself wasn't right, but they need to get more aggressive with the engine brake. The quicker offline acceleration is important. The ability to quickly get to highway speed from onramp or merge lanes is important. I am to the floor on every mnt pass I am on. The more I am able to stay with the flow of traffic the better. I am always at the mid thirties GCVW. I get everything that the Duramax has to give going up and down those passes. So in watching this, I was expecting the Ford to kill the Duramax. The way Ford dominated the 2020 Ike pull, I was expecting a similar result. What happened was a complete surprise, that extra 3k doesn't buy much except a decal, except resale to those that don't know better. I suspect that Ford is highly managing that power output, due to the fact it clearly gets warm. It may have the specs it says, but I suspect it is managed to the point you would likely never see it. I sure someone has a dyno run on the HO, it would be interesting to see what it puts to the ground. Whatever it is, it didn't mean much in this run, even though its got 250 more pound feet and 40 more hp. I do wish GM would tell you what gear your in like Ford does.
