2020 Ford 7.3L Ike Gauntlet

FishOnOne wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

ib516 wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
I think the real news is the Ford 7.3 gas performed almost as well in the up hill pull test compared to the Ram 3500 cummins and the Chevy 3500 Duramax pulling the same load. And the during the Ford pull they had to back off the throttle for a little bit so the time could have been less.

Here's the pull times in ascending order:
Duramax: 8:24
Cummins: 8:25
7.3L Godzilla: 8:42

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So much for the "you gotta get a diesel!" crowd. Save 10k and get a 7.3L Ford gasser haha. The times would be even closer if it wasn't a test at 11,000 ft of elevation where the non-turbo gasser is losing hp.

Yeah, but if they set the max speed of the test to 70 mph or even 65 mph then those times for the diesels would be a lot less. However, since they limit it to 60 mph mow, you are not going to make a more perfect run than a little over 8 minutes.

Both gas and diesel trucks hit 60 mph and they had to let off the throttle so I doubt the diesel times would have been significantly less.

You might want to look at that video again because the 7.3L starts loosing speed half way up the hill and he clearly says he has it to the floor.

Nor can you extrapolate the diesels on how long they could go partial throttle. Still don't think it would be significant.

But I can say that even the new 2020 Powerstroke would also have almost identical 8 minute plus as the Ram and GM in this test since they limit the speed to 60 mph. It is 8 mile test and the truck would have to start out at 60 mph and stay at 60 mph to get a perfect 8 minute run. These trucks do not start out doing 60 mph so it is impossible to get a perfect 8 minute run unless this new Powerstroke can magically go from 20 mph to 60 mph in less than a second towing 16k on an incline at over 5,000 ft above see level.