Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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As far as the Italian with no Face (must have lost it shaving), engine power is measured in a term called Horsepower. The 8.1 G.M. engine has more horsepower than any diesel engine offered in a pickup.
You are correct in saying that the vortec 8100 has more horsepower in stock form than any of the 3 diesels available in the US light duty truck market. Now, please explain why that engine is rated to tow less than the (by your standards of engine power) lower powered diesel engines? The reason, of course, is that horsepower is only one measurement of engine power. It is also a measurement that is derived from a formula applied to another form of engine power measurement called torque....AND....Regardless what you say, think, or feel about horsepower versus torque, the diesels have more available torque. It must be that the torque output of these engines has just a tiny bit to do with the irrefutable fact that they are rated to tow more, with all other things being equal.
