GAS 6.6 GM

ksss wrote:
You may be right. I guess my issue would be with the fact that the Duragas with the 6 speed and 3:73's is retarding what should have been a very positive rollout of a long awaited replacement powerplant for the 6.0. At least with Ram, their diesel is powerful enough to still be competetive with fewer grears. Gas engines have a harder time solving drivetrain shortcomings through pure power. Much like the Ram 6.4 and it its tranny gearing issues. Sure in a couple years they can put a 10 in the Duragas and create more excitement, but I think they overly crippled this new truck by not reaching far enough.

Oh, I agree 100% with what you're saying. It makes no sense to me either.
But neither did Dodge keeping an anemic 4 speed behind the Cummins for years while the others had 5 and 6 cogs.
Or similar to the diesel power wars. Why bump 10-20-50 ft lbs or hp every other or 3rd year when they could have pumped up the Dmax or Cummins to basically where they are at now today, reliably 15 years ago?
Been reliably running a tuned LB7 and now a tuned 5.9 reliably for many years and many miles. Both were/are not over the top mods, but both have the same power or more than the new trucks with no expensive or complicated failures due to the power and certainly within the realm of the OEMs to build to support the power even back in the day.
It's marketing and economics, not what is the end all beat all for one year.
I'll bet the majority of truck owners (fleets included) don't nerd out or obsess over the number like some of us. For the majority's, the bro who can tell his neighbor his new ____ has 10hp more than the neighbors truck is good enough.