Proteus wrote:
This explains a great many comments on the board about towing in the mountains. With all these large block truck engines, I expected that they would produce strong power and torque? Didn't realize how inefficient they were. The Ford F150 5.4 looks like 260hp and 350ft-lbs of torque. Compared to my little 3L V6 TDI with 240hp and 455ftlbs.
Tell me again why a modern SUV with a V6 is bad?
Apples and oranges. Yours is a turbo diesel which make more torque than gas engines by nature.
Fwiw, the Ford 5.0 v8 the op is asking about is rated at 360hp and 380 ft lbs.
