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?
455ft/lb out of 3L is VERY impressive.
GM's 8.1L big-block V8 puts out around that amount.
While not apples-to-apples, still pretty amazing that a 3L motor can put out the same torque as an 8.1L motor.
