Ram 2500

rhagfo wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

thehippie wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
It doesn't.

Where are your numbers coming from?

i thought inline vas more torque than V.

Nope, torque is not power. Never has been and never will be.

To give you an example: On a bike I can put out around 225 Ft/lbs of torque. If I had a 5 foot crank I could put out more torque than a new Cummins 6.7 engine at the crank!

I can put out only about a 1/2 a HP for a short period of time.

Even though I can put out a lot of torque I would not make a good TV engine!

That is why a Diesel with less HP than a gasser can pull a lot more weight.

No it can't.

The definition of horsepower:
A unit of power equal to 550 foot pounds per second

As you can see from this formula the engine with the most HP will
ALWAYS win.

The engine with the largest HP will lift the most weight, pull the fastest and will win in any towing race or drag race or contest. ALWAYS It's a given because that is the actual definition of HP.

It does not matter if it's a diesel or gas or propane or steam or turbine or inline or V8 or even human power. HP will always win.

Ok I got it now, :W!

That is why a 385 HP 900Lb. Ft. Cummins has a higher towing rating than a 410 HP 429 Lb. Ft. 6.4 hemi! :S

Absolutely Torque has Zero, Nada, Nothing to do with Towing or tow rating! :S

You're still lost.

The Hemi was rated at sea level and so was the oil burner.

Take the Hemi up to the moon (Ike) and it will lose 30/ 40% of it's rated HP because it does not have a turbo. Oh would you look at that!! Now the Cummins has WAY more HORSEPOWER!! It's not a gas/ diesel thing; it's a turbo/ N/A thing. Look at what the EB did to the ED in the PUTs tow-off.

Want to take on my turbo small block in a tow-off up Ike against your oil burner? Lets go and I will show you what HP can do. :B Unlike the Hemi; my small block has a turbo and it will make around the same amount of rated HP at sea level or up in the mountains.