Ram Cummins Vs GM Duramax Ike Gauntlet

nevadanick wrote:
What about the saying that Torque is what moves you and horsepower is what you feel. Any truth to it ?

It is interesting to point out that when you mash the throttle to the floor and your car begins to accelerate you feel that acceleration in the seat of your pants. The transmission will shift and the engine will again continue to rev through its operating range. What you feel in the seat of your pants is acceleration. The acceleration and feeling is the greatest in each gear at the rpm that the engine produces the most torque. So in that light someone could argue that torque is what you feel. In actual fact the more torque you can put to the rear wheels the faster the car will accelerate. But to maintain that high level of torque, as the axle rpm increases, takes more and more horsepower.