Ram Goes to Stunning 900 lb-ft of torque
The 2016 Ram 3500 breaks the towing record previously held by the old Ram 3500 (at 30,000 pounds) by moving up to 31,210 pounds,more than two tons beyond its closest rival. To get there, Ram went from...
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dodge guy wrote:ShinerBock wrote:dodge guy wrote:
Actually straight sixes have always made their torque at low rpm, just like big block gas motors. It's been proven over the years.
That has more to do with straight sixes having a longer stroke due to its design rather than just because it is a straight six. You put the same long stroke on a V8 and it would produce the same low end torque.
That's why I said a big block gas motor works the same way. There is just something about a straight 6 that makes low rpm torque with very little HP.
And as I said it has more to do with whether the engine is over-square(short stroke) or under-square(long stroke) rather than it being a straight six or big block. There are high revving short stroke straight sixes and bog blocks just as their are long stroke straight sixes and big blocks that make a lot of low end torque. Being a straight six or "big block" has nothing to do with whether it makes torque down low or not.
