Holy mother of god diesel
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DonS1mpson said:
you obviously dont have a clue what youre talking about.
the luxury yachting industry alone is a great example of turbo diesels being put to great use, while not only looking good, but sounding good as well.
just cause in your country you see a bunch of busted ass pieces of shit dosnt give you any qualifications to make the statement you did.
Audi diesel Le Mans racer or smt. was very successful. IIRC first place somewhere if not Le Man. Am I right?
hmm...my volvo with cummins does like 400/1400, is 15 l i think...redlines at like 1800 rpm
couldn't imagine 2000ft/lb in a pickup...
couldn't imagine 2000ft/lb in a pickup...
i remember one company i worked for had like 3 race trucks, a dragster, a salt-flat truck, and a hill climb truck
the drag truck had 2 nose to tail cummins signature 600 angines, allison 5 speed auto, and ran 13 flat...at a weight of 15000lbs, had eight slicks on it, put on one hell of a show doing burnouts
the drag truck had 2 nose to tail cummins signature 600 angines, allison 5 speed auto, and ran 13 flat...at a weight of 15000lbs, had eight slicks on it, put on one hell of a show doing burnouts
sooo... you can have low HP...and excessively high torque...and that can also make for a fast car?
i'm still figuring out these things...torque and HP and all that.
right now i'm kinda assuming that with hella torque you can be just as fast and a car running lots of HP at a high rpm with a different gear ratio... lower or higher i'm not sure i mix them up...lol
i'm still figuring out these things...torque and HP and all that.
right now i'm kinda assuming that with hella torque you can be just as fast and a car running lots of HP at a high rpm with a different gear ratio... lower or higher i'm not sure i mix them up...lol
When I was a kid we used to race in an isolated industrial estate and one of the local transport companies used to have a depot there.
The Owner instead of getting pissed at us used to bring his SAR KW out and do massive burnouts with it, pretty damn cool and terrifying to watch as it came towards you
The Owner instead of getting pissed at us used to bring his SAR KW out and do massive burnouts with it, pretty damn cool and terrifying to watch as it came towards you
Figit090 said:
Horsepower sells cars, Torque moves them. These are the principles that have driven the American car culture since it's infancy. This ideal is what bread the American big block V8's.
A relative of mine build turbo cummins and last time I talked to his he had one shooting about 300hp and can't remember what torque was though... :icon_conf
Tq is a measurement of how much work it can do Hp is how fast it will do that work
and i also drive a big liter truck for work it is a 88 T600 with a cummins NTC 400 big cam 4 doing 420 and 1400
and i also drive a big liter truck for work it is a 88 T600 with a cummins NTC 400 big cam 4 doing 420 and 1400
I just texted him to send me a copy. I dunno if he will or not. He's going to Milwaukee tomorrow morning-it may take a week or so.
Jeff: That's almost exactly what his dyno looks like.
The more I think about it, the more ridiculous it sounds, but I saw the dyno with my own two eyes. he had several in a booklet, it started with stock (190/400 ish @wheels), intake/5" exhaust, then one with the turbo upgrade (300/1000) and then with everything (397/2027) I know diesels make a crapton more tq than hp, but this just isn't balanced. There must have been a problem with the dyno or something.
Note: I did a dyno back in the day with my 95' mitsu mirage (stock) and it was 85 hp with 250 ft'lb of tq- a little ridiculous too for a 4 cyl gasser-maybe it was the same sort of mis-calibration thing going on when he dynoed-though nevertheless, his truck still has a really big sack on it.
Jeff: That's almost exactly what his dyno looks like.
The more I think about it, the more ridiculous it sounds, but I saw the dyno with my own two eyes. he had several in a booklet, it started with stock (190/400 ish @wheels), intake/5" exhaust, then one with the turbo upgrade (300/1000) and then with everything (397/2027) I know diesels make a crapton more tq than hp, but this just isn't balanced. There must have been a problem with the dyno or something.
Note: I did a dyno back in the day with my 95' mitsu mirage (stock) and it was 85 hp with 250 ft'lb of tq- a little ridiculous too for a 4 cyl gasser-maybe it was the same sort of mis-calibration thing going on when he dynoed-though nevertheless, his truck still has a really big sack on it.
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If the rpm isn't being read correctly the torque can show huge spikes. That doesn't mean the actual torque output was the same as one big split second peak on the chart. With 395hp I don't see it making over 1k ft/lbs.
Just watched a show on Jay Leno's garage and he put this huge bus engine in a bus/trailer. It was turboed as well as supercharged; what else would you expect from Jay, .
Anyways, Jay's mechanic said it was just over 400hp and something like 1300ft-lbs.
I dont really know much about the whole diesel rig, just thought I'd share what i heard.
.Anyways, Jay's mechanic said it was just over 400hp and something like 1300ft-lbs.
I dont really know much about the whole diesel rig, just thought I'd share what i heard.
I bet a most of the 1300+ ft/lb claims with 400hp are people saying "it's probably making xxxx torque" Kinda like fish stories, a lot of truckers do like fishin'. :biglaugh: