Check one of the last Truck Trends, they tested the three diesel trucks and
actually put them on a chassis dyno. The GM came in third in tq to the rear
wheels.
Doug Fedeli
NVMYDakota@aol.com wrote:
> OK I hate saying this, but GM has finally figured out the Desiel motor. Holy
> Sh*t this thing RULES, the Allison 5 speed Auto is freakign SMOOTH! Oh my
> god, I ahve never felt somthing shift so incredibly smooth, and it harnessing
> over 520 Ft Lbs of torque! (Another badass feature) along with almost 300
> HP. The anoyying part of this new Ultra Quite GM desiel is that it's ultra
> quite. I am used to my friend 94 6.5Boiler, and it sounds so damned sweet,
> but this new one if practically silent, it pathedic. That and you can't hear
> the god damned TURBO! that the best part is that whistle! That RULES! But
> you can't hear it! Oh well I jsut had ot let you all know.
>
> Sadly enough, it does put the Cummins in a Distant 3rd both in HP and TQ Oh
> well...
>
> Greg
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