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  1. cattlerepairman

    Engine performance

    Heavy duty truck diesels today make (roughly) 100 ft.lbs of torque per liter displacement. That is why one sees so many 10 liter engines - to get the 1000 ft.lbs it takes to move a big rig through the mountains at a good clip. The LDS465 makes a paltry 440 ft.lbs out of 7.8 liters, so only about...
  2. cattlerepairman

    Engine performance

    V8sarefun, I can tell you that I have driven my truck with the standard LDT-465 and it was not, by any stretch of the imagination, quick on a hill. Having said that, I did not have to tackle the hills (4-5%) in low range. 2nd gear high seems where it's at. While I have not driven an LD like...
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