460 EFI vs V10
460 EFI vs V10
Junior User
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 59
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From: San Francisco
I have had both. 460 EFI is a gas hog compared to the V10. The v10 runs very smoothly, nice even power through the range. BTW I have the 3.73 gearing in our E350. Don't even think of a 460EFI if you can get the V10 in a van that you can afford.
Not an engineer so cannot help with the torque vs HP question, I just know the V10 has plenty of whatever is needed to tow
Not an engineer so cannot help with the torque vs HP question, I just know the V10 has plenty of whatever is needed to tow
Senior User
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 263
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From: Georgia
Easy explanation for torque vs HP is torque gets you moving and HP gets you there faster. Formula for HP is torque times RPM divided by 5252 (it's a constant, don't ask me what it means). You want torque to pull your trailer. Generally speaking as much as you can get. Big heavy vehicles need high torque power sources to get rolling. As an example diesel electric locomotives use diesel to generate electricity which in turn is used to drive motors to turn the wheels. Why not use diesel dierectly? Because electric motors produce max torque instantly when power is applied, close to 0 RPM. Diesels, while producing high torque don't produce max torque until higher rpm. Somewhere in there the system losses end up being less than the benefits of using this system.
