Have you ever wondered who would win a race between the two?

I found out yesterday.

We have an intersection on one of our expressways that has three lanes that merge into two about a 1000 yards past the intersection. The light was red and I was in the center lane. A nissan P/U to my right and a 2002 Silverado HD 4X4 to my left was in the merge lane. I knew he was going to try and beat me to the merge lane and cut in front of me so I hammered the SD at green. I took off in 2nd. by the time I hit 3rd I was a nose in front, by the time I hit 4th he was behind my door, when I hit 5th he was a truck length behind me and I was @ 95mph and he was wishing he had a V10. Not only did I spank him, I spanked him with a 5 speed. Not an easy truck to race in a 1/4 mile considering how far you have to throw that lever to shift.

I was grinning the rest of the day.

2000 F350SD,SRW,RC,5spd man,V10, Front Leveling Kit,4.30 gears, 285/75/16 Wild Country

 

Good story! Way to Whoopassssss

 

Will they never learn?!

 

 

What engine did he have?

-Jim
2001 E-450 Superduty.

 

>What engine did he have?


Jim, it's a safe bet that he didn't have the 8.1L.

 

Hooty Hoo ! What a great story !! Way to go, a 3/4 ton Silverado probably had the 300 horse 6.0 V-8. I don't think many of the 3/4 tons had the 5.3 V-8. Although the 5.3 is rated @290 horse it's only like 330 ft lbs of torque. And torque moves trucks, not hp.

Ken 98 E-350 V-10 XLT ClubWagon

 

Ken...isn't that the truth re:Torque v.s. HP....I get tired of hearing about HP HP HP...It's Torque that moves things...tell me
about the Torque!!!...not the HP. I love the look on others faces when they brag about HP..then I mention Torque..and usually they don't know what Torque is...or..and this is the best..it's not the 400+ that we can brag about. Torque me baby!!!
Lisa

 

>Torque me baby!!!

Lisa, yer really gonna have to stop that!

 

I'm pretty sure it was the 6.0 and I think they boosted the horses to 325 on the 2002's. My father has a 2001 with the 5.3. I've driven it and there is no way he could have kept with me like that one did.

It was fun.

P.S. I'm still grinning.

2000 F350SD,SRW,RC,5spd man,V10, Front Leveling Kit,4.30 gears, 285/75/16 Wild Country

 

I personally think that torque is very important however I think horsepower is more important when drag racing. You need them both but the way I see it is, how many diesel engines are at the drag strip? They have tons of torque but they are low on horses. I've always looked at torque as something that gets you going and horses as something that keeps you going.
Just the way I look at it in my own little world.

2000 F350SD,SRW,RC,5spd man,V10, Front Leveling Kit,4.30 gears, 285/75/16 Wild Country

 

>Ken...isn't that the truth re:Torque v.s. HP....I get tired
>of hearing about HP HP HP...It's Torque that moves
>things...tell me
>about the Torque!!!...not the HP. I love the look on others
>faces when they brag about HP..then I mention Torque..and
>usually they don't know what Torque is...or..and this is the
>best..it's not the 400+ that we can brag about. Torque me
>baby!!!
>Lisa

Maybe if you explained to them that HP is torque times rpm (and some
equation which escapes me at the moment). Cause you CAN NOT measure HP without torque, there aint no way. And 300 horses at 12,000 rpm with 220 ft lbs of torque aint never gonna move 5300 pounds of built-tough Ford pick-up. Have em look at a spec sheet from a over the road diesel tractor, 350 hp and ON THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ft lbs of torque. Yea baby, now THAT'S what I'm talkin BOUT !

Ken 98 E-350 XLT V-10 ClubWagon

 

>Maybe if you explained to them that HP is torque times rpm (and some
> equation which escapes me at the moment).

FYI, HP=TRQxRPM/5252.

Horsepower is torque times RPM divided by 5252.

I know where the 5252 comes from. First one to post the right answer gets a brand new, never been used, high performance

 

>I know where the 5252 comes from. First one to post the
>right answer gets a brand new, never been used, high
>performance

Wow... I paid attention in class, I kept the notes, I lost the notebook. Was this an open net test? My answer, from the link is below the link. What do I win???

Matt
http://www.revsearch.com/dynamometer/torque_vs_horsepower.html

Now if we are measuring torque and RPM how can we calculate horsepower? We will use Watts observation of one horsepower as 150 pounds, 220 feet in one minute. First we need express 150 pounds of force as foot pounds torque.

* Pretend the force of 150 pounds is "applied" tangentially to a one foot radius circle. This would be 150 foot pounds torque.

Next we need to express 220 feet in one minute as RPM.

* The circumference of a one foot radius circle is 6.283186 feet. ft. (Pi x diameter 3.141593 * 2 feet)
* The distance of 220 feet, divided by 6.283185 feet, gives us a RPM of 35.014.

We are then talking about 150 pounds of force (150 foot pounds torque), 35 RPM, and one horsepower.

Constant (X) = 150 ft.lbs. * 35.014 RPM / 1hp

35.014 * 150 / 1 = 5252.1

5252 is the constant.

So then hp = torque * RPM / 5252

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 29-Aug-02 AT 06:30 PM (EST)]I think I win I answered a month or so ago!!!

can't find the post, 5252 is a constant but your are not quite there keep looking.