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Old 04-13-2010, 02:00 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by IsaacCarlson View Post
YEE HAAWWW!!!! I don't even bother looking at HP. If someone starts telling me how much HP something has I like to ask them how much torque it has and then they admit they don't know and it doesn't matter. I like having torque on tap. My truck does not care if it is empty or has 6,000 lbs in it...it still goes....it just takes a little more pedal to stop.
Yeah, around 260ft lbs just off-idle will do that for ya.

I've been running around on 5 cylinders with a really bad misfire for quite awhile, and I can still hold 60-65 MPH with no problems, and tow a trailer doing it.
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