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Originally Posted by JSH
The military added 7,000 pounds of armor to a 6,000 lb vehicle with a 190 HP diesel paired to a 4 speed automatic.
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Of course. Yet some modern 4-cyl turbodiesels below 5-litre outperform that old-school V8 fitted to the Humvee, even though they would naturally not have a performance much comparable to the Oshkosh JLTV with its Duramax-based powerplant.
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Yes, newer tech helps but so does matching engine output to the vehicle weight.
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Reminds me a talk I recently had with a taxi driver, regarding underpowered engines that we would often see in Brazilian vehicles as a desperate (and most often failed) attempt to increase fuel savings.