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Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque DoubleDingo #1413368 06/10/2021 12:50 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,881 Dellrose, TN H Hotrod Lincoln Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer)
Hotrod Lincoln Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) H Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,881 Dellrose, TN	Those gear ratios probably meant that the slide rule jockeys were counting on the trucks they were powering to run heavy overloads most of the time. The owners of most of those big box trucks considered "GVW" to be a "suggestion" at best! Jerry "It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!

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Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/09/2021 6:54 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Hotrod Lincoln	06/09/2021 8:24 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Jon G	06/09/2021 9:26 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Joe H	06/09/2021 8:38 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Hotrod Lincoln	06/09/2021 8:52 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/09/2021 9:05 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	JW51	06/09/2021 9:10 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Hotrod Lincoln	06/09/2021 9:55 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/09/2021 9:44 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	coilover	06/09/2021 10:16 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Hotrod Lincoln	06/09/2021 10:25 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	buoymaker	06/10/2021 12:19 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Jon G	06/10/2021 12:24 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Hotrod Lincoln	06/10/2021 12:50 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/10/2021 12:54 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Hotrod Lincoln	06/10/2021 1:00 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Joe H	06/10/2021 2:47 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Hotrod Lincoln	06/10/2021 3:20 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/10/2021 3:04 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Jon G	06/10/2021 4:19 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/10/2021 5:30 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Hotrod Lincoln	06/10/2021 5:19 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/10/2021 5:32 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/10/2021 5:38 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Wrenchbender Ret.	06/10/2021 6:07 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Jon G	06/10/2021 7:41 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	JW51	06/10/2021 8:25 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/10/2021 9:31 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Jon G	06/10/2021 9:56 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	JW51	06/11/2021 1:53 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Jon G	06/11/2021 3:24 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/11/2021 5:08 AM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/14/2021 5:03 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Jon G	06/14/2021 6:30 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	DoubleDingo	06/14/2021 9:15 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	klhansen	06/14/2021 11:10 PM
Re: Can an engine breathe better and still have good low end torque	Jon G	06/15/2021 12:08 AM

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