All my years around the parts and repair industry make that statement hilarious!

Hell, the C/K series used up Idler and Pitman arms like candy...while the motors were on trial for "piston slap"...and the interior "set a new record for cheapness" (that last from Automobile magazine).

Zanary

[ HP = (torque x rpm)/5252 ] where torque is given in ft-lb.

That's the way it is, period. The idea that "horsepower is for speed and torque is for pulling" shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how an engine accomplishes work, and how the gear ratios in your drivetrain make a critical difference in performance.

In general, for any vehicle, an engine with high peak torque at low RPM is NOT really what you want, but rather sufficient torque over a broad, flat RPM curve.

Plot this and you'll see that, ideally, steady torque translates to a linearly increasing horsepower curve. A high-rpm engine will do the job just like a high-displacement, low-speed "torque monster", especially now that modern transmissions are up to the task of converting high-rpm "speed" into stump-pulling power! The opposite is also true: a low-rpm diesel engine can set speed records or win the LeMans, as Audi did.

A diesel's main advantages compared to an equivalent horsepower gasoline engine are fuel economy and durability. That's why all heavy trucks choose diesel engines, despite the expense of weight, noise, and useable RPM range.

Bottom line: buy the right horsepower engine to match your job requirements. Buy diesel if you want to afford the fuel for it and drive it for 350k miles. Buy a Chevy truck if you want to spend less time fixing it.

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broman78

Something to do with commercials?

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