Even though its electric there is still a gear box. Not a typical transmission that shifts gears but there is still a box that links the two motors together. And electric motors still have to be "geared" properly. Yes it makes all its torque from 0 rpm but that doesn't mean it has enough torque to move the car…
It wouldn't be from Porsche....But this is the king of the 911 for me. Bar none.
Ok, so for all the discussions going on right now I just have one comment to make. Its not just a numbers game. You can't judge a book by its cover and you can't judge an engine by its numbers. People now-a-days are so obsessed with just numbers they don't bother to think about what those numbers mean. For a fun…
its definitely possible.
As far as the turbo's in the "V", it has been around the diesel industry for a while at least. Not sure exactly when it started though. I know the concept 4.5L Duramax from GM used this design as does the new 6.7L Powerstroke in the Fords.
The raptor actually has a higher towing capacity than the regular F150. Or at least when it first came out it did
The new silverado in one form or another is rated to tow 12K. Which is a lot for a half ton but its rated too. The F150 is rated for 11K and change i think.
I would imagine that as others have stated there is probably a height requirement that is the reason why the lights are in the bumper, but also...in a mog if you tweaked the bumper you probably would have either hit a large rock/car/house etc, or be nose down in a ditch. Either way the headlights mounted in a…
I couldn't be certain. All i've seen in articles is that Toyota was compliant a few years back. Not sure if that was just for the Tundra though.
I love how the least powerful car on this list has 505 horsepower.....Just impressive really when you think about how far we've come.
I like how it says ram is the first pick up truck manufacture to adopt this....Pretty sure toyota did that years ago. But not the point of this thread.
I agree. Shit happens and there should be a factor of safety built in to the tow vehicle in case of the trailer brakes or wiring failing. But where is the limit? Who decides what weight of a trailer the tow vehicle should be able to stop under its own brakes? Would it be a second trailer rating? One rating for…
fair enough. I'm still not convinced that is a useful test though. If a trailer doesn't have brakes it wont be built to handle anything of significant weight so the tow vehicle should be plenty capable at stopping the load. If the trailer has brakes and the tow vehicle doesn't have a controller to utilize said…
And speed limit is always 55 for towing, at least out west from everything i have seen. The same argument can be made about people that do 100mph on the roads in their sports cars. You'll never be able to stop people speeding and there's no good way to make sure they don't speed while towing. Again, the people who…
Why would you want to tow 30,000lbs ever without a brake controller? Why would this be a useful test? All the new trucks come with integrated brake controllers anyways so there is literally no way (short of blowing a fuse) that you would end up towing a trailer that has a 7 pin connector and not having brakes...
axle weight ratings
I apologize. It isn't mandatory just encouraged. I was going off of memory from this article.
I will find the article that i read that in and post it. I could be mistaken but i believe thats what it said.
I am happy to see some standard being placed on the "tow rating" of pickup trucks. But we still are missing the big picture here. With the exception of some of the 1/2 ton trucks (Tundras, F150, 1500's etc) basically every pick up out there is rated to tow more than a class C driver can tow. Sure there are hot shot…
