Lost: 100 HP

[FOURWHL]

Originally Posted by Mountieman

So in terms an idiot can understand, does the engine have the advertised hp of 350 or is it just impossible to know for sure?

Translation: a cheap sensor that reads the ecu is not capable of a answering this question

[The Renegade]

Originally Posted by hook47

Can't answer that question for a fact. But when I first had my DX3 I didn't think it had much power, especially going up hills. Then, at around 3K miles it just started pulling much better. Still have to anticipate hills, but almost night and day different. At this point, comparing apples to oranges (past experience with P/U diesel pulling 5th wheels at 27K GCW) I think that it produces the rated HP/Torq by virtue of observed performance at about 36K GCW. In other words, it does what I think it should.

Originally Posted by FOURWHL

Translation: a cheap sensor that reads the ecu is not capable of a answering this question

^^^^^... Now then I can keep up and understand... Thank ya sirs. Y'all keep an eye out on these threads and when they get real technical, somebody throw in the 3rd grade version so I dont get lost...

[LTZ470]

Originally Posted by Mountieman

So in terms an idiot can understand, does the engine have the advertised hp of 350 or is it just impossible to know for sure?

At the Crankshaft yes...at Rear Wheels no....

[The Renegade]

Originally Posted by LTZ470

At the Crankshaft yes...at Rear Wheels no....

Gotcha. At the crank is the standard for measuring correct?

[TheWolfPaq82]

Without a Dyno and bench test of engine....you're not going to get real numbers.

[LTZ470]

Originally Posted by Mountieman

Gotcha. At the crank is the standard for measuring correct?

Yes sir that is the standard, they usually break in ALL these commercial diesel's and test them on the dyno before shipping them out from factory...