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Originally Posted by Texan
... Just remember the old saying ' horsepower sells but torque moves'.You won't have even half the torque in a gas engine compared to a diesel.
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I've always heard, "horsepower gets there you fast, but torque does the work".
A lot of of times, the gasser will have more HP, than diesel, but lose the torque number. With that being said, the 7.3 gasser doesn't win on either count!
7.3L Gas: 430 HP @ 5,500 RPMs and 475 lb-ft torque @ 4,000 RPM
6.7L Diesel: 4750 HP @ 2,600 RPMs and 1050 lb-ft torque @ 1,600 RPM
Like I was saying in my previous post, the gasser has to be wound up to 4,000+ RPMs to actually do anything...