Fightnfire
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Quick background: Getty Adventures is a Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanic. He has a great YouTube channel that focuses on 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton trucks usually going over engine design, what he likes and dislikes about the design and towing comparisons. He does great videos and I've learned a lot about the ins and outs of how the manufacturers are designing the engines.
In this video he is towing with the Chevy 6.2. His current "king of towing" is the 3.5 ecoboost. He runs the same loop and talks about acceleration, power, braking and RPM's needed to accomplish the task. He's in Canada and his loop has multiple long minor to moderate grades. This is not the Ike, but it is a consistent good course for testing.
I'm asking for perspective becasue I'm not understanding his outcome. The ecoboost runs at 3,000 RPM on the hills to maintain 65 MPH. No struggling and plenty of power. The 6.2 runs those same hills at 3,500 RPM, also no struggling and plenty of power. This seems to be the basis for his decision that the ecoboost is the better towing engine. Lower RPM's. However, the 6.2 Chevy also has much cooler temps, transmission etc. and at the end of the loop it was 30% more fuel efficient than the Ford. 5.8 vs 7.6, that's a huge disparity. The ecoboost is designed for maximum torque at a much lower RPM than the 6.2 3,000ish and 4,100ish.
Taking into consideration MPG and Temperatures, why does 500 RPM matter so much to him? I'm confused...
In this video he is towing with the Chevy 6.2. His current "king of towing" is the 3.5 ecoboost. He runs the same loop and talks about acceleration, power, braking and RPM's needed to accomplish the task. He's in Canada and his loop has multiple long minor to moderate grades. This is not the Ike, but it is a consistent good course for testing.
I'm asking for perspective becasue I'm not understanding his outcome. The ecoboost runs at 3,000 RPM on the hills to maintain 65 MPH. No struggling and plenty of power. The 6.2 runs those same hills at 3,500 RPM, also no struggling and plenty of power. This seems to be the basis for his decision that the ecoboost is the better towing engine. Lower RPM's. However, the 6.2 Chevy also has much cooler temps, transmission etc. and at the end of the loop it was 30% more fuel efficient than the Ford. 5.8 vs 7.6, that's a huge disparity. The ecoboost is designed for maximum torque at a much lower RPM than the 6.2 3,000ish and 4,100ish.
Taking into consideration MPG and Temperatures, why does 500 RPM matter so much to him? I'm confused...