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Originally Posted by 05stram
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The one confirmed diesel half ton is going to be going into the Ram. But correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't it make 'only' 420 ft-lbs? Granted, it peaks early but looking at the graph of the LT1, its truck bound cousin should have nearly as much grunt at the low end even more at peak, and roughly 200 more hp. Additionally, the Ecoboost available now makes the same torque at a slightly higher RPM as the Chrysler oil burner will, and has an additional 100 hp. Sure, the Ram diesel should destroy both those engines in fuel economy, but the statement that started this little side discussion was about torque.
All that said ... I agree that GM really should dust off the 4.5L diesel V6