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Reply #15December 05, 2009, 10:40:16 am

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Re: best piston ???
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2009, 10:40:16 am »
yea, the transmissions in sammies hold up to 130 horse or so, but only about 100 ft lbs of torque. torque is what destroys those little trannies. and diesel engines make LOTS of torque.

Reply #16December 06, 2009, 02:31:05 pm

FineFrank

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Re: best piston ???
« Reply #16 on: December 06, 2009, 02:31:05 pm »
For just a minute I thought I'd logged onto the vortex, all the namecalling and such.
Maybe before we started calling folks liars and demanding their dyno numbers, we'd be perfect first.
Frank Longtine
1983 Rabbit Diesel 4 dr/ 1.6NA
1997 Rokon Trailbreaker
1984 Ford F-150/ 300-6

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