duramax vs tourag

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[jasnmar]

As soon as I saw the scene I expected the tourag to win. It came down to tires. Try the same testing the dirt.

The truck started bouncing and lost traction. The fact that it lost traction is effectively proof that it had more torque.

[breakdirt916]

I've seen many of these competitions...and seen small mazda pickups pull hummers

yes, it's just tires/traction

[Manik]

And in this case an empty pickup bed is a tauregs best friend. Two tires lost traction instantly.

This guy in the truck deserves to lose for accepting the challenge on road with mud tires.

[nhbubba]

I think those 'stacks cast the pickup owner in a certain light right away. But yeah.

He did have it locked in 4Lo, reportedly. So theoretically the empty bed wan't quite that much of a liability.

[Manik]

Doesnr matter what gear your in if the tires just lift.

Back tires lifted instantly.

[SRTie4k]

That's what you get for driving a bro truck.

[Falko]

Is that an old V-10 touareg? They had a lot of power, 500+lbft. Their 4WD system is much more advanced than the truck's, if it starts to wheel hop, it will drop power to that axles slightly to allow it to regain. The big 3/4 ton trucks don't have that ability. But it probably had a lot to do with the hard rubber cleaty tires and smooth hard pavement. But it is funny the grocery getter beat up the testosterone hauler.

[RandyO]

recently, I saw an episode of Mythbusters, the vehicle that out pulled everything was a Jeep Cherokee 4.0

[SwiftTone]

Is that an old V-10 touareg? They had a lot of power, 500+lbft. Their 4WD system is much more advanced than the truck's, if it starts to wheel hop, it will drop power to that axles slightly to allow it to regain. The big 3/4 ton trucks don't have that ability. But it probably had a lot to do with the hard rubber cleaty tires and smooth hard pavement. But it is funny the grocery getter beat up the testosterone hauler.

+1. Those old V10 diesel Touregs are monsters. They were pretty rare and look exactly like the V6 and V8 version but have 330hp and 550+ ft/tq. Some people actually soup them up and make them absolute sleepers.

[typeone]

according to AutoBlog, it is a V10 against the Duramax

AutoBlog also linked this vid up...

[breakdirt916]

^^ whoa!

I'm guessing at that point the transmission started to make a whining noise?

[catch2otwo]

good way to blow up a diff. How do all the stupid people end up with all the money?

[Kurlon]

I'd be impressed, except I've seen the tractors they use at the airport for that duty and they don't have anywhere near as impressive a motor and get the job done just fine...

[nhbubba]

But aren't those things geared to top out at like 20 MPH?!
Getting a highway capable passenger vehicle to do that-without monkeying with the trans-is worthy of being impressed, IMO.

[Kurlon]

Eh, he eased into it as directed. If you remember, he was told no more than 2k RPM, period. He never even got that high, just let the torque converter plus low range 4wd (2:1 reduction IIRC) do it's thing. My grandfather used to use a slant 6 Dodge pickup to move mobile homes that way. Hook the truck up, put it in gear (2WD so no transfer case reduction) and bump the idle on the carb and it'd eventually walk up to speed on it's own.

[DaveZX6r]

They added 4.3 TONS of weight to the car to help with traction. Why is the suspension not squatting/twisting? It looks perfectly level.

[Kurlon]

They added 4.3 TONS of weight to the car to help with traction. Why is the suspension not squatting/twisting? It looks perfectly level.

Pssst! Don't ruin it for others, they think it's a totally unmodified car...

[DaveZX6r]

Lol OK then how about this?

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/...ulled-by-a-man

[aldend123]

If you remember, he was told no more than 2k RPM, period. He never even got that high, just let the torque converter plus low range 4wd (2:1 reduction IIRC) do it's thing.

How hot do you think the trans fluid got? And think it was still ruby red when they were done?