Haterade for everyone!!

[GoCougs]

Hmmm. My POS PC won't install a newer version of Flash or w/e so config sites don't work for me...

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I'm assuming the 6.2 has cylinder deactivation, right?

Yes it does.

[r0tor]

Annotated for clarity.

Trailer package as standard equipment:



6.2L towing capacity based only on rear axle ratio:

Tell your boys to get their shit together
http://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2014/Jun/0619-silverado1500.html

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

From the looks of it the Tow Package is standard with the 6.2.

[r0tor]

From the looks of it the Tow Package is standard with the 6.2.

Need "max trailering package" to be equivalent

[GoCougs]

From the looks of it the Tow Package is standard with the 6.2.

Yup - why else put a 420 hp V8 in a 1/2-ton truck?

r0tor's hanging his hat on a dog that just don't hunt.

[MrH]

Lol.  This thread is jam packed full of great internetry.

[r0tor]

Yup - why else put a 420 hp V8 in a 1/2-ton truck?

r0tor's hanging his hat on a dog that just don't hunt.

Explain to me why the as tested max towing was 9,200lbs and not 11,800 lbs

[hotrodalex]

3.23 axle instead of 3.42.....

[r0tor]

3.23 axle instead of 3.42.....

= No max trailering package

[r0tor]

Anyway you cut it, ecobeast does it job in a truck - higher towing capacity than any of the almighty V8s along with better fuel mileage

[hotrodalex]

= No max trailering package

= only difference is the gears. No weight difference. Good try, you fail.

[r0tor]

= only difference is the gears. No weight difference. Good try, you fail.

Gears plus more cooling, larger rear end, locking differential, and uprated hitch.  Reading comprehension on what the max trailering package is?

Shouldn't a "vastly superior" engine in a lighter duty truck beat an ecoboosted F150 rated to tow 3000 more pounds???  Sad GM fans.

[hotrodalex]

[GoCougs]

Now I don't know what is going on. All I know is the GM 6.2L is the better motor.

Again the premise is broken so this diversion about trailering package stuff adding weight is a loss either way. By stating adding more weight would make the Silverado slower is validation of the superiority of the GM 6.2L.

[GoCougs]

Anyway you cut it, ecobeast does it job in a truck - higher towing capacity than any of the almighty V8s along with better fuel mileage

Do you have any idea how many Class 2-5 trucks with towing capacities of 20,000 - 40,000 lbs have well less than 365 hp?

lol - you've racked up three losses on this, maybe even four - I'm biased of course but I'd stop there.

[r0tor]

I do find it halarious the splash page for the Silverado mentions the "max trailering" package to give it "class leading towing" yet the builder offers no way of selecting the package or even that it exists.

LOL

[r0tor]

Now I don't know what is going on. All I know is the GM 6.2L is the better motor.

Again the premise is broken so this diversion about trailering package stuff adding weight is a loss either way. By stating adding more weight would make the Silverado slower is validation of the superiority of the GM 6.2L.

I love superior engines that tow less and get worse mileage

[hotrodalex]

Lol you've gone off the deep end.

[r0tor]

To bring the Ford DOWN to GM towing capacity, one would need to select the 2.7L Ecobeeeast which gets an additional 2mpg over the class leading tow monster 3.5L EcoBEAST

[GoCougs]

Lol you've gone off the deep end.

I think it was my annotations.

[r0tor]

Lol you've gone off the deep end.

Hey, I'm comfortable with the heavier duty Ford having the same mileage as a lighter duty Chevy -shrug-

[hotrodalex]

[r0tor]

Maybe this is more your comprehension level

[hotrodalex]

I've never seen someone so mad over a V8 being a little bit better than a TTV6.

[r0tor]

But wait...

[FoMoJo]

Now I don't know what is going on. All I know is the GM 6.2L is the better motor.

[SJ_GTI]

i lol'd

[r0tor]

Sad puppy

[r0tor]

Oh... Also... where's da torqs?