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Originally Posted by boatdesigner
V8 is far superior to the V10. More power, torque and better gas mileage. I've owned 2 versions of the V10 and one of the 6.2. V8. V8 wins hands down
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Hmmm ... if the overall drivetrain gearing is right ... horsepower is horsepower with respect to doing a given amount of work.
Was your 6.2 V8 more horsepower than your V10s?
If not, then your V10s - if geared accordingly - would of course have been able to handle any job that your V8 could have ... IF AND ONLY IF you had operated the V10s in a way that many truck owners do not feel comfortable with.
Unlike most truck V8 engines, what the V10 needs to tap it's horsepower is relatively high RPM. The V10 has to be rev'd up higher than the typical V8 in order to pull a given load the same way.
Our 12,000 lb. Winnebago Itasca Class C motorhome's 305 horsepower two-valve V10 - feeding 4:56 ratio differential gears (E450 chassis) - can pull hills right along with the diesel pulled TTs and 5'er's and big diesel powered Class A rigs if I push down the gas pedal far enough to invoke the right TorqShift transmission gear and the right high value of V10 RPM.
It took me awhile to get used to driving it this way, but the V10 does indeed get the job done the way I now drive it ... which is completely different than how I have to drive my 4X4 pickup with it's rumbling V8.
I will add that ever since my sports car younger days I have had a preference for high RPM engines, so the high spirited and high RPM V10 fits right in with what I prefer - even in our motorhome.