Frieght Trucks???

TorqueMonster88

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Dude...how fast are those things.....some trucker was trying to race me....so i gave him a little gas nothing big but duuude...this guy whizzed past me and it wasn't haulin' anything...i know that these things make huge amounts of torque....but i was wondering if anyone could give me more details...because right now i feel sooooo slow....hahaha.....

 

tag4car

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i'm going to go out on a limb and say most of them are governed to like 70-75, i can't really guess a true top speed though

 

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70 -75 ha man I have been up I 40 in the hills. The speed limits 75 near Albuquerque and those trucks with loads fly by me. I asked this red neck guy how fast they go and he claims he can roast the tires threw 4 gears without a trailer, and said they go 120 or more with a load but idk 80000lbs is the load limit.

 

2000fordstanggt

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with those trucks all you gotta do is unlpug the govener and you can go as fast as the truck will let you go. its real simple.

 

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he dropped it to 2nd gear........................from 12th

 

Wolvrin704

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Without a load they're actually pretty fast from a roll.

 

mazen189

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they are governed at 75, but if the just clutch it, the weight takes them to high speeds.

 

Shiroelex

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Heck yeah those things can be fast. A buddy of mine started working for an unnamed commercial food hauler, and took me around in his truck one day without a trailer. IF you can shift the shifters fast enough, you can haul SERIOUS ass off of a dead stop. I was pretty shocked. Even did a sweet 4 wheel burnout through an unknown amount of gears. Guess it was that turbo that was about the size of my head helping out a little.

 

d98gt

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Lmao. You must have a NPI GT like me if you got walked by a semi

 

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d98gt said:

Lmao. You must have a NPI GT like me if you got walked by a semi

Click to expand...

That just reads...really funny...

 

d98gt

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NPI FTL

 

Mustang5L5

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without a trailer they are pretty damn quick. Could prob smoke ricers with them.

Some of them have 1000 ft-lbs or torque or something like that

 

d98gt

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but then you factor in the weight and all those damn gear changes

 

Mustang5L5

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They don't need ALL the gear changes when the truck is empty or no trailer.

Ever see a fully loaded truck struggle through 5 or 6 changes just to hit 10MPH, and then you might see another that isn't as heavy go through 3 or 4 to get to 40MPH.

Just cuz they have 24 gears doesn't mean they use them all every time

 

badazzbuick

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i have seen them dyno at 425h.p and anywhere from 1,300 t.q. to about 2,000

 

TorqueMonster88

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I have a 01 GT.....but this guy gunned it from a role....i was in fourth at 1500 RPM...i would have dropped down a gear...but i was shocked....btw...i dont street race....i just was gonna goose it because this trucker honked at me because i was cruisin at the speed limit

 

Mustang5L5

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Now he's gonna go to a trucking board and tell all his trucking buddies that they can beat Mustangs.

Look out everyone, next weekend semis are gonna all be out Mustang hunting!

 

d98gt

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