Scooby074
Super Member
QSB 4.5 is 160Hp 460FtLb. I think it would be a good engine (at least to me), but i suspect that the manufacturers went to a V configuration for packaging issues. Also id imagine that there is a weight reduction to the V engines (aluminum heads and likely less weight to the block). The slow speed of the QSB may not fit what the auto manufacturers think consumers want in a engine for the 1500 series. I think the auto makers want a faster reving, gas engine like experience, since alot of 1500 series pickups get used as personal transportation as opposed to the larger classes of trucks (yes i know there are exceptions to this).
Also dont forget that some people purchasing in this class base their purchase on horsepower figures and not much else. So 160Hp looks pathetic from their point of view (they seem to ignore the torque ratings), especially when comparing to the high HP gas engines available in 1500 series.
Id rather a slow revving torque monster, with a manual tranny, but im not the manufacturers target market.
Also dont forget that some people purchasing in this class base their purchase on horsepower figures and not much else. So 160Hp looks pathetic from their point of view (they seem to ignore the torque ratings), especially when comparing to the high HP gas engines available in 1500 series.
Id rather a slow revving torque monster, with a manual tranny, but im not the manufacturers target market.
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