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Old Feb 13, 2003 | 07:08 PM
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Diesel motors generally have turbos. They make lots of torque at low RPM but don't rev that high.

HP = (RPM * lb/ft) / 5250

So if you have a lot of torque but not a lot of RPM, you end up with not a lot of horsepower.
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